When you practice pronunciation, it is important to imitate the way words are produced in the context of the conversation. We pay attention to the connection words have and the music word stress and intonation create.
This is a page to record your conversations and assess your pronunciation
Get together with somebody, find the icon of Audacity on the desktop, open the program, and record the conversation.
After recording the conversation, click on file, selec the option that goes "Export as mp3" and save your file.
Open your email and send yourself a message with the audio file attached.
STRESS
In every word in English, there is one main emphasized syllable. The vowel sound in this syllable sounds higher in pitch, longer, and louder, and this is called stress. This helps create the rhythm of the language, and knowing how to recognize the stressed syllable will help you with comprehension.
1. Go to the link below in YouTube and listen to the teacher and repeat in the pauses.
2. Listen to the conversation and pay attention to the words that are stressed.
3. Now open the document below andUnderline the words that are stressed.
If you need more assitance check out this video with more examples
THOUGHT GROUPS
In written texts, we have a clear idea of how information is organized. However, when speaking, people use rhythm and intonation to get the message across. Specifically, we use thought groups. Watch the following video to have more clear ideas about this.
Now, in this exercise you are going to read the following text using audacity to test how information could be presented in a spoken way. Remember to prepare first to get familiar with the contents and then use Audacity to record your version.
CNN NEWS REPORT
The first bodies to be recovered from the crash of Air France 447 arrived at a Brazilian Air Force base in Recife, Brazil on Wednesday, the air force announced.
Brazilian pilots and a medical team bring one of the first bodies ashore at Fernando de Noronha island.
The 16 bodies were taken to the Legal Medical Institute in Recife for identification, the statement said. Police will perform DNA tests at their lab in the capital, Brasilia, if necessary, they said.
Another 25 bodies have been found and will go through the same procedure starting Thursday, the air force said. Official identification of the bodies will be made only by the Legal Medicine Institute, even if any of the bodies could have been identified while on Fernando de Noronha, the islands where they were first brought after being recovered.
A French nuclear submarine joined the hunt Wednesday for the flight data recorders and other wreckage from Air France Flight 447 as Brazilian air force and navy crews continued to pull bodies from the Atlantic. Bad weather and poor visibility are expected in the search area, Brazilian Air Force spokesmen said.
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