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, Im 2 tired 2 return 2 work.

Homophones
words that have different spelling but sound the same.

Dye Way

Made Flower Wood Sell Meat Maid

Die

Piece
Cell Rode

Brake

Weight Meet Peace

Road

Would
Break

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 Heri Helicptero Horrvel Hilrio

English Humor Hero Helicopter Horrible Hilarious

Honesto Hora

Honest Hour

O /r/ em Ingls pronunciado como em alguns lugares do interior de So 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 o /r/ do Ingls. 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/ pronunciado de forma aberta sem fechar a boca. Diga l, l, l. No feche os lbios, pois voc produzir som de /u/. Ex : Kill, call, Brazil, tell, milk, old, whole, help, hell, world. Ateno: o /l/ no 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 lngua entre os dentes e diga a frase: Cida sabe sambar como se voc tivesse com a lngua presa. Thank thousand thief three something anything everything north bath mouth birth

Th Voiced
Diga um longo /z/: /zzzz/. Coloque sua lngua entre os dentes e tente dizer: A casa da zebra azul como se estivesse com a lngua 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 So Paulo Disal 2006.

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