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Written Assessment in Pronunciation

This assessment has the following sections:

·      Pronouncing Major Sounds

·      Rules of the American Dialect

·      American Vowel Sounds

·      Stress and Intonation

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In each section, note your confidence level on a scale of 1 to 5. Use 5 to indicate very high confidence in your ability.

Pronouncing Major Sounds

1. The T sound as in table.

2. The R sound as in rain.  

3. The L sound as in land or still.

4. The TH sounds as in this and think.

5. The V sound as in van.

6. The W sound as in want.

7. The NG sound as in sing.

8. The Z sound as in zebra.

9. The S sound as in see.

10. The SH sound as in ship.

11. The ZH sound as in usual.

12. J and CH sounds.

13. B and P sounds.

14. The QU sound as in quiet.

Rules of the American Dialect

1. I know when Americans change T into a D sound.

2. I know when Americans change T sounds before or after N.

3. I know when Americans pronounce the R sound.

4. I know how to pronounce the R sound in different positions in words such as rain, carry and leader.

5. I can pronounce the RL sound in words like girl and world.

6. I know how Americans pronounce an L sound at the beginning and end of words.

7. I know that S sounds like Z in some words.

8. I know that TH has a vibrating sound and a non-vibrating sound.

9. I know the three pronunciations of the -ed ending as in these words: engaged, accepted and achieved.

American Vowel Sounds

1. I can articulate the schwa sound.

2. I know basic rules about when the schwa sound occurs.

3. I know how to articulate the vowels in these words: choice, boy, down and account.

4. I know how to pronounce the O’s in these words: project, office, focus, order, computer and color.

5. I can pronounce these words with different O and U sounds: box, bucks, boots and books.

6. I pronounce the words document and executive with a yu sound as in cute.

7. I pronounce an A sound as in cat in the words laugh, after, ask, and graph.

8. I pronounce these words with the same A vowel sound: author, awful, cause, and wall.

9. I know the vowel sounds in this word: Amazon.

10. I know how to pronounce AR after a W sound as in award.

11. I pronounce these words with a Short E sound: been, again, says, and said.

12. I can articulate the difference between Short E and Long A. For example: pen and pain sound different.

13. I can articulate the differences in the three short vowels as in these words: better, bitter and butter.

14. I can articulate the Short I sound in words like skill and fiscal.

15. I can fully articulate the Long I sound in words like time and find.

16. I understand how to link vowel sounds, let them flow together, in words like create and proactive.

Stress and Intonation

1. I can articulate syllable stress in a word.

2. I know some patterns for syllable stress in relation to prefixes and suffixes.

3. I have an understanding of which words can be stressed in a sentence.

4. I can stress a word with confidence.

5. I know where to pause within a sentence.

6. When I speak, I connect small words in phrases.

7. I know how to speak formally and casually in American English.

Notes. Please write any additional thoughts you have about your pronunciation.