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HELPS Higher Education Language & Presentation Support Let’s Practice Pronunciation – wk 3

In which picture does the red stand out most? Why? Stress (contrast) makes your meaning clearer UTS:HELPS 2

• I love you (it’s me that loves you, not her). • I love you (I ‘more than like’ you). • I love you (not anyone else). Stress in sentence = meaning UTS:HELPS 3

• Handout – practice stressing the focus words. Practice sentence stress UTS:HELPS 4

• Barack Obama speech in Berlin (2.45 - • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=- 8mzWkuOxz8 Pausing and chunking your speaking UTS:HELPS 5

• Using the short paragraph provided, mark the natural pauses in it. • Underline the words you want to stress to make your chosen meaning. • Practice speaking your text in small groups and get feedback from others. Practice text UTS:HELPS 6

Use the post-it notes to describe: • In the past 3 weeks, what are the most important things you have learned about English pronunciation? • What would you like to cover in the remaining 3 weeks? What’s helped and what’s next? UTS:HELPS 7