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Table of Contents

Introduction 01

Session 1 R and W........................................................... 03

Session 2 Voicing, S and Z ............................................. 08

Session 3 TH, Voiced T.................................................. 11

Session 4 F and V, Sh and Voiced SH............................. 15

Session 5 L...................................................................... 20

Session 6 Word Endings................................................. 24

Session 7 DG and Ch, H................................................ 27

Session 8 Vowel Overview, I and EE.............................. 32

Session 9 OW and AE.................................................... 35

Session 10 OO, UH, EH.................................................. 38

Session 11 AU, AH, A...................................................... 41

Session 12 Tongue Twisters.............................................. 44

Session 13 Phrase Reductions, Intonation........................ 46

Session 14 Reading Passages............................................. 50

Session 15 Reading Passages............................................. 52

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Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Introduction

Welcome!

Congratulations! You are about to embark on a very exciting program. Learning

to speak English clearly, with proper pronunciation is the single most important

skill you must have to communicate efectively in today's world market. Te

Pronunciation Workshop Video Training Program will enhance your English

speaking abilities and vocal skills, improve your self-confdence and will greatly

increase your chances for success.

Tis course is based on years of linguistic research and has produced dramatic

results for thousands of individuals around the globe. It is designed to help you

sound "more American" for oral presentations, interviews, teaching, business

situations, telephone conversations and general daily communication.

When a person learns English as a Second Language, they are speaking English

"fltered" through their frst language. Tey are using their native language's

"speech rules" of pronunciation (and ofen grammar) on their new language...

Tey are not aware of the American set of "speech rules". Tis is basically what

the Pronunciation Workshop program teaches you... "Te Speech Rules of

American English".

Tere are many schools and classes which teach English all around the world;

however, very few of them address the "speech rules" that you will learn in this

course. Tis is because many of the teachers who are providing English training,

do not know of these "speech rules". Many of them are even making errors

themselves and teaching them to you! We hear this daily from our clients.

When you were a child and learned your frst language, you constructed a mental

inventory of your native language's speech sounds. Tose sounds became a part

of your speech repertoire. Unfortunately, you are now inserting these speech

sounds into your English. Today, when you speak English, you reach into that

inventory and come out with many substitute sounds, something that is close,

but nonetheless incorrect. Tese repeated errors in conversation ofen cause you

to be misunderstood.

Some people call what we do "Foreign Accent Reduction"...this is not quite

accurate, for you are not reducing your foreign accent...you are actually gaining

an American Accent - - you are adding new sounds and new "speech rules" to

your speech inventory.

While you progress through this program, you will be learning things you were

never aware of before. You most likely will fnd yourself saying, "Wow! I never

In T rodu CTI onPronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 1

Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Introduction

knew that!" Changing your old speech habits takes time. At frst you may

possibly be apprehensive using the learned techniques. However, eventually you

will relax and the words and sounds will fow smoothly and clearly on their own.

Once you complete each session, it should not be your objective to start speaking

diferently right away. Your focus should be on listening to the sounds of your

speech and the speech of those around you. For example, when you say "Tank

you" instead of "Tank you", your focus should not be on saying it correctly...but

rather, "Oops - I just said that word wrong...I should have used a TH sound". It is

this AWARENESS that will eventually lead you to the improved pronunciation

skills you are striving for.

Each video training session has its own accompanying chapter in this manual

with practice material. You will notice during the video classes that I ofen speak

slowly and exaggerate certain target sounds. I do this purposely so that you

can 'hear' and understand what I am teaching you. I recommend that you try

practicing the material a little everyday using the learned techniques. Practice

speaking VERY SLOWLY, out loud, in a strong voice and exaggerate the mouth

movements. You will be retraining the muscles of your mouth and tongue to

move in new and diferent ways while mastering your new pronunciation

patterns. Teoretically, once you understand the concepts and have retrained

yourself, eventually these new speech patterns will progress into your own

spontaneous conversational rapid speech.

To receive maximum benefts, we recommend that you take our course over a

period of two to three months, focusing on one session per week. Try to practice

daily with the videos.

Te program you are about to begin was created to help people "sound American"

for the purposes of teaching, interviewing, lecturing, business and general

daily communication. Although America has many regional pronunciation

diferences, the accent you will learn is that of standard American English as

spoken and understood by the majority of educated native speakers.

Changing your old speech habits takes time. At frst, the information presented

on the videos may seem unusual, but eventually, you will see that these techniques

will transform your speech, providing you with clearer, more intelligible English

speaking abilities.

Good Luck and have fun! I hope you enjoy this program as much as I enjoy

teaching it!

Paul S. Gruber MS, CCC-SLP

Speech Language PathologistPronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 1

This session covers:

Consonant 'R'

Consonant 'W'

Two things to remember

when making an American 'R' sound...

• Your mouth and lips come forward, like you are going to kiss.

• Your tongue moves back in your mouth, NOT forward.

'R' at the beginning of words

Rock

Rip

Reach

Road

Rain

Rich

Rome

Raise

Robe

Rice

'R' at the end of words or after a vowel

Car

Far

Star

Door

Bear

Four

Air

Year

Turn

Poor

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'R' in the middle of words

Ve r y

Direction

Arrange

Erase

Correct

Marry

Garage

Original

Hurry

Zero

Marine

Berry

Operation

Caring

Arrive

Everyone

'R' Sentence

Te round rooster rushed into the wrong road.

