The document is a pronunciation booklet from a university English communication class. It contains [1] six sections that teach pronunciation of different English phonemes and sentence stress patterns. [2] The sections cover pronunciation of 's' and 'th', 'r' and 'l', 'b', 'v', and 'f', the 'w' sound, sentence stress patterns, and sentence intonation patterns. [3] Students are provided examples and practice sentences to improve their pronunciation of these sounds in English.

1. 南山大学
情報理工学部
英語コミュニケーション IA
２０１２年度春学期
Pronunciation Booklet
名前（ローマ字）:___________________________________
学生番号：2012SE__________
発 音 テ ス ト ①
One day five young women thought they would go for10 a walk along a riverbank. One of
the women, Laura20, said that they should stop for a while to rest30. On the river, beside
where they were resting, there was40 a little rowing boat. “Let’s row the boat for a50 few
minutes on the river,” said Florence. Then the five60 women climbed into the rowing boat
and started to row70 out onto the river, but there was a very loud80 roar from the riverbank.
“Hey! That’s my boat,” shouted a90 very angry old man. He was furious. The women
quickly100 rowed the boat back to the riverbank and got out110. “We’re very sorry,” they
said. They were really flustered, so120 they ran back along the riverbank.
発音テストに使用される採点の基準は以下の通りです。テストで実際に読んでもらう文章も配布し
ますので、しっかり音読して発音の練習をしておいてください。また、この試験で何が評価される
のかを理解するために採点の基準にもよく目を通しておいてください。
成 カ タ カ ナ
早 さ
TH
R
&
L
F
&
V
W
績
英 語
5
100-120
カ タ カ ナ この音素を完全 この音素を完 この音素を完 この音素を完
点
wpm
発音は一 にマスターして 全にマスター 全にマスター 全にマスター
切ない
いる
している
している
している
4
80-100
カタカナ とてもよいが、 とてもよいが、 とてもよいが、 とてもよいが、
点
wpm
発音は殆 完全ではない
完全ではない
完全ではない
完全ではない
どない
3
60-80
カタカナ 発音はよくない 発音はよくな 発音はよくな 発音はよくな
点
wpm
発音が多 が、上達が見受 いが、上達が見 いが、上達が見 いが、上達が見
少ある
けられる
受けられる
受けられる
受けられる
0
0-60
カタカナ 全く発音できて 全く発音でき 全く発音でき 全く発音でき
点
wpm
発音が多 いない
ていない
ていない
ていない
い

2. 1. Phonemes: ‘s’ and ‘th’:
When you say s, your tongue touches behind your top teeth (picture ①).
When you make the th sound, your tongue is between your top and bottom teeth (②).
① the ‘s’ sound ② the ‘th’ sound
There are two th sounds: unvoiced (e.g. thing) and voiced (e.g. then).
th pronunciation
s th(unvoiced) th (voiced)
sin thin this
sing thing that
sink think the
sought thought then
Practice Sentences:
1. There are three things over there that my sisters think are the same as this.
2. This is the soft thing I thought that she threw through the thin window.
3. I think my thirtieth birthday party is on Thursday at three.
4. The three talented singers stood waiting next to their theater seats.
5. The sixty scientists slept at school on a sunny Saturday.
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3. 2. Phonemes: ‘r’ and ‘l’:
r and l are very difficult sounds for Japanese people to make because these sounds are
not in the Japanese language.
③ the ‘r’ sound ④ the ‘l’ sound
For the l sound, your tongue touches the top of your mouth. Both sounds are made at the
back of your throat.
r and l pronunciation
rain lane
right light
wrong long
ray lay
Practice Sentences:
1. I lost my red raincoat at the lake last year.
2. I rode my bicycle on the lonely road for a long time.
3. We left the last train at the lonely little platform.
4. The real reason Laura likes long, red leggings is that long, red leggings look really
lovely on tall thin people.
5. Looking through the thin, round lenses makes those little, red things look really
large.
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4. 3. Phonemes: ‘b’, ‘v’ and ‘f’:
Look at picture ⑤. This is the b sound. The lips are closed.
In picture ⑥ the top teeth touch the bottom lip to make the v sound. If you make the
sound with no voice, it is the f sound. Try it.
⑤ the ‘b’ sound ⑥ the ‘v’ and ‘f’ sound
Now try to make the sounds using the words in the chart below:
b, f and v pronunciation
berry
very ferry
bind
fine vine
beer
fear veer
Practice Sentences:
1. The five friends’ were very fine when they visited the factory on Valentine’s Day.
2. The foreign visiting volunteers ate various vegetables after playing volleyball.
3. On Friday, February the fourteenth, fewer farmers visit their fields in the valley.
4. French flavours are very fresh because fishermen fish very frequently.
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5. 4. Phonemes: ‘w’:
Some English words that begin with w are also used in the Japanese language, but they
are pronounced differently from in English. For example, words like woman and window
are written as ウーマン and ウインドー, but pronounced with a strong ‘w’ sound in English.
w pronunciation
ウーマン
woman
ウインドー
window
ウインナ
wiener
ウインク
wink
warm woolen wind walking
one wearing white wondering
sweater away
Practice Sentences:
1. The woman wore a warm woolen sweater.
2. The wind blew the window away.
3. When William went walking one day he was wearing a white woolen vest.
4. We were wondering when the woman would open the wide windows.
5. One woman wore a wonderful watch to a wedding one Wednesday in winter.
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6. 5. Sentence stress patterns:
English sentences have stress patterns. These help make your speech more understandable.
These are very important if you want to make yourself understood.
Stress
(key
information)
I’m
a
student
at
Nanzan
University.
I
like
to
watch
sports
on
TV.
One
day,
I’ll
speak
English
well.
*Note that in a multi-syllable word (音節が二つ以上の単語), the sentence stress falls on the
most stressed syllable.
Questions
(Stress
the
information
you
want
to
find
out)
What’s
your
name?
Who
is
your
favorite
singer?
Do
you
wan’to
play
baseball?
Are
you
studying
com puters?
Stressed Unstressed
content words non-content words
verbs, nouns, adjectives is, to, for, on, etc
subjects
question words question words
What, Where, Who, Are / Is / Am
When, Why, How Do / Did
How LONG Will / Would /
How FAR Can / Could
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7. Practice Sentences:
Write a dot (・) over stressed syllables and words. Check with the teacher to see if they are
right. After that, practice pronouncing the sentences with your partner.
1. I’m a student at Nanzan University.
2. I went to Disneyland last month.
3. I’m your friend. You can tell me.
4. Are you studying computer programming?
5. Which would you like - ice cream or cake?
6. I’m going to the bank. Do you wanna come, too?
7. Did you watch TV last night?
8. What program did you watch?
9. Are you going to the game next Saturday?
10. What did your mother say?
Note that we also stress words when we are contrasting information.
Contrast
words
Example
1:
A:
Do
you
like
to
make
pizza?
B:
No,
I
said
I
like
to
eat
pizza.
-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐
Example
2:
A:
Is
that
your
sister?
B:
No,
she’s
not
my
sister.
She’s
my
girlfriend!
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8. 6. Sentence intonation patterns:
In English, there are three basic types of sentence patterns:
A: Statements and WH- Questions
I am a student at Nanzan University.
I want to speak English well.
What‘s your name?
Who is your favorite singer?
B: Yes/No Questions
Do you want to play baseball?
Are you studying computers?
C: Choice Questions
Would you like coffee or tea?
Do you live in a house or an apartment?
Write the intonation above the sentences on page 7.
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