Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g0U0qnn24570; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 19:52:59 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 19:52:59 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200201300051.g0U0p9F03820@mail005.syd.optusnet.com.au> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Protea Textware <protea@mpx.com.au> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:7076] Pronunciation program X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Status: O Content-Length: 2492 Lines: 58 Protea Textware has just published a pronunciation program called Connected Speech. There are six main modules, one of which is Syllables (the others are Pauses, Pitch change, Linking, Stress and the IPA). In the syllables exercises, learners identify the number of syllables in words, and at the higher levels, they also identify the syllable with the primary stress. The program has three levels (Lower Intermediate, Upper Intermediate and Advanced levels of English), is based on natural speech, includes speech recognition that provides feedback on the learner's speech production, and is available in either North American or British English. I'd be pleased to send a free demo copy to anyone who'd like to try it out. You can contact me at <protea@mpx.com.au> or through our website at www.proteatextware.com.au. With best regards Heather Kaufmann At 07:24 PM 1/28/02 -0500, you wrote: >I teach about syllables to both ESL and English Speaking natives to help >decode words that are new to them or to help someone know how to say the >word. A syllable is just a word or part of a word that has its own vowel >sound. When you make a vowel sound you have to open your mouth. So every >time you open your mouth when you say a word, that is a syllable. There are >six different kinds of syllables in the English language. You can tell how a >vowel is going to sound by what kind of syllable is it in. For example: 1. >Open syllable is a syllable that ends in a vowel. In an open syllable the >vowel is long. Hi, go, be, no All open syllables. 2. Closed syllable is a >syllable that ends in a consonant and the vowel sound will be short. Hit, >got, bed, not All closed syllables. 3. Final Stable Syllable is a syllable >that comes at the end of words and stays the same. ble, dle, tle, gle, or >the tions for example. Take the word table. It has a final stable syllabe >so you can divide it after the letter a. Ta ble. Now the first syllable >Ta is an open syllable therefore the a is long and the ble sounds like it >always sounds (bull) There's your word table. There are three more kinds of >syllables in English and I find that giving this instruction with practice >the students can identify the syllables and this helps with pronunciation and >just decode new words. > Protea Textware Pty Ltd PO Box 49 Hurstbridge 3099 AUSTRALIA ph: +61 3 9714 8660 fax +61 3 9714 8644 [ABN 72 077 575 047] http://www.proteatextware.com.au
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