Sunday, October 16, 2011

RHYME and RHYTHM - RHYTHM and RHYME


Here is a funny and educational video to help you understand a little bit more about rhyme and rhythm.



References: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjNiNLsPo9U

Saturday, October 15, 2011

LINKING THE WORDS TOGETHER....


When speaking, we join or "link" words to each other, when you are saying. The words in a sentence do not always sound the same as when we say them individually.

There are basically two types of linking:
   consonant > vowel
We link words ending with a consonant sound to words beginning with a vowel sound

   vowel > vowel
We link words ending with a vowel sound to words beginning with a vowel sound


WORD STRESS ....

No stress!! Just intonation ...=)


WORD STRESS is the



to understand spoke English!
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Without the word stress, some native English speakers will find difficult to understand what you are saying, and you may not understand what native speakers, especially the ones that speak fast, are saying too.
We usually use different intonation, which means force, strength to say the words in English.
Basically there are two very important rules to help you with your pronunciation:

  One word, one stress!
  The stress is always on a vowel!


There are others rules about pronunciation, a little complicated than this two, but to get it start to good to watch this two for now! We will go over the other soon...




ENGLISH IS NOT PHONECTIC!!!

What that means???


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That means that we do not always say a word the same way that we spell it. 
Always remember:  English is not "phonetic".
Some words can have the same spelling but different pronunciation.

Examples:  read 
                  read  
                  desert 
                  desert 
Some words have different spelling but the same pronunciation.
Examples: gases 
                 gasses
                 read
                 red

 

Friday, October 14, 2011

WELCOME TO HELP BETTER SAY!!!!

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It`s all about the way its sounds!!!


PRONUNCIATION (noun): the way we pronounce a word

PRONUNCE (verb): to make the sound of a word