Key to better listening
comprehension
1.
Understand what makes native speakers hard to understand
What make native speaker hard to
understand?
Ø The great number of vowels and dipthongs in English. Some of
them very similar to each other minimal paits.
·
Boat : Bought
·
Mad : mud
·
Hurt : Heart
·
Men : Main
·
Than : Then
·
Bit : Bet
·
Live : leave
Ø The way that native speakers shorten and link sound.
Speech pattern 1
Contarted verb and negatives
I`am, he`s, they`ll, we`ve, won`t,
can`t, ok, i`ll do it.
(no stress on i`ll: no particular
emotion)
I will do it. Nothing can stop
(stress on will : shows deternation)
Speech pattern 2
Weak forms
Examples :
·
I can ski
·
I kn ski
§ Here`s my book.
§ Here md book
Speech pattern 3
Phonetic links
Examples :
ü He wroks as an engineer
ü He work sazanen gineen
v She is interested in it
v She (y) is interested in it.
All in one
·
He won`t accept it from me.
·
He won`t accept it fromme
2.
Improve your own pronunciation.
Common pronunciation trap 1 :
Some spelling = same sound
“ ea”-/i:/(jean)
-
Great
-
Hear
-
Learn
-
Instead
`u`-/u/(put)
-
Judge
-
Fubrious
Commonpronunciation trap 2 : word
stress
1.
Which syilable is strased?
Devalopment or
development
2.
You might expect the following word to be pronounced similarly
Propose & PURpose
3.
Learn primarily with your ears rather than eyes.
WHAT YOU SEE IS NOT WHAT THEY SAY`!
1.
Listen to audio books rather than read the printed version.
2.
Listen to the radio and watch films in English as much as possible.
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