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Communication & Presentation Skills: Oral Skills & Spoken English
Communication & Presentation Skills: Oral Skills & Spoken English
PRESENTATION SKILLS
ORAL SKILLS & SPOKEN ENGLISH
S M Mahsud
Lecturer
HITEC University
4. Pronunciation of Sentences:
intonation and rhythm
INTONATION: rising / (yes /)
falling \ (yes \)
combination \/ (yes \/)
RHYTHM: de dum de dum
x
x
ox
fox
ooze
medially
ball
put
choose
10.//
up
cup
11./:/
12. //
earn
ago
learn
police
7. /:/
8. /U/
9. /u:/
initially
all
finally
saw
chew
stir
maker
Diphthongs
13. /e/
14. /a/
15. //
16./a/
17. //
18. //
19. /e/
20. /u/
eight
ice
oak
out
oil
ears
airs
straight
mice
joke
shout
boil
beard
paired
cured
stay
my
slow
how
boy
peer
hare
tour
1. /p/
2. /b/
3. /t/
4. /d/
5. /k/
6. /g/
initially
pin
bin
tell
day
keep
get
medially
spin
tubs
stick
heads
skill
jugs
finally
keep
club
light
laid
stick
bag
initially
medially finally
7. //
chin
reached teach
8. / /
joke
hinged
large
met
net
smoke
snake
rings
fling
team
tin
sing
full
9. /m/
10. /n/
11. //
12. /l/
lot
13 /f/
14. /v/
initially
fan
van
medially finally
soft
if
leaves
thief
15. //
thin
months
bath
16.//
then
clothes
bathe
17. /s/
18. /z/
19. //
20. //
initially
sip
zip
ship
measure
medially
list
loser
rushed
rouge
finally
less
buzz
hush
21. /h/
22. /r/
23. /w/
24. /j/
initially
hot
rot
watt
yatch
medially finally
behave
try
sweat
tune
Word-stress
Two-syllable words
Stress on first
syllable
bargain
govern
secret
mischief
message
cabbage
surface
furnace
husband
butcher
proverb
thorough
oven
onion
compass
Word-stress (continued)
Two-syllable words
Stress on second
syllable
admit
forbid
succed
suppress
police
payee
dismiss
agree
select
request
prefer
refer
occur
arrest
commence
perhaps
Word-stress (continued)
Three-syllable words
Stress on first syllable
advertise
educate
illustrate
furniture
government
literature
recognize
signature
tentative
Word-stress (continued)
Three-syllable words
Primary Stress on
third syllable
,addressee
,cigarette
,coincide
,devotee
,engineer
,guarantee
,recimmend
Word-stress (continued)
Four-syllable words
Primary Stress on first
syllable
applicable
accurately
comfortable
honourable
Primary Stress on
second syllable
advertisement
appreciate
arithmetic
exaggerate
participate
photography
Word-stress (continued)
Four-syllable words
Primary Stress on
third syllable
accidental
application
exhibition
independent
individual
Primary Stress on
fourth syllable
dedicatee
examinee
Word-stress (continued)
words with more than four syllables
Primary Stress on first
syllable
favouritism
cannibalism
secularism
Primary Stress on second
syllable
adventurousness
enthusiasm
conservatism
Word-stress (continued):
stress change according to part of speech
COMPARE:
Noun/Adjective
absent
accent
concert
conflict
export
produce
subject
Verb
absent
accent
concert
conflict
export
produce
subject
Attributes of
good oral communication