The Consonant Polka link
Link to the Training Video
Link to the Wed night feedback session
Objectives
• Improve th
• Get pronunciation from the dictionary . . .FAST!
• Begin using AI to create practice materials for you!
Warm up: W-on-glide
Wooo!
Whoops! Weee!
Which!
Whoa!
Wall!
\ Way!
Wet!
What? Whaap!
Wop!
[θ]Protocol
1. SCRATCH tip of tongue with tip of stick
2. PRESS stick strongly against lips with edge of stick
(anchored just below the nose and on chin)
3. SET tip of tongue on stick, very lightly.
4. START air (count of 3)
5. SAY word: “thin” (3X)
6. SAY word: path, with quick stick touch on ‘th’
thin pathway path
thought northwest north
thing southwest south
[ð] Substitute voicing for aspiration (touch on larynx or voice box)
though weather smooth
the father with
them mother breathe
Lesson 3 EOR
Vacation plans (consonants)
Situation: Friends are arguing about the best place to go on vacation.
MOOD: Energetic, fun
Instructions:
- Using a stick, do each ‘th’ three times!
- Go through the EOR, touching the stick lightly on each ‘th,' plus the voice box on (x).
- Use an upper torso nod on each stressed word!
- Do the entire EOR using Tai Chi Widget on the stressed syllables.
1A: THINK that | I’ll go NORTH | for this vaCAtion.
x (x) x (x)
B: I’d rather go SOUTH, | mySELF, |better WEAther there!
(x) x (x) (x). (x)
2A: But the NorthWEST | can be BREATH taking
(x) x x
B: My BROther lived there. | And so do my Other relatives.
(x) (x) (x)
3A: My FAther and MOther | grew up there, TOO
(x) (x) (x)
B: WHEther or not you go, | THOUGH, |good LUCK with the WEAther!
(x) x (x) (x) (x)
4A: I heard that near PORTland | there were THOUsands of dead FISH.
(x) (x) x
B: AnNOther reason | to avoid the NorthWEST!
(x) (x) x
5A: MAYbe|to tell the TRUTH | that is a GREAT area.
(x) x (x)
B: A voyage along the northwest COAST | would be SUper.
(x) x
6A: Have to aVOID that. | My Other girlfriend | does not GO for them
(x) (x) (x)
B: WELL then, | bon voyAGE |wherEVER you wind up this vaCAtion!!!
(x) (x)
How to remember pronunciation and words!
lA. Find the word in the dictionary. For example,
“pronunciation” --- pro-nun-ci-‘a-tion --- prə-ˌnən(t)-sē-‘ā-shən
B. Count (out loud) the number of syllables on hands and fingers. Right hand fingers touch on the stressed syllable. pro-nun-ci-‘a-tion.
C. Do the word using the Boxing/fluency MT5 to help remember it. Hands touch on the main stressed syllable: pro-nun-ci-‘a-tion
D. To remember grammar, do a sentence using a Rise-Fall MT5:
“It’s a noun!” “It’s a verb!” “It’s an adjective!”
E. Do the word using the Boxing/fluency MT5.
F. To help remember the meaning, Do the word using a Flat MT5 in “robot-like” voice:
“. . . the way a word is pronounced.”
G. Do the word using the Boxing/fluency MT5
H. To remember how a word is used, Do a sentence from the dictionary or make up one yourself!
a. Identify rhythm groups
b. Identify the main stressed word of each rhythm group.
c. Use Fall MT5, if it is a statement. Use a Rise MT5 if it is a yes/no question.
Fall MT5: “I am working | on my pronunciation.”
Rise MT5: “Are you working | on your pronunciation?
I. Do the word using the Boxing/fluency MT5.
J. Add the word to your word list and review the list every day you practice for 2 weeks.
Homework:
Thursday: Do the training video
Friday: Do warm up, “th” training, EOR and dictionary training, take notes
Saturday: Do warm up, “th” training, EOR and dictionary training, take notes
Sunday: Take the day off!
Monday: Do warm up, EOR and new EOR you make, take notes.
Tuesday: Do warm up, “th” training, EOR and dictionary training, take notes.
Wednesday: Do warm up, EOR, have AI create a list of “th” words for you for next week; take notes.
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