Tuesday, July 21, 2009

The Big Mouth Show 2 - Pronunciation

Big Mouth Show 2

Part 1



Part 2

Posted by English I at 1:51 PM
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  1. Actually, the "th" sound is the biggest problem of most of my students in tutorial class. ^^ We got to be genius to teach them to produce the correct one. ^^ Haha! It's very interesting though. Sometimes, I almost lost my patience with them.
    Btw, I wonder who the "sample guys" in the video is. And did you guy work on this through the summer vacation? It's such a great effort. Most of us are relaxing now. Thank you so much!
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  2. Hi there,

    They are from Fast Track classes of K41 and K40. I cannot imagine how hard they have tried to put the show on air. Great students!!!

    Cheers,

    Viet.
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  3. As far as I know, the rules /d/ +/ju/-->/dZ/, /t/+/ju/-->/tS/ are clearly written in the book American accent training. By the way, I'd like to ask about the case of " produce". It's also /d/+/ /ju/, but it's pronounced /d/ instead of / dZ/. Could you please explain that? ( please don't tell me it's an exception :)))
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  4. Yep, I know Ly and Quynh Anh. But I wonder about the guy who's got the "incorrect pronunciation". He's also from K41A1? As far as I know, that group has no boy. And I'm sure he cannot be from K40A1. ^^
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  5. Honestly, it is awesome. The sound is much clearer. Your voice is just beautiful. I love the way you correct and help your friend to pronounce correctly. Keep up the good work. Just amazing:)
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  6. Quy tac nay chi dung voi am tiet khong duoc nhan trong am. Trong truong hop em hoi neu produce la verb trong am roi vao am tiet thu hai "duce" nen khong the thay doi duoc.Khi Produce la mot danh tu (trong am roi vao am tiet thu nhat), nguoi ta van co the doc theo kieu bien doi am duoc.

    Pham Xuan Tho
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  7. Thank you for answering my question. It does make sense that this rule should be applied only to unstressed syllables. However, I have never heard someone pronouncing the word " produce" ( noun) as " 'Pro dziu". I did check in Longman, Cambridge, Lingoes, and some online dictionaries. So, is there any explanation for that?
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  8. Thank you for answering my question. It does make sense that these rules should be applied to only the unstressed syllables. However, I am not sure whether anyone ever pronounces the word " produce" (noun) as " 'prodzju:s/ or /'prodzu:s/. I did check in longman, Cambridge, Lingoes and some online dictionaries.So, could you have any explanation for that?
    Sunflower_244
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  9. LoL! 3:45 when the guy gonna go home, he seems to want to go home as soon as possible. He seems just to have to bear some unwanted things...

    Well, all of us (unnative guys) have to change the way we pronounce which we actually say for a very long time and this is really a tough work....

    But when you do pronounce correctly, well... how can I describe my feeling when I can say exactly each sound.....It's really really awesome....and of course being proud of myself..

    Just practice and enjoy this feeling....Not bad, guy...Lol!
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  10. i like this show so much.i am a first-year student QH.2009.E1.and i hope that i can speak as fluently as they do(2 cute girls in clip)
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  11. @ SF: Well, word pronunciation not only depends on rules, it depents greatly on each person, each accent. There are still some exceptions which are totally acceptable. We shouldn't draw a sheer line between correct pronunciation and its varieties.

    You can pick any way which is both correct and comfortable for you to follow in practise speaking English.

    Anyway, candidly, I have never heard PRODUCE with the /d/ sound for "-DU-"
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  12. Good choice for the sample boy. He has cute lips, very attractive!!!
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  13. Quy tắc bạn nói áp dụng cho cả âm tiết nhận trọng âm và không nhận trọng âm (không đồng ý với thầy Thọ). Bạn không thấy âm thứ 2 trong produce (kể cả noun và verb)được phát âm là /dzu:s/ là vì nó không phổ biến, nếu bạn tra trong từ điểm Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary hoặc Longman Pronunciation Dictionary bạn sẽ thấy nó có thể được phát âm là /dzu:s/ hoặc /dju:s/. Nói thêm tí nữa, trong tất cả các trường hợp, không chỉ với produce, luôn tồn tại song song 2 cách phát âm chứ không nhất thiết phải phải phát âm thành /dz/ hay /ts/.

    06.1.E
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