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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.
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