{"id":535,"date":"2019-09-12T00:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T00:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/?p=535"},"modified":"2021-03-30T05:50:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T05:50:21","slug":"are-you-correcting-these-pronunciation-mistakes-part-i-vowels-consonants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/pronunciation\/are-you-correcting-these-pronunciation-mistakes-part-i-vowels-consonants\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Correcting These Pronunciation Mistakes? \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f Part I: Vowels &amp; Consonants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/pronunciation\/are-you-correcting-these-pronunciation-mistakes-part-i-vowels-consonants\/#Consonant_Sounds\" >Consonant Sounds<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/pronunciation\/are-you-correcting-these-pronunciation-mistakes-part-i-vowels-consonants\/#Consonant_Clusters\" >Consonant Clusters<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/pronunciation\/are-you-correcting-these-pronunciation-mistakes-part-i-vowels-consonants\/#Vowel_Sounds\" >Vowel Sounds<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/pronunciation\/are-you-correcting-these-pronunciation-mistakes-part-i-vowels-consonants\/#%F0%9F%93%8C_Takeaways\" >\ud83d\udccc Takeaways<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com.tw\/books?id=4xfoBQAAQBAJ&amp;lpg=PP1&amp;pg=PA33#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">Pronunciation is the greatest cause of miscommunication<\/a>, so we definitely want to help students work on it. However, there are so many aspects of pronunciation and so little time! Which aspects should we focus on?<\/p>\n<p>This is where the \u201cLingua Franca Core\u201d comes in handy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/9508402\/The_Phonology_of_English_as_an_International_Language\">Developed from research on miscommunication<\/a>, the Lingua Franca Core recommends focusing on three main aspects of pronunciation to ensure students are understood by English speakers worldwide. These are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>consonant sounds<\/li>\n<li>vowel sounds<\/li>\n<li>chunking<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This post will focus on consonant and vowel sounds, and future posts will discuss chunking.<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Consonant_Sounds\"><\/span>Consonant Sounds<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Mispronounced consonants are a big cause of misunderstandings, so it\u2019s important to point them out \u2013 especially when they occur at the start of a word.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, we\u2019ll want to focus on the P, T and K, and B, D and G sounds. Different languages pronounce these consonants in different ways. When speakers of Romance and Slavic languages make P, T and K sounds, they sound more like B, D and G sounds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/10085315\/pears-bears.png\" alt=\"consonant mistakes that cause miscommunication\" width=\"622\" height=\"442\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/10085315\/pears-bears.png 622w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/10085315\/pears-bears-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This leads to misunderstandings, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/linguistics\/comments\/6mxjgg\/how_can_an_english_speaker_learn_to_remove_the\/dk5ie0a\">even when the listener is a native speaker who is aware of the problem<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  One time, I asked a Dutch person what was growing on some trees in an orchard, and he said, \"Oh, those are pears.\" ... I got really scared and looked around because I thought he was remarking on some nearby bears.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Students who struggle with these sounds can practice pronouncing the P, T, and K sounds using the tissue technique. Basically, they hold a tissue in front of their face, and if they're pronouncing the sounds correctly, the tissue should fly forward (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aQqI7z666Ak?t=57\">like in this video<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Korean students tend to release too much air when they pronounce the B, D, and G sounds at the start of words. This is why they say \u201cpad\u201d when they mean \u201cbad\u201d or \u201ccrate\u201d when they mean \u201cgreat.\u201d  We should point out these mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>So we\u2019ll want to point out all consonant mistakes, especially those involving the P, T and K, and B, D and G sounds. However, there is one exception: the TH sounds in \u201cthink\u201d and \u201cthat.\u201d Students don't need to master the TH sounds right away, because <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com.tw\/books?id=0TvHACfrUjEC&amp;lpg=PP1&amp;hl=zh-TW&amp;pg=PA137#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">research shows that mispronouncing them rarely causes communication problems<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So if a student says \u201cfink\u201d instead of \u201cthink\u201d or \u201cdee\u201d instead of \u201cthe,\u201d it\u2019s usually not worth the time to correct them. In fact, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/science\/2016\/09\/28\/th-sound-to-vanish-from-english-language-by-2066-because-of-mult\/\">TH sounds might eventually disappear from the English language<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Consonant_Clusters\"><\/span>Consonant Clusters<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>In addition to individual consonant sounds, students should also pay attention to consonant clusters, especially at the start of words.