Typical pronunciation mistakes of the pupils, their types. Ways of correction and preventing them

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THE KAZAKH UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND WORLD
LANGUAGES NAMED AFTER ABYLAI KHAN
PROJECT WORK
Theme: “Typical pronunciation mistakes of the
pupils, their types. Ways of correction and
preventing them.”
Done by : Aimanbet T.;Tymbaeva Zh.
Checked by:Zhussupbekov A.
Almaty 2016

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Plan:
Introduction
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Main body
Worst pronunciation mistakes pupils make
around the world
How to fix it?!
The Simple System That Can Help Your
Students Achieve Perfect Pronunciation
Conclusion
References

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Introduction
Proper English pronunciation can be a big
problem for some pupils and more difficult for
some students than for others. A student’s
native language determines, for the most
part, the degree of difficulty and the types of
difficulties students will have. But despite on
the differences, between countries, there are
certain mistakes that are the most common
among pupils all over the world. =>Here,
you’ll see not only what they are, but also
how to help your students overcome them.

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Common Mistakes in English
Pronunciation
Poor Grasp of
Phonics
Misundersta
nd-ing of
Words and
Phrases
Unusual
Spellings
FE: German
( handkerchi
ef), French
(Journalist)
etc.
Confusing Letter
Sounds and
Combinations
FE: Liveleave,sit-seat,fitfeet etc.

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7 Worst
Pronunciation
Mistakes Pupils
and Students
Make Around
the World

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Pronouncing the “th”
The “th” can be
pronounced in three
different ways: as a
“d” (/ð; as the
voiceless /θ; or as a
/t/.
How to fix it: Go
over the
difference
between the
three types of
pronunciation..

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The “r” and
“l” sounds
are the
stereotypica
l mistake
students
make
How to fix
it: Show
them and
contrast the
position of the
tongue and
teeth.

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Pronouncing the Schwa
The schwa ([ə]) is a
sound that is
typical in
unstressed
syllables
How to fix it:
Introduce the
schwa to students
and give them
plenty of examples.

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Pronouncing the Short “i”
The short “i” or [i]
usually poses a
problem as
students may be
inclined to
pronounce them as
leave, seat, feet, or
heat.
How to fix it
: Give them plenty
of practice with
these confusing
word pairs: liveleave; sit-seat; fitfeet, hit-heat, etc

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Confusing the “w” and
the “v”
How to fix it:
This is a typical
pronunciation problem
in some European
nations.
show them how
to round their
mouths into an
“o” and then
unround them to
produce the right
sound, like this.

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Pronouncing the
Magic “e”
Some
students may
have a hard
time noticing
the difference
between
words like not
and note or
bit and bite.
How to fix it:
by practicing
word pairs..

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Pronouncing Silent
Consonants
Pupils sometimes
tend to pronounce
consonants that
are silent, like the
“d” in Wednesday
or the “g” in
foreign.
How to fix it: writing
down the word on
the board and
crossing the silent
letter out.

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Conclusion
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As you can see, we have shown typical pronunciation mistakes of the pupils
and students.
There are a lot of typical pronunciaton mistakes,
which connects with a student's native language.
Despite on them,we tryed to explain mistakes of pronunciation and
ways of correction and how to prevent them.
If we follow these tipps, we will solve, prevent, overcome together it...

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References
(A theoretical course of English phonetics)
S.F. Leontyeva. 1980
https://my.survio.com/P9R2U2M2C9M5B6Y9G6X7
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