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The handout I made for an elision pronunciation class with Japanese students. Can be used for all levels, though the class is best suited for mid - upper beginner students and higher.Note: I'm from San Francisco, so some of the pronunciation guides follow how the words are commonly said in the Bay Area. They may have alternate pronunciations which are not wrong, merely different.
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Pronunciation Class: Elision MP
Elision
comfortable (kuhmf-ter-buhl) camera (kam-ruh)fifth (fith) chocolate (chawk-lit)
interesting (in-trist-ing) opera (op-ruh)February (feb-yoo-er-ee) usually (yoozh-wuhl-ee)
temperature (tem-per-cher) vegetable (vej-tuh-buhl)grandfather (gran-fah-ther) onion (uhn-yuhn)
cupboard (kuhb-erd) evening (eev-ning)met him (met-im) was he (wuz-ee)
Conversation:
A = grandmother, B = grandchild
A: Thanks for visiting me. Did you have a good time?B: Yes, I did! It was really interesting picking onions with you today. Will there be more vegetables to pick the next time I visit?A: Ha ha, no! The temperature is usually too low in February to grow vegetables. Anyway, have a seat while I find my camera. Ah, here it is! Are you comfortable?B: Yes, grandma.A: Okay, say cheese!B: Cheese!A: That's a very nice picture! I think I'll put it next to your grandfather's photo by the cupboard.B: Grandma, where did you meet grandpa? Was he really nice?A: I met him at the opera. He was working for the Prime Minister, and he gave me chocolate. So yes, he was very nice. Oh, I think I hear your mother's car! You have a good evening, and take care of yourself!
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Pronunciation Class: Elision MP
Tongue Twisters
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose!
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear,Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair,Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy,Was he?
How much wood would a woodchuck chuckIf a woodchuck could chuck wood?He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,And chuck as much as a woodchuck wouldIf a woodchuck could chuck wood.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
Betty Botter had some butter,"But," she said, "this butter's bitter.If I bake this bitter butter,It would make my batter bitter.But a bit of better butter,That would make my batter better."So she bought a bit of butter –Better than her bitter butter –And she baked it in her batter;And the batter was not bitter.So it was better that Betty BotterBought a bit of better butter.
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