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ESLviaPRONUNCIATION

Teach Yourself English

ESL

English via Pronunciation

Back and Forth

john@mchale.com

Movement back and forth governs many activities. Employ it now to master English with your native pronunciation. Learn patiently - alternatng deliberately between your lifelong knowledge and the speech you seek.

Recent growth of ESL (English as a Second Language) suggests this self-help.

To add English, enunciate aloud the all-capital syllables of some short texts according to plan and you’re on your way.

(Adviser: insert native language below each line containing capitals or on a separate paper).

Slowly

SLOW LY and CARE FUL LY

My Job

My JOB is NOT DIFF I CULT. It is a CHALL ENGE.

Conquer

CON QUER ENG LISH . E NUN CI ATE 'The CAT' OF TEN E NOUGH to GET the KNACK.

The Cat

The CAT COOKED a GOOD CAKE as the COOL GUY KICKED the GOAT.

QUICKLY, the COW said:OK,COOL GUY, GET lost. KEEP away. GIVE me the KEY.”

She opened the GATE for their GAME of ‘Fly the KITE’, after which she CALLED a

CAB to GO. The END . Thank you.

Language starts with speaking and hearing. Remember childhood? There was radio, movies, television, music, books, and daily conversation. Mastery came from listening and imitating. School added grammar and literature. Vocabulary expanded.

Now you are either (a) a foreign-born student (b) a recent immigrant hampered by accent, or (c) anyone just valuing good pronunciation.

Each situation – abc – suggests learning or relearning. English? It is the most taught everywhere as second-language and serves international commerce. Pronunciation? Speaking and listening provide sure mastery. Fast? All language learning is gradual.

The program here is to master English long term. Learning is focused on three pronunciation essentials:

enunciate, pace, understand

Obtain the aid of a native-English speaker (persuade?) who will coach you through eight pronunciation objects. Each object is a sentence, phrase, or other wording. Your challenges are to pronounce the three essentials in order at each object. You advance by your responses to the three challenges - one per essential at each of eight objects (24 responses).

Your adviser will demonstrate in sequence at each object, speaking the first two essentials (enunciate and pace) aloud. Pronounce and repronounce those first two essentials several times. Imitate the coach for each response.

At enunciate, pronounce every capitalized syllable as spoken by the coach, firmly, individually and completely. Don’t slur. Skip no syllable or part, Gloss-over only the non-capitalized sounds - the,is,a,etc.

At pace, the adviser blends and stresses your precise enunciating. Imitate this natural pacing. It suits your purposes even if sometimes faulty or a bit regional. Pronunciation, with sentence structure and grammar, has evolved territorially over centuries. Your immediate goal is to learn the “generally accepted way” people talk in your second-language locale.

For understand, think exclusively of the object’s meaning. Compare native translation to the English syllables. Ponder “back and forth” several times to leave no doubt. Concentrate on the capitalized syllables. Imagine that the second language is the only one you possess. For ESL, calmly and confidently “think in English” while retainng the essentials enunciate and pace that you learned.

CRUCIAL: Whenever you speak the third essential while totally relaxed, sounding to the coach unquestionably “like a countryman,” you are ready for the next object.

Schedule objects in sessions. The opening may cover two or three objects followed by about 15 minutes each in further sessions. Plan for about two per week. Start each session with a review.

By completing the eight-object program, you will have mastered the second language. You spoke selected key sounds as a native. You overcame hurdles on an obstacle course of significant difficulties..Confidence at the enunciated-and-paced third responses indicated your capability to handle similar wordings, or objects. So, you are a master - via pronunciation.

Employ the three essentials daily following listening, conversation and reading. Your vocabulary of well-spoken pronunciations will grow rapidly. You may rely on your mastery in pronunciation to provide at least a strong view on the context of any new word. Meanwhile, cultivate a fondness for dictionaries. Utilize their help often..

A memonic is offered here.To recall the essentials epu, remember that you attended Eastern Pacific University EPU.