R' Blends

Remember...

•'R' is the strongest sound of the blend.

•When the blend is at the beginning of a word, your mouth prepares

for the 'R', by coming forward before you even say the word.

'R' blends at the beginning of words

Training

Trust

Trip

Great

Tropical

Bring

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President

Product

Cracker

Crawl

Break

'R' blends in the middle of words

Subtract

Waitress

Nutrition

Australia

Introduce

Compress

Oppression

Betray

'R' practice sentences

- Te story he read on the radio was incorrect.

- Her career in the law frm is permanent.

- Richard and Brooke took a ride in their brand new Range Rover truck.

- Everyone will respect the Royal Family when they arrive at the airport.

- Te trip to the Rocky Mountains will be rescheduled on Friday.

Consonant 'W'

Practice frst with » 'OO'

then go into » 'OOOOOWAWAWA'

Remember, A "W" is always makes a "W" sound.

It NEVER makes a "V" sound.Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 1

'W' Sentence

What will we do?

Comparing 'R' and 'W'

Rick - Wick

Right - White

Remember, the 'W' sound is also at the

beginning of the words One and Once.

'W' at the beginning of words

Why

Which

When

What

Wipe

Wish

Weight

Wing

'W' in the middle of words

Always

Away

Beware

Rewind

Awake

Someone

Halloween

Hollywood

'W' practice sentences

- Te wind fom the west was very wet.(Notice very has a /v/ sound)

- We woke up and washed the white washcloth.

- We waited for the waitress to give us water.

- We had a wonderful time in Washington and Wisconsin. Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 1

'Q' words (produced as a KW sound)

Question

Quiet

Queen

Qualify

Quit

Quebec

Quilt

Choir

Paragraph Practice

Word Review -

Ray

Russia

Dreamed

Roller Coaster

Grand Canyon

Arizona

Friend

Fred

Norway

Railroad

Traveling

Creative

Perfect

Construct

Everyone

Ray was born in Russia. He dreamed of building the perfect roller coaster at the

Grand Canyon in Arizona. He had a fiend named Fred who lived in Norway.

Fred's profession was designing railroad tracks and his career involved traveling

around the world. Ray thought it would be perfect if Fred designed his roller

coaster ride. Fred was creative, brilliant and worked well with railroad tracks. He

would be the perfect engineer for the project. Te ride took two years to construct

and was painted red and white. Everyone really wanted to ride the brand-new

roller coaster.Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 1

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This session covers:

Voicing

Consonant pairs

Consonant 'S'

Consonant 'Z'

Voicing...

Is when your vocal cords are vibrating in your throat, creating a "buzzing

sound".

Say "Ahhhh"

Can you feel the vibrations in your neck?

- all vowels are voiced

- some consonants are voiced, some are not

Paired Consonants:

Unvoiced Voiced Voiced

P » B

T » D

F » V

SH » ZSH

K » G

S » Z

Three rules for S/Z endings

Tis is easier than it looks!

Rule #1

If a word ends in a sound that is unvoiced (such as P,T,K,F), you add an

unvoiced /S/

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Examples:

1 cup, 2 cups

(the 'p' in cup is unvoiced, so you just add an unvoiced 's')

1 cat, 2 cats

(the 't' in cat is unvoiced, so just add an unvoiced 's')

I break, he breaks

I stop, he stops

Rule #2

If a word ends in any of these sounds: 's,z,sh,ch,or dg (j)'

when adding an 'S' ending, add... IZZZZZZ

Examples:

1 Page 2 Pages

1 Bus 2 Buses

1 Lunch 2 Lunches

I Raise, He Raises

I Brush, He Brushes

I Push, He Pushes

Rule #3

If a word ends in a vowel sound (like the word Tree) or a voiced consonant (like

the word Game), then when you add an 'S', continue the voicing throughout

the entire word, and it should become a voiced ZZZZ.

Examples:

1 Tree, 2 Treezzzz (correctly spelled Trees)

1 Day, 2 Days

1 Shoe, 2 Shoes

I Fly, He Flies

1 Game, 2 Games

1 Head, 2 Heads

1 Train, 2 Trains

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Some common words where S's are pronounced as Z's

HIS

WAS

THESE

THOSE

EASY

BECAUSE

Paragraph Practice

If you have a color printer, notice that all voiced S/Z sounds are in the color Red to

help you remember to add voicing.

Another zippy, zappy, crazy day comes to a close. As we zoom up to Joe' s

snooze zone, Zoe Jones of Zodiac Zoo plays with her zipper.

Last week, Jim' s brothers were picked to represent their country in the Olympic

Games. Two of the brothers were swimmers, while the other two were long

distance runners. All of the brothers wore glasses. Tese athletes worked hard

at qualifying for the games and were hoping to come home with prizes. Since

the brothers go to the same university, they ofen take the same courses. Tis

makes studying easier and gives them more time to do other things.

On Tursday, I had a very lazy day. I woke up early and frst squeezed oranges

into juice. I then got dressed and watched the sunrise come up over the

mountains. It was so beautiful that I took many pictures with my camera and I

used three rolls of flm. Afer drinking two cups of cofee, I got dressed, lef the

house, and walked three miles home.Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 1

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This session covers:

Te Unvoiced 'TH' Sound

Te Voiced 'TH' Sound

'THR' Blends

Voicing the 'T' Sound

The 'Unvoiced TH' Sound

Flat tongue protruding through your teeth. Maintain a steady air stream.