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/10085545\/struggle.png\" alt=\"consonant clusters\" width=\"651\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/10085545\/struggle.png 651w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/10085545\/struggle-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/10085545\/struggle-403x236.png 403w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/10085545\/struggle-293x171.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Take the word \u201cstruggle\u201d for example. There are two consonant clusters: \u201cstr\u201d and \u201cgl.\u201d Japanese speakers of English might pronounce the word \u201cstruggle\u201d as <a href=\"https:\/\/translate.google.com\/#view=home&amp;op=translate&amp;sl=en&amp;tl=ja&amp;text=%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AB\"><em>su-to-ra-gu-lu<\/em><\/a>, while Taiwanese speakers might say <a href=\"https:\/\/translate.google.com\/#view=home&amp;op=translate&amp;sl=ja&amp;tl=en&amp;text=suragoh\"><em>srah-go<\/em><\/a>. The Japanese version keeps all the consonant sounds, but inserts vowels between them. On the other hand, the Taiwanese version deletes the T and L consonants.<\/p>\n<p>In general, vowel insertion doesn\u2019t cause too many problems. However you might want to encourage students to insert slightly less obvious vowels, like \u201cuh\u201d instead of \u201coh\u201d or \u201cah.\u201d This is similar to how many native speakers pronounce the word \u201cstruggle\u201d: <em>strug-g(uh)l<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=8eKGDAAAQBAJ&amp;lpg=PA46&amp;vq=46&amp;pg=PA46#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">consonant deletion has been known to cause miscommunication<\/a>, so we\u2019ll need to point them out! Help your students produce consonant clusters, even if it means using extra vowel sounds.<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Vowel_Sounds\"><\/span>Vowel Sounds<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/10085406\/vowels.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"623\" height=\"302\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/10085406\/vowels.png 623w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/10085406\/vowels-300x145.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Compared to consonants, vowel sounds vary much more from region to region. The E sound probably has the most variation. For instance, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jRLpHsN6RL0?t=263\">New Zealand E\u2019s often sound like I\u2019s to North Americans<\/a>. So we don\u2019t need to impose our vowel sounds on our students.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/308490587_The_role_of_vowel_quality_in_ELF_misunderstandings\">small vowel mistakes usually won\u2019t cause misunderstandings<\/a>. So it's not necessary to correct mistakes such as the pronunciation of \u201cbed\u201d as \u201cbad,\u201d especially when there is context (\u201cI went to bad at twelve\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>However, there is one exception. Improper pronunciation of the \"er\" sound in \u201cnurse\u201d can lead to misunderstandings. Many learners replace this sound with an \u201cah\u201d sound (as in \u201cfather\u201d). Here are some examples of this causing problems (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phon.ucl.ac.uk\/ptlc\/ptlc-2011-proceedings\/Deterding.pdf\">source<\/a>):<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A speaker from Myanmar said, \u201cHave you seen any pearl beads at the shopping center?\u201d but she pronounced pearl like \u201cPaul.\u201d Her listener did not understand.<\/li>\n<li>A speaker from Japan said that she took a bus in the \u201cearly morning,\u201d but pronounced \u201cearly\u201d as \u201cah-lee.\u201d Her listener heard \u201calimony\u201d instead of \u201cearly morning.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%F0%9F%93%8C_Takeaways\"><\/span>\ud83d\udccc Takeaways<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>To sum up, here are the main sounds to help students with:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/10085354\/ending-pic.png\" alt=\"consonant vowel mistakes that cause miscommunication\" width=\"624\" height=\"316\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/10085354\/ending-pic.png 624w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/10085354\/ending-pic-300x152.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So help students focus on these aspects of pronunciation first. Once they've mastered those, help them with <a href=\"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/07\/are-you-correcting-these-pronunciation-mistakes-%f0%9f%97%a3%ef%b8%8f-part-ii-chunking\/\">chunking<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/28\/are-you-correcting-these-pronunciation-mistakes-%f0%9f%97%a3%ef%b8%8f-part-iii-nuclear-stress\/\">nuclear stress<\/a>, the next most important aspects of pronunciation. Happy tutoring!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pronunciation is the greatest cause of miscommunication, so we definitely want to help students work on it. However, there are so many aspects of pronunciation and so little time! 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