FOLLOWING are your programmed challenges of the eight objects. Respond at each with the three essentials.The first object is the English word "seldom." (insert the one-word translation).

(Appreciation to the CT Bayada nurses for the first publishing of 'The Cat,' in The Bayada Bulletin, Dec. 3, 2010. Caroline Graham, Karen Daley, RN, Vida Carford RN.)

Object #1 (“pre-school”): SEL DOM (word)

Notes to Coach and Learner

  • enunciate: 2 syllables
  • pace: stress SEL
  • understand: Learner think word in English

Object #2 (“first grade”): Slowly (text)

Notes to Coach and Learner:

  • enunciate: 5 syllables
  • pace: stress SLOW, CARE; merge FULLY to FLEE
  • understand: Learner think words in English

Object #3 “(8 th grade”): My Job (text)

Notes to Coach and Learner:

  • enunciate: 7 syllables
  • pace: merge to “isn’t”, “It’s a
  • understand: Learner think words in English

Object #4 (“high school”): Conquer (text)

Notes to Coach and Learner:

  • enunciate: 16 syllables
  • pace: pause between the two sentences
  • understand: Learner think words in English

Object #5 (“freshmea”): The Cat six opening words

Notes to Coach and Learner:

  • enunciate: 4 syllables, “kih”,“gih”
  • pace: as enunciated
  • understand: Learner think words in English

Object #6 (“sophomore”): The Cat the remaider of first sentence

Notes to Coach and Learner:

  • enunciate: 4 syllables, “kih”,“gih”
  • pace: as enunciated
  • understand: Learner think words in English

Object # 7 (“junior”): The Cat second sentence

Notes to Coach and Learner:

  • enunciate: 9 syllables
  • pace: pause after QUICKLY
  • understand: Learner think words in English

Object #8 (“senior”): The Cat third sentence and closing

Notes to Coach and Learner:

  • enunciate: 7 syllables; in END, “D”
  • pace: pause after KITE
  • understand: Learner think words in English

EXPRESSIONS

Hi, Nice to see you, How are you?
Give me a break, I don’t care
Good job, Shut up, Your name? Mine is,
Nice going. Stop it, Please, Enough already
Let’s call it quits, So what? See you soon
Happy birthday, What’s happening? Darn it,
I have a question, Let’s go
Take your time, Hurry up, Tired of waiting
Not yet, Sorry, Thank you, Where’s?
Was nothing, Bye, Let’s see, That’s it
I love you. How do you say?

ONE-LINERS

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas
Take me out to the ball game
God save the queen
Oh, say, can you see by the dawn’s early light
This land is your land
Let me call you sweetheart
Roll out the barrel
When Irish eyes are smiling
It’s a long way to Tipperary
By the light of the silvery moon
I’ve been working on the railroad
Casey would waltz with the strawberry blonde
Be kind to your web-footed friends
The caissons go rolling along
Deep in the heart of Texas
You’re a grand old flag
Give my regards to Broadway
East side, West side, all around the town
I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy
From the halls of Montezuma
For he’s a jolly good fellow
Rain, rain, go away
She’ll be coming round the mountain
Anchors aweigh
You’ll never walk alone
Yes, we have no bananas
We won’t come back till it’s over, over there

john@mchale.com

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Movement back and forth governs many activities. Employ it now to master English with your native pronunciation. Learn patiently - alternatng deliberately between your lifelong knowledge and the speech you seek.

Recent growth of ESL (English as a Second Language) suggests this self-help.

To add English, enunciate aloud the all-capital syllables of some short texts according to plan and you’re on your way.

(Adviser: insert native language below each line containing capitals or on a separate paper).

Slowly

SLOW LY and CARE FUL LY

My Job

My JOB is NOT DIFF I CULT. It is a CHALL ENGE.

Conquer

CON QUER ENG LISH . E NUN CI ATE 'The CAT' OF TEN E NOUGH to GET the KNACK

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