English Pronunciation for Brazilians

English Pronunciation for Brazilians

CONTENTS  Homophones - See \ Sea  /r/ and /h/ - Hat \ Rat  Final /l/ - Cold  Share / Chair  /s/ and /z/ - Mouse \ Because  Th – Mother \ Think  Silent Corner  Linking sounds

Homophones After a 2-week vacation, I’m 2 tired 2 return 2 work.

Homophones words that have different spelling but sound the same.

Made Flower Wood Sell Meat

Dye Way

Maid

Road

Would Break

Die

Piece Cell

Brake

Rode

Weight Meet Peace

Flour

Brake Cell Die Flour Made Meat Peace Rode Way Would

Break Sell Dye Flower Maid Meet Piece Road Weight Wood

/r/ and /h/ - Hat \ Rat Martha is wearing a hat Martha is wearing a rat.

Portuguese Humor Herói Helicóptero Horrível Hilário

English Humor Hero Helicopter Horrible Hilarious

Honesto Hora

Honest Hour

O /r/ em Inglês é pronunciado como em alguns lugares do interior de São Paulo e Minas Gerais. Por exemplo: diga porta aberta bem devagar como as pessoas desses lugares. Agora use o mesmo som para dizer ar. ... Mantenha o /r/ e diga ar. Este é o /r/ do Inglês. Richard, Robert, Ralph, Rachel, Rose. Red, Rich, Round, Right, Real, Really. Rome, Rio de Janeiro, Richmond.

Repeat these pairs of words contrasting /h/ and /r/. home – Rome hose – rose hat – rat hole – role habit – rabbit hair – rare

hate – rate head – red hear – rear height – right hide – ride hope – rope

Final /l/ - Cold O /l/ é pronunciado de forma aberta sem fechar a boca. Diga “lá, lá, lá”. Não feche os lábios, pois você produzirá som de /u/. Ex : Kill, call, Brazil, tell, milk, old, whole, help, hell, world. Atenção: o /l/ não é pronunciado nestas palavras: half, talk, walk, calm, would, should, Lincoln.

Share / Chair Share – Chair Sherry – cherry Shoe – chew Shore – chore Shin – chin Ship – chip Shop – chop Sheep - cheap

/s/ and /z/ These words end in /s/: Yes – this – class – bus – address -- house – mouse – blouse – increase – decrease – base case – fantasy – basic Words with the /z/ sound: His – hers – theirs Does – was – is – resort Business – easy – because

Th – Voiceless Diga um longo /s/: /ssss/ Coloque sua língua entre os dentes e diga a frase: Cida sabe sambar como se você tivesse com a língua presa. Thank – thousand – thief – three – something – anything – everything – north – bath –mouth birth

Th – Voiced Diga um longo /z/: /zzzz/. Coloque sua língua entre os dentes e tente dizer: A casa da zebra é azul como se estivesse com a língua presa. Mother – Father – They – Without – With – This – That – These – Those - Than – There.

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Silent Corner Silent n: damn – column – autumn b: bomb – debt – climb – comb h: hour – honest – honor – vehicle *w: wrong – write – wrist -- wrinkle p: pneumonia – Psychology – raspberry t: castle – listen – Christmas – fasten k: know – knight -- knee – knock s: Island – aisle -- Arkansas – Illinois

Linking sounds Flap t: quando esta letra estiver no meio de uma palavra, troca-se o som de /t/ por um /r/ fraco. Ex: beautiful -- pretty – better – butter – party – Rita -- butterfly

References Godoy, Sonia M. Baccari; Gontow, Cris; Marcelino Marcello - English Pronunciation for Brazilians – The sounds of American English – São Paulo – Disal – 2006.

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