Hello!
Thank you so much for participating in this Pronunciation Project with me. I enjoyed spending time talking with you and listening to your pronunciation. I know you have so much English knowledge, and I hope that these activities will help you share it with the world.
You can find the activities I made for you here; this website is just for you!
I included practice with sounds, intonation, and focus like you asked. In general, I think most of your sound issues come from following Korean pronunciation rules in English speech. This is very normal and common, because it is hard to learn new sounds when our primary language is so familiar to us. In Activities 1, 2, and 3, I focused on difficult sounds like /p/ and /b/. Sometimes you switch them, saying “pirth” instead of “birth”. If you remember from our talks together, these sounds are difficult because Korean does not use them like English does – but you can learn, because Korean has all the same sounds in the activities (except for /f/).
We practiced syllables and question intonation in our summer ESL class, so I hope these topics will be familiar to you. I added an activity about syllables because sometimes you add an extra vowel sound to break up groups of consonants. These consonant clusters are common in English, but many other languages do not allow them. So, you add a vowel when speaking: for example, “church-y” instead of “church”. This activity should help you listen for it.
Finally, I added two new topics: focus and thought groups. In class, we talked about content words – focus is related to that. Thought groups are how we put our ideas together with pauses in between. You said conversation is difficult sometimes, and I hope these skills will help you speak more fluidly.
I hope you enjoy the activities! If you have any questions, always feel free to contact me. You have my WhatsApp, or you can email me at [email protected]. I hope to see you in class again soon!
Warmly,
Sara Hanson-Lynn
Thank you so much for participating in this Pronunciation Project with me. I enjoyed spending time talking with you and listening to your pronunciation. I know you have so much English knowledge, and I hope that these activities will help you share it with the world.
You can find the activities I made for you here; this website is just for you!
I included practice with sounds, intonation, and focus like you asked. In general, I think most of your sound issues come from following Korean pronunciation rules in English speech. This is very normal and common, because it is hard to learn new sounds when our primary language is so familiar to us. In Activities 1, 2, and 3, I focused on difficult sounds like /p/ and /b/. Sometimes you switch them, saying “pirth” instead of “birth”. If you remember from our talks together, these sounds are difficult because Korean does not use them like English does – but you can learn, because Korean has all the same sounds in the activities (except for /f/).
We practiced syllables and question intonation in our summer ESL class, so I hope these topics will be familiar to you. I added an activity about syllables because sometimes you add an extra vowel sound to break up groups of consonants. These consonant clusters are common in English, but many other languages do not allow them. So, you add a vowel when speaking: for example, “church-y” instead of “church”. This activity should help you listen for it.
Finally, I added two new topics: focus and thought groups. In class, we talked about content words – focus is related to that. Thought groups are how we put our ideas together with pauses in between. You said conversation is difficult sometimes, and I hope these skills will help you speak more fluidly.
I hope you enjoy the activities! If you have any questions, always feel free to contact me. You have my WhatsApp, or you can email me at [email protected]. I hope to see you in class again soon!
Warmly,
Sara Hanson-Lynn