2 sonidos muy similares AUDIO

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En este post, vengo a complementar una entrada anterior donde hablé acerca de dos sonidos muy similares y que a menudo se confunden con un par de archivos de sonido en donde incluyo ejemplos para que puedas escuchar la diferencia entre uno y otro sonidos. Son dos archivos de sonido muy cortos, donde solamente escucharás la pronunciación del sonido y unos cuantos ejemplos para que logres distinguirlos.


Aquí puedes acceder al post donde hablo más específicamente sobre estos dos sonidos. (En inglés, puedes practicar tu lectura también)
Aquí puedes acceder al post sobre pronunciación 3ra parte, donde incluyo una explicación en español acerca de estos dos sonidos.

Estos son los símbolos de los sonidos a los que nos vamos a referir en este post, con su respectivo archivo de sonido:



Estos son los ejemplos que se mencionan en el audio:
eat | eagle | team 







Estos son los ejemplos que se mencionan en el audio:
kid | it | I like it 
Al final lo que se escucha es solo una confirmación del sonido aislado y nuevamente la palabra it.


Insisto, igual que en los otros posts. Si quieres lograr una pronunciación correcta, necesitas muchas práctica, pronuncia los sonidos de manera aislada como se muestran aquí y escucha mucha música. Una canción (horrible por cierto xD) es That's the way (I like it) me parece que es de los Backstreet boys. Otra donde se nota muