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Imene Myar Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Pronounciation
hiiii freinds, I am a new member here, I have a question concerning the phonetic symbol schwa, I am a novice teacher of EFL , facing a difficutly in how to introduce this sound to absolute beginners , should I mention the way it is pronounced only? or i have to give them details about how and when to use it, which I find something very complicated to them, I will be very happy to receive your answers and suggestions ...
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It is not difficult to tell them when and where it appears. / or /i/ appears in virtually every unstressed syllable in the English language.
- It is not difficult to tell them when and where it appears.
- / or /i/ appears in virtually every unstressed syllable in the English language.
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It is not difficult to tell them when and where it appears. Either /?/ or /i/ appears in virtually every unstressed syllable in the English language.
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/i/ is a short vowel sound, it has nothing to do with schwa. isn't it ? my quetion is whether to talk about stress patterns and syllables, or just to have them imitate its pronounciation, did you get me now?
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You need to talk about stress patterns and sentence flow: without them, the schwa sound would not exist.
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but, sir, did you notice that i am dealing with absolute beginners, don't you think that talking about what you have said will be daunting to them
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I work intensively with natural pronunciation, rhythm and stress, reduction and liaison from the first lesson. Beginners hear natural language flow and they perform natural language flow from the start—but they must actively perform, not just have these things explained. As they focus on these basics of communication, they acquire much sooner the ability to produce and understand a
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