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| Fun Easy English Classroom January 8 |
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Classroom
Today
Introduction
to
American English
pronunciation |
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Today in the Fun Easy English classroom you will learn about American
English pronunciation.
Knowing a lot of vocabulary, and using perfect grammar
MEANS NOTHING if nobody can understand you. Pronunciation is the
most important part of your English language study. Today you will
be introduced to the basics of American English pronunciation. |
 Hey
if you cannot understand something on this page,
then use the Fun Easy English
dictionary
(opens in a new window) |
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 Pronunciation:
Introduction
American English pronunciation is all about using the
proper mouth, lips, and tongue positions in order to
correctly produce the basic 44 sounds of the English
language. |
 Your
vocal cords are also an important part of pronunciation
producing both "voiced" and "unvoiced" sounds. With
"voiced" sounds you CAN listen to and feel your vocal
cords vibrating when pronouncing the sound. With
"unvoiced" sounds you CANNOT listen to or feel your
vocal cords vibrating when pronouncing the sound.
In addition, many of the sounds in English can be spelled a few different ways
making it more difficult to learn correct pronunciation.
For example the sound "aw"
as in the word raw, can be
spelled with a,
au,
aw, o, and
ou. |
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Fun Easy English Pronunciation Lessons |
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 From
YOUR Teacher: English
Pronunciation
Learning English pronunciation is definitely where you
should focus much of your study time if you want to
speak English correctly.
After all, using perfect English grammar and knowing a
lot of vocabulary MEANS NOTHING if nobody can understand
you. |
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Additional Lessons |
 About These
Lessons
The following classroom lessons are great for students
who want additional conversation, listening, and reading
practice. |
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Conversation Lesson -
Beginner Level. Let's
Learn English conversation lesson
with a conversation video, a video script, audio
listening practice, video speaking practice, video
pronunciation practice, a new
words section, and a writing activity.
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 Conversation Lesson
8 - Are You Busy?
In this lesson Anna wants to apologize to her co-workers. She learns
what they do at the same time every day. |
Lesson Video
Watch the video and then do the activities on this page. |
Video Script
Anna: Hi, Anne. Are you busy?
Anne: Hi, Anna. Yes. At 10 a.m. I am writing. Every day I do my morning show.
Sorry!
Anna: Okay. See you later, maybe.
Anne: Maybe I’ll see you later.
Anna: Hi, Jonathan. Are you busy?
Jonathan: Yes, I’m busy. When the studio light is on, I am recording my evening
show.
Anna: Right. Sorry about yesterday.
Jonathan: No worries.
Anna: May I see the studio?
Jonathan: Um, maybe another time? Right now I am busy.
Anna: Sure. Okay, ’bye.
Jonathan: ‘Bye.
Anna: Hi, Amelia! Are you busy?
Amelia: I’m a little busy.
Anna: I want to say I’m sorry for yesterday.
Amelia: It’s okay, Anna.
Anna: Well, I am sorry.
Amelia: It’s okay, Anna. Come by this afternoon.
Anna: Okay.
Caty: Anna.
Anna: Yes, Ms. Weaver.
Caty: Are you busy?
Anna: Yes, Ms. Weaver. I am busy.
Caty: My office. 5:00 p.m.
Anna: 5:00 p.m.
Caty: Come in.
Co-Workers: Surprise!
Anna: A party! Awesome! And I still have my job! Phew!* Until next time!
* Phew! is a sound used to show that you are relieved, tired, or hot |
Listening
Now practice listening to only the audio portion of the conversation. |
Speaking
In this video, learn to say the new words. Learn to talk about three times of
the day. |
Pronunciation
In this video, you learn how Americans make hesitation noises, like um, to give
themselves more time to think of an answer. You can also learn how to use
emphasis when you apologize and accept an apology. |
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New Words |
- afternoon -
n. the middle part of the day : the part of the
day between noon and evening
- apologize -
v. to express regret for doing or saying
something wrong : to give or make an apology
- evening -
n. the last part of the day and early part of
the night
- job -
n. the work that a person does regularly in
order to earn money
- later -
adj. happening near the end of a process,
activity, series, life, etc.
- light -
n. a source of light (such as an electric lamp)
- maybe -
adv. possibly but not certainly
- morning -
n. the early part of the day : the time of day
from sunrise until noon
- now -
adv. at the present time
- studio -
n. the building or room where an artist works
- surprise -
n. an unexpected event, piece of information,
etc.
- yesterday -
n. the day before today
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 Activity
What do you do every morning? You can see some examples
in the Activity Sheet. Do the activity and practice
talking with a friend about when you are busy. Write
about it in the Facebook Comments section below.
Click
lesson activity to get the printable PDF version. The
page opens to a new window. |
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Conversation
Lessons
Study all 52 English conversation lessons. Let's Learn
English conversation lessons each with a conversation
video, a video script, audio listening practice, video
speaking practice, video pronunciation practice, a new
words section, and a writing activity.
These
lessons are for beginners. |
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Source: Voice of America |
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Hey Students,
Use this dictionary and reference to look up any words you do not
understand in Fun Easy English.
Note: search opens in a new tab. |
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