Pronunciation Skills

---Chloe
&
Sherring

Advanced OCS
9/21/10
 Sounds
 Vowels  Consonants
 a  b
 e  f
 i  v
 o  th
 u  k
 Syllable
 a part of a word that has ONE
vowel sound

 e.g : target tar get

permit per mit
education e du ca tion
 Stress
 make a syllable
a) l o n g e r
b) LOUDER

c) higher
d) have a “TRUE VOWEL” sound
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Word pairs

DEsert deSERT

MESsage masSAGE
 Look-alikes

 PERmit
You need a PERmit to park here.
 perMIT

Please perMIT me to park here.

 Two-syllable

a DOZen PENcils
 Three-syllable

a TERrible ACcident
 Four-syllable

an efFIcient SECretary
 Schwa
 unstressed syllable
 the symbol for schwa is / /

 e.g: aBOUT
 Pronunciation Skills
 Sounds
 Syllable

 Stress

 Schwa
Thank You !