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5. 
Say ‘I’m sorry’ with these different intonations: 
A. quick apology
B. a request for repetition 
C. with surprise 
REFLECTION 
Think about these comments from teachers. Which do you agree and why? 
1.
I don’t expect my learners to pronounce the language like a first language speaker. 
2.
Young children learn good pronunciation naturally. You don’t need to teach it to them. 
3.
Good teachers need to understand phonology.’ 
4.
It’s not very useful for my learners to learn any of the phonetic symbols. 
DISCOVERY ACTIVITIES 
1.
Here is an extract from a pronunciation syllabus. Which parts would be relevant for teaching 
to your learners? 
Lesson 
Pronunciation focus 

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1 
Polite intonation in questions 
5 
intonation in question tags to show agreement 
Progress check 
/
i/ and /i:/; being aware of speaker’s attitude 
7 
Stress and intonation when correcting someone 
12 
word stress in sentences 
15 
Stress in compound nouns 
2. 
Find five words you will soon teach your learners. Check their pronunciation in a dictionary. 
Decide which sounds might be problematic for your learners. 
3. 
Have a look an Sound Foundations by Adrian Underhill, Macmillan 1994. It has lots of useful 
information about different aspects of phonology. 
4. 
Listen to other people’s pronunciation and practice your own on this website: 

http://www.towerofenglish.com/pronunciation.html

 
5.
Play with the phonemic symbols on this website: 
http://janmulder.co.uk/Phonmap
 
 
 
6.
Use a dictionary and/or the 
TKT Glossary
to find the meaning of these terms: 
consonant, 
linking, syllable, voided/unvoiced sound, vowel.