Stretch out the 'TH' sound.

Example:

Tink of the word 'Tumb" as having two beats

T » umb

1 2

'TH' practice words

Beginning Middle End

Tanks Anything Bath

Tick Bathmat North

Tunder Toothpick Beneath

Tursday Athletic Fourth

Tink Mouthwash South

The 'Voiced TH' Sound

Voiced 'TH' at the beginning of words

Te (Te book)

Tat (Tat house)

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Tey (Tey came over)

Tem (Give them water)

Tere (Tere it is)

Tis (Tis is my nose)

Tose (Tose boys are good)

Tese (Tese are my parents)

Voiced 'TH' in the middle of words

Clothing

Leather

Mother

Another

Weather

Northern

Voiced 'TH' at the end of words

Smooth

Bathe

Breathe

Practice Phrases

Tis and that

A tablecloth

Winter clothing

Athens, Greece

Tat's the one

Her skin is smooth

Tirty Day's notice

A famous author

Here and there

False teeth

Tread the needle

A thoughtful gif

Tunder and lightening

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Practice Sentences

- Telma arrived in town last Tursday.

- I'm having trouble threading this needle.

- I need 33 thick thermometers.

- Te thing they like best about Athens is the weather.

- Tis thrilling novel was written by a famous author.

- He will be through with his work at three-thirty.

- Now and then, she likes to buy new clothing.

- Tey thought they were going to Northern Spain.

- Which tablecloth shall we use for the party?

- Tat was the thirty-third theatre to open.

THR Blends

Tread "thread the needle"

Trow "throw the ball"

Troat "my throat is sore"

Trill "a thrilling ride"

Tree "three more days"

Trew "he threw the ball"

Trone "the king sits on a throne"

Paragraph Practice

Nurse Tatcher was thankful it was Tursday. She knew that on Tursday she

had to deliver 33 boxes of thermometers to the North American Athletic Club.

Tey thought that thermometers were necessary for testing the hydrotherapy

baths. Tis was thought to beneft the athletes with arthritis. Te athletic

trainers required authorization to provide hydrotherapy to the youthful

athletes on the three bulletin boards with thumbtacks throughout the athletic

club. Rather than risk the health of the athletes, they thoroughly checked the

thousands of thermometers to insure their worthiness; otherwise they needed

to be thrown away. Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 1

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"TH" Exceptions

Although the following words are spelled with a 'TH', they are pronounced as

a 'T':

Tomas

Tompson

Teresa

Tailand

Tames

Esther

Tyme

Voicing the 'T' Sound

If a 'T' falls within two voiced sounds (usually vowels), the 'T' becomes voiced

like a 'D'.

Examples:

Water » Wader (the whole word is voiced)

Better » Bedder

Butter » Budder

Voiced 'T' Practice

Betty bought a bit of better butter.

But, said she,

Tis butter's bitter.

If I put it in my batter,

It'll make my batter bitter.Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 1

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This session covers:

Consonant 'F'

Consonant 'V'

Te Unvoiced 'SH' Sound

Te Voiced 'ZSH' Sound

Consonants 'F' and 'V'

Consonants 'F' and 'V' are produced with contact of your upper teeth and

lower lip. Tink of it as "biting your lower lip". Maintain a steady air stream.

Tey are both identical, except the 'F' is unvoiced, and the 'V' is voiced.

Correct voicing will make your speech clearer and more intelligible.

Practice Words with 'F'

Foot

Find

Finally

Family

Freedom

Laugh

Telephone

Symphony

Rough

Practice Sentences

Do you feel like a physical wreck? Are you fed up with your feeling of fatigue?

Have you had enough of feeling rough? Why don't you fght fever with

Pharaoh's Friend. A medicine that is tough on Flu.

Practice Words with 'V'

Vote

Vine

Oven

Evaluate

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Voice

Travel

River

Every

Glove

Alive

Leave

Comparing 'F' and 'V'

Feel - Veal

Safe - Save

Fat - Vat

Fine - Vine

Face - Vase

Fan - Van

Foul - Vowel

Proof - Prove

Practice Phrases

A famous athlete

A food vendor

Te Foreign Service

Summer vacation

Vocabulary test

Over the rainbow

Our frst victory

Harvard University

Husband and wife

Very well done

Practice Sentences

- Her promotion in the frm was well deserved.

- Tere was only one survivor on the island.

- Steve noticed that the olive juice must have stained his sleeve.

- Te street vendor was selling souvenirs to tourists.

- Dave gave me his car so that I could drive on New Year's Eve.

- Tere were several dents in the rear fender.

- Tom placed several tomatoes from the vine into a basket. Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 1

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The Unvoiced 'SH' Sound

To make the Unvoiced 'SH' sound, bring your mouth and lips forward,

teeth should be slightly apart. Produce air stream. Words beginning with

'SH" begin with this sound. (So are the words "Sugar", "Sure", "Chef" and

"Chicago".)

'SH' practice words

Beginning

She

Sugar

Sure

Shadow

Sheep

Shirt

Shoe

Shape

Chicago

Chef

Middle

Nation

Motion

Mission

Special

Reputation

Ofcial

Machine

Fishing

Insurance

Sunshine

Ocean

Tissue

Addition

Subtraction

End

Rush

Dish

Establish

Splash

Irish

Fresh

Finish

'SH' Sentences

- Te fshing trip was planned and we lef to go to the ocean.

- Was the chef ashamed to use the precious sugar?

- Sharon gave a special performance.

- He will be stationed in Washington, D.C, the nation's capital.

- She went to a fashion show afer taking a shower.

- She sells seashells by the seashore.

- Te social club was praised for their cooperation.

'SH' Practice

Joe's weather machine shows a sharp drop in air pressure, especially ofshore.

Ships in motion on the ocean should be sure to use caution.Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 1

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The Voiced 'ZSH' Sound

Te Voiced 'ZSH' sound is exactly like the 'SH' except voicing is added. Tis is

an important sound in American English.

'ZSH' practice words

Middle

Usual

Unusual

Usually

Vision

Visual

Conclusion

Asia

Version

Division

Casual

Television

End

Beige

Massage

Prestige

Practice Sentences

- It's not unusual for people to study division in Asia.

- I usually use a measuring cup to measure erosion.

- Te beige walls were the usual color in the treasury building.

List things that are appropriate for each column. Ten say them out loud in

full sentences for practice.

Example: "It's usually hot in the summer."

"It's unusual for me to be late for an appointment."Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 1

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Usually Unusual

Hot in the summer Late for appointmentsPronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 1

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This session covers:

Consonant 'L'

Tings to remember when making an American 'L' sound...

• Your bottom jaw should be as wide open as possible.

• Your tongue should RISE UP (independently of your jaw) and touch right

behind your top teeth.

• Produce the 'L' sound by dropping and relaxing your tongue.

• Practice "LA, LA, LA", keeping your bottom jaw lowered and open while

only raising your tongue.

'L' at the beginning of words

Lunch

Local

London

Learn

Large

Life

Lobby

Library

Lucky

Lif

Laugh

Long

'L' in the middle of words

Infation

Believe

Volume

Glue

Elevator

Solve

Pulling

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Flood

Delete

Elect

Alive

Color

'L' at the end of a word

• To produce an 'L' at the end of a word, remember to slowly raise your tongue

upward, towards your upper teeth, while keeping your bottom jaw as open

as possible. Te 'L' sound comes from the tongue movement, not from the

placement.

(Using your fnger to push down on your bottom teeth to keep your jaw open,

may be helpful for practicing.)

Practice words

Will

Ball

Tall

Call

Small

Control

Bowl

Apple

Miracle

Powerful

Control

Financial

People

'L' Sentences

- Te lollipop fell into the cool water.

- Her driver's license was pulled out of the blue golf bag.

- Blake's bowling ball fell under his tools.

- Carl could not locate the lemons or the limes.

- Te school was a mile away from the hill.

- Te golf club was made of steel.

- Al's goal was to play baseball with Carol.

- A certifed letter was delivered for the enrollment list.

- It was revealing to look at the smiling lawyer.

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'FL' Blend Poem

A fea and a fy, few up in a fue.

Said the fea, "Let us fy!"

Said the fy, "Let us fee!"

So they few through a faw in the fue.

Practice using 'Will'

Will you empty the garbage?

Will you ask her to clean the kitchen?

Will you prepare a meal for the children?

When will you begin your studies at college?

When will she purchase the dress for her wedding?

Why will he ask them to stay late at work?

Why will she bring her baby to the meeting?

How will they know if our fight is delayed?

Where will the child be going next year?

Where will they put all of the pillows?

What will she do with the millions of dollars she won?

Comparing 'R' and 'L'

Red - Led

Rick - Lick

Reef - Leaf

Rear - Lear

Rest - Less

Grass - Glass

Crime - Climb

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'L' and 'R' Combinations

seal ring

toll road

already

civil rights

railroad

rivalry

coral reef

jewelry

schoolroom

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This session covers:

Word Endings

Make sure that the fnal sounds in your words come through

clearly and fully. Don't drop of or shorten the endings!

'P' endings

- I hope the group will sleep on the ship.

- Te soda pop spilled out of the cup, over the map and onto her lap.

- Was the Egg Drop Soup cheap?

'B' endings

- We cleaned the cobweb from the doorknob in the bathtub.

- Rob broke his golf club when he slipped on the ice cube.

- Te crab was under the cement slab at the yacht club.

- Te ticket stub was found in the taxicab.

'T' endings

- Kate lef her cat on the mat as she few a kite.

- Te sailboat came into the port to join the feet.

- What bait will make the fsh bite? A cricket or a piece of meat?

'D' endings

- Fred will decide which sled should be painted red.

- David tried to send a refund back to England.

- He could not hide his report card behind the chalk board.

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Three rules for '-ed' endings

Many verbs that are in the past tense, end in '-ed'.

(Example: "Today I walk, yesterday I walked")

Rule #1

If a word ends in an unvoiced consonant, when adding '-ed', just add an

Unvoiced 'T'

Example:

Today I jump, yesterday I jumped. (pronounced jump-T)

Today I walk, yesterday I walked. (pronounced walk-T)

Rule #2

If a word ends in a voiced consonant, add a Voiced 'D'

Example:

Today I rub, yesterday I rubbed. (pronounced rub-D)

I cleaned the kitchen.

I poured the milk.

I scrubbed the foor.

I tagged the clothing.

I spilled some juice.

I trimmed the tree.

I moved to California.Te clock buzzed all night.

Rule #3

If a word ends in a 'T' or a 'D' sound, we add a Voiced 'ED'

Example:

Today, I lif the ball. Yesterday, I lifed the ball.

I heated up my dinner.

He voted this morning.

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I traded in my old car.

She added some information.

If you have a color printer, notice that all voiced 'D' endings are in the color

Red to help you remember to add voicing.

Bob raked the leaves and then started to wash his car. He then loaded up the

dishwasher and fnished washing his dishes.

Susan spilled her drink on the spotted rug. She cleaned it up with a napkin,

which wasted a lot of time.

He thanked me and ofered me money, if I picked up the used equipment.

3 Nasal Sounds

'M'

'N'

'NG'

practice -ng endings

Ring Sing Ting Bring

practice sentences

- I have a feeling that she is working too much.

- She has been wearing a hearing aid so that she could sing.

- He is looking forward to speaking at the Tanksgiving celebration.Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 1

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This session covers:

'CH' sound

'Te American J' sound (DG)

Consonant 'H'

CH - Unvoiced as in Ch-ur-ch

American J - Voiced as in J-u-dge

'Ch' at the beginning of words

China

Cherry

Charge

Chocolate

Challenge

Cheese

Chunk

Chairman

'Ch' in the middle of words

Key chain

Lunch box

Richard

Picture

Teacher

Fortune

Nature

Beach ball

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'Ch' at the end of words

Detach

Teach

Porch

March

Patch

Wrench

Coach

Approach

'Ch' exercise

Chop-chop, children, it's Charlie's Kitchen adventure!

Today, Chuck will be teaching future champion cooks how to make a

chocolate cheesecake.

'American J' at the beginning of words

Juice

Jump

Juggle

Jury

Japan

Giant

Genetic

Junior

Generate

German

'American J' in the middle of words

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Magic

Subject

Digest

Rejoice

Objective

Majesty

Educate

Suggestion

'American J' at the end of words

Age

College

Postage

Stage

Pledge

Village

Average

Page

Courage

Knowledge

'American J' exercise

A German judge and jury have charged and jailed a strange giant, who

sat on the edge of a bridge throwing jelly onto large barges.

Consonant 'H'

When an 'H' is at the beginning of a word it is pronounced with a strong, loud

air-stream.

Practice:

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'H' at the beginning of words

Hand

Hide

Hope

Hair

House

Harvard

Honey

Happy

Who

Whole

'H' word pairs

Old- Hold

Is- His

It- Hit

At- Hat

Arm- Harm

Ill- Hill

Ate- Hate

As- Has

'H' in the middle of words

Ahead

Behave

Anyhow

Inhale

Downhill

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Wholehearted

Overhaul

'H' exercise

He thought that he should....

wash the car.

thank his teacher.

watch television.

use the telephone.

shut the door.

breathe deeply. (Voiced TH)

tell the truth.

Henry the hungry hippo, who hogged a huge heap of one hundred

hamburgers, has had hiccups for one whole week.Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 1

Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 8

This session covers:

American English Vowels

Vowel 'EE'

Vowel 'I'

Te best way to learn American vowels is by Ear Training.

Listen carefully and repeat.

Front Vowels: (From high to low)

EE - as in Heat

I - as in Hit

AE - as in Hate

EH - as in Het (nonsense word)

A - as in Hat

Back Vowels: (From high to low)

OO - as in Boot

U - as in Book

OW - as in Boat

AW - as in Bought

AH - as in Bot (nonsense word)

Comparing Heat (EE) and Hit (I)

Remember,...

Heat is high

Hit is lower

Heat - Hit

Keen - Kin

Deal - Dill

Seek - Sick

Seen - Sin

Reap - Rip

Teal - Till

Bean -Been*

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* Bean - I ate a bean (noun). - 'high'

Been - I have been here (verb). - 'low'

'EE' Vowel Sound ...remember, smile and think high

See

Each

Even

Key

Green

Tr e e

Ver y

Happy

Sofly

Mary

Busy

Finally

Country

'EE' Practice

Speeding on the Freeway

Happily eating cheese

He and She

Skiing very Rapidly

She sees a monkey eating honey. We see a pony stealing money. Who can

he see? It must be me!

'I' Vowel Sound

Bit

Bill

Lif

Fizz

Kitchen

Build

Bigger

Chimp

Fifh

Listen

Business

Fist

Display

Filming

Live

Fish

Discuss

Fig

Fify

Been

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'EE' and 'I' Practice

(All 'EE' sounds are underlined.)

Te beans have been cooking since six o'clock.

Sit in that seat by the window.

We ate our meal, by the mill.

Te seal will live in the ocean.

Tim's team grinned afer seeing the green feld.

Pip and Pete shipped the sheep cheaply.

Tose bins are for Bill's beans.

Does Jim still steal Jill's jeans?

Te girls put concrete on Jill's sneakers.

Pick cherries at their peak or you will eat the pits.Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 1

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This session covers:

Vowel 'OW'

Vowel 'AE'

Vowel 'O'

Te Hidden 'W'

"OWE, OWE, OWE, OWE, OWE"

'O' Vowel Sound

Open

Oatmeal

Blown

Bold

Owner

Phone

Cold

Robe

Coach

Rotate

Loan

Slow

Road

Roam

'O' Practice

How did you know that?

I don't know where the hole is on the coat.

Does Joe know how to drive on the road?

I need to blow my nose when I have a cold.

Has it ever snowed in Rhode Island?

Cold winds will slowly blow snow over most of Ohio.

Tis low is no joke. So folks, don't go out without coats!

Woke and Won't

Practice: WOWOWOWOWO

Woke = WOW + K

Won't = WOW + 'NT

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I want the ball.

I won't give you the ball.

She wants to sleep.

She woke up.

He wants to buy a car.

He won't buy a car.

Tey want to speak with you.

He won't speak with you.

Vowel 'AE'

Age

Aid

Eight

Able

Chain

Date

Eighteen

Fake

Lazy

Made

Baby

Gain

Change

Gave

Nation

Day

Paper

Angel

Basic

Face

'AE' Practice

Te ape gave the trainer a cane.

David began shaving when he was eighteen.

Te rainbow appeared when daylight changed.

Te baby snake lived in a painted cage.

My neighbor's basement was changed fom blue to beige.

Hey, take away the strain! Weigh the gains of a great break with Lazy

Day Vacations. Lines are open eight till late. Tey aim to make your day!Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 1

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The 50 united States

(Stressed sounds are in bold)

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

WyomingPronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 1

Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 10

This session covers:

Vowel 'OO'

Vowel 'UH'

Vowel 'EH'

'OO' Vowel Sound

Blue

Booth

News

Juice

Loosen

Ruler

Food

Choose

Mood

Moving

Loop

Knew

Tooth

Smooth

Pool

Moon

Shoes

Zoo

Grew

Room

'OO' Practice

Te room in the school was very cool.

Tuesday at noon in the studio.

Viewing the moon on June nights.

Do you remember the woman who lived in a shoe? She hadn't a clue what

to do when her family grew. Well, through your help, they are moving in

June into two big boots.

'Double OO' words that are pronounced as 'UH'

Food has a high vowel - 'OO'

Foot has a lower vowel - 'Uh'

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'UH' Vowel Sound (that are spelled with 'OO')

Foot

To o k

Cook

Shook

Stood

Good

Look

Book

Wo o l

Swoosh

Lower vowel - 'Uh'

Wood

Would you help me?

Hollywood, California

'UH' Practice ('OO' sounds are in RED)

He took a good look under the hood and found a fute.

Julie enjoys good books afer school.

He put his foot in the new boot.

She took her students to the brook to wash their shoes.

We pulled him out of the swimming pool.

Te fool ate until he was full.

'EH' Vowel Sounds

Egg

Get

Friend

Entrance

Better

Healthy

Lettuce

Wrench

Spread

Best

Ready

Every

Red

Exit

Check

Fence

Headset

Necklace

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'EH' Practice

Resting on the edge of the bed.

Ten letters fom the enemy.

Dennis will enter the festival.

Te message was given to the chef.

Hello again, fiends! Let's do a weather check. Well, whoever said

temperatures are getting better, better get ready to spend a wet weekend in

Tennessee.Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 1

Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 11

This session covers:

Vowel 'AU' as in Out

Vowel 'AH' as in To p

Vowel 'A' as in Hat

'A' Vowel Sound

Back

Dad

Fax

Value

Sat

Hatch

Jacket

Taxi

Apple

Catch

Rabbit

Tack

'A' Practice

Te fat cat wore a jacket.

Pack your sack and bring your magnet.

He sang about an actor named Jack.

'AU' Vowel Sound

Tis is an important sound! If mispronounced, it can ofen make you

misunderstood.

Begin this sound with the 'A' sound as in ' hat '...

Ten, slide your mouth forward to form a small 'W' sound.

Example:

'Downtown' » "DA - wn...TA - wn"

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'AU' Practice

Now

House

Round

Loud

Gown

Sound

Ouch

Out

Found

South

Ounce

Rebound

Mouth

Bounce

Flower

Tousand

Spout

Count

Te brown couch is downstairs.

Her house is on the South side of the mountain.

I was proud of the sounds that came out of my mouth.

'Are' vs. 'Our'

Are - Close with strong 'R' sound - tongue retracts back

Are you going?

Our - Begin with the 'AU' sound ('A' as in Hat),

Ten close your mouth and say "We r e".

Tink of the word 'Our' as having two syllables.

Pronounced as ..."AU-WERE"

* (Te word "Hour" is also pronounced the same way).

Are/Our Practice Sentences

- Are you going to our house?

- Sales are down, but our projections for next year are very good.

- Our plans will be changing in the next hour.

- Are you sure that our meeting will be an hour late?Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 1

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'AH' Vowel Sound

'O' words that are pronounced with 'AH'

Hot

To p

Stop

Probably

Not

Blob

Sock

Mop

Product

Solve

Problem

'AH' Practice

('AH' sounds are underlined)

Bob opened the box and followed the instructions.

Tom put some cotton, rocks and a doorknob in his locker.

His mom made a concrete model of a hockey rink.Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 1

Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 12

This session covers:

Tongue Twisters

(F, W, Voiced Z)

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear,

Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair.

Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy, was he?

(Voiced V)

Vincent vowed vengeance very viciously.

(P)

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,

How many peppers did Peter Piper pick?

(SH, S and Z)

She sells seashells by the seashore.

Te shells she sells are surely seashells.

So if she sells shells on the seashore,

I'm sure she sells seashore shells.

(W, CH, and Final Consonants)

How much wood, would a woodchuck chuck

if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,

and chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would

if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

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(W)

Which witch, wished which wicked wish?

While we were walking, we were watching window washers wash

Washington's windows with warm washing water.

If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which

watch?

(R)

Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins.

(B, BR, and BL blends)

Bradley's big black bathbrush broke.

(TH)

Tom threw Tim thirteen thumbtacks.

He threw three fee throws.

Tere are thirty-three thousand birthdays on the third of every month.

Te father gathered smooth feathers for Tanksgiving.

Te sixth graders are enthusiastic about Jonathan's birthday.

(GR, and GL blends)

Green glass globes glow greenly.

(L, 'OO' vowel)

Aluminum, linoleum, aluminum, linoleum, aluminum, linoleum,

aluminum, linoleum.

(Won't)

I would if I could! But I can't, so I won't!

(Woke)

I woke, he woke, she woke, they woke.

We all woke up.Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 1

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This session covers:

Phrase Reductions

Intonation

Phrase Reductions

(Going to try) becomes 'gunna try'

I'm gunna try to fnish this book.

(Want to eat) becomes 'wanna eat'

Do you wanna eat at seven o'clock?

(Have to start) becomes 'hafa start'

I hafa start a diet tomorrow.

(Has to try) becomes 'hasta try'

He hasta try harder.

(Got to leave) becomes 'gotta leave'

I gotta leave in ffeen minutes.

(Ought to believe) becomes 'oughta believe'

She oughta believe what he is saying.

(Out of bed) becomes 'outa bed'

I got outa bed when I heard the alarm clock.

(Did you go?) becomes 'Didja go'

Didja go to the store?

(Would he help?) becomes 'Woody help'

Woody help me move the furniture?

(Won't you play?) becomes 'Woncha play'

Woncha play one more song on the piano?

(Didn't you know?) becomes 'Didincha know'

Didincha know that she was coming home tomorrow?

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(Is he?) becomes 'Izzy'

Izzy the one that called?

(What do you want?) becomes 'Whadaya_want'

(Give it to me.) becomes 'GividaMe'

Gividame right away.

Intonation Practice

Have you ever tried one of Diane's Donuts? Tey are so delicious. I have eaten

many diferent kinds of donuts, from all over the country; however, I have

never tasted anything, quite like Donuts made by Diane. I have been told that

she uses the fnest and freshest ingredients that money can buy. Te best four,

the best eggs and the best milk. I am sure, that once you taste these incredible

donuts, you will run and tell all of your friends.

Syllable Stress

Generally, two-syllable words have stress on the frst syllable.

Two-Syllable Words (stress 1st

syllable)

Sofa

Oven

Afer

Finger

Station

Second

Enter

Ofen

Uncle

Carpet

Father

Children

Walking

Jacket

Lucky

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Two-Syllable Words (stress 2nd syllable)

Delete

Decline

Survive

Protect

Adopt

Advance

Below

Resolve

Advice

Acquit

Control

Arrive

Involve

Massage

Disease

Relate

Generally, three-syllable words have stress on the second syllable.

Three-Syllable Words (stress 2nd syllable)

Reduction

Arrangement

Audition

Companion

Detective

Ambitious

Companion

Appliance

Discover

Unlawful

Conclusion

Assemble

Adjustment

Afected

Acceptance

Ferocious

Syllable Stress Practice

Te pictures are fantastic.

He needs permission to fnd a solution.

Te party is in honor of his retirement.

Her son exhibited bad behavior on their vacation.

Comparative Sentences

Joe drinks cheap wine.

Sue only drinks expensive wine.

Don't forget his birthday.

We would never forget his birthday.

She's planning to leave tomorrow.

He made plans to leave a month ago.Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 1

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Te Teacher's meeting is at 9:00.

Te students announced that they will never have a meeting.

My telephone isn't working.

Te telephone needs to work by lunchtime.

He's painting his house blue and green.

Your house would look terrible if it were green.Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 1

Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 14

This session covers:

Putting it all together - Part I

Te 10 Key steps towards Improvement

Photo album

Keeping a family photograph album is a good way to save family memories for

yourself and future generations of your family. Very old pictures can be taken

to a photo shop and reprinted so that they can be placed in an album. Be sure

to write on the back of the picture any information you remember about the

people in it. Also, write the date if you remember it. Looking at photo albums

is a relaxing way to spend the day and it is a fun activity to share with family

and friends. Your children, grandchildren and their children will appreciate

your eforts too.

The Public Library

Your library card can be your ticket to entertainment, current events and new

ideas. Almost every city has a public library and there is no charge for a library

card. Libraries have books about many subjects, but there are also other things

at the library. Tese include books on cassette tape, videotapes, large print

books, CD's, DVD's and magazines. Many have free programs in the afernoon

or evening about travel, hobbies or other topics of interest. Some cities also

have a bookmobile or traveling library, which brings the library right into your

neighborhood.

John D. Rockefeller

John D. Rockefeller did three amazing things. First, he acquired probably the

greatest fortune in all history. He started out in life digging potatoes under the

hot sun for four cents an hour. In those days, there were not half a dozen men

in all the United States who were worth even one million dollars. Eventually,

John D. managed to collect a fortune said to be anywhere from one to two

billion dollars. And yet, the frst girl he fell in love with refused to marry him.

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Te reason given was because her mother refused to allow her daughter to

"throw herself away" on a man who had such poor prospects.

Stars

How many stars can you see on a dark, clear night? You can see about 3,000

stars with your eyes alone. But keep in mind that you are viewing only part

of the sky. If the whole sky were visible, you could count about 5,000 stars. If

you look through a small telescope you might see as many as 600,000 stars.

Trough the most powerful telescopes, astronomers can spot millions of stars.

No one is sure exactly how many stars there are altogether, but astronomers

believe there are at least 200 billion, billion stars out in space.

The 10 Keys towards Improvement

Number 1. Practice and listen.

Number 2. Do not leave of the endings of words.

Number 3. Make a list of fequently used words.

Number 4. Open your mouth more when you speak English.

Number 5. Don't be afaid to speak.

Number 6. Read aloud in English for ten to 15 minutes every day.

Number 7. Record your own voice and listen for pronunciation errors.

Number 8. Watch the mouth movements of native speakers and imitate them.

Number 9. Buy books on tape. Read along with the tape - out loud.

Number 10. Be patient. Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 1

Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 15

This session covers:

Putting it all together - Part II

A foreign student

When a student from another country comes to study in the United States,

he has to fnd out for himself the answers to many questions, and he has many

problems to think about. Where should he live? Would it be better living in

a dormitory or in a private room of campus? Should he spend all of his time

studying, or should he take advantage of the many cultural and social activities

that are ofered? At frst, he may not feel that he fts in with the American

culture. He may not feel confdent when he speaks. Little by little, however, he

learns how to handle himself in various situations. Finally he begins to feel very

secure and 'at home'. Unfortunately, this long-awaited feeling doesn't develop

suddenly. It takes time.

Volcanoes

Volcanoes are holes in the Earth's crust which allow molten rock to escape from

beneath. Te molten rock, or lava, may fow out gently or it may be blasted

high in the air with gas and ash in a violent explosion. Tere are eight hundred

and ffy active volcanoes around the world. Do you know where these

mountains of fre are found? Tree quarters of them are found within a zone

called the "Ring of Fire." One edge of the zone stretches along the west coast

of the Americas from Chile to Alaska. Te other edge runs along the east coast

of Asia from Siberia to New Zealand. Twenty percent of these volcanoes are

located in Indonesia. Other big groupings are in Japan, Te Aleutian Islands,

and Central America.

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The Chinese Language

Chinese is a most unusual language. It difers from English and most other

major languages in that it has hundreds of diferent dialects. A person who

lives in one section of the vast country of China, ofen cannot understand

a fellow Chinese who lives in another section. Tese two major dialects are

Cantonese and Mandarin. Cantonese is a southern dialect. Mandarin, a

dialect that originated in northern China, is spoken by more Chinese than any

other dialect.

Non-Chinese people ofen say that the Chinese seem to "sing" their language.

Chinese sounds as though it is sung, because many words are only one-syllable

long and because the tone of voice changes for each word. As in English, many

words have more than one meaning. Te speaker's tone of voice indicates each

word's specifc meaning.

Even more fascinating than the variety of spoken sounds is the Chinese written

language. It has no alphabet. Instead, it employs signs called "characters."

Each spoken word in the language is represented by a separate character.

Originally, the characters were drawings that depicted the meanings of words,

but over the years, they have simplifed, and most no longer look like the things

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The Supercontinent

Around 100 to 150 million years ago, there may have been only one continent

on our planet. At least that is what some earth scientists have decided afer

years of research. If you look at the map of the world carefully, you can see

that the present-day continents could be thought of as the pieces to a gigantic

jigsaw puzzle. In your imagination carefully put the pieces together to form

the supercontinent. You will see that if you took away the South Atlantic

Ocean and pressed South America and Africa together they would ft very

nicely. You could continue removing oceans and seas and put other parts

of the world together quite easily until you get to those last two pieces of

Australia and Antarctica. Scientists believe that the continents of Australia and

Antarctica were once linked together. Tey may have split slowly of from the

supercontinent and then separated from each other as recently as 40 million

years ago.Pronunciation Workshop Manual - Session 1

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The 50 Most Mispronounced Words in English

accounting

argue

actually

available

arrangements

basically

business

calls

complete

continue

contribute

corporation

diferences

directly

exactly

educational

every

exceptional

familiar

fnancial

frustrating

general

immediately

inconvenience

introduce

irrational

justice

likeable

loosen

measurements

middle

multiple

national

original

outrageous

particular

partnership

problem

prohibit

quality

question

referring

regardless

request

similar

specifc

value

visualize

vulnerable

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Congratulations! You've made it to the end!

We always love hearing fom people who have taken our course! Please call us,

and tell us how our program has helped you.

Also, if you would like to work with a Pronunciation Workshop Certifed Speech

Language Pathologist directly to receive more personalized attention, just let us

know. Working with one of our trainers on your specifc pronunciation issues is fun

and can be extremely helpful.

Good luck in all your endeavors and thank you for taking our program!

Paul S. Gruber, MS, CCC-SLP, CEO

Speech Language Pathologist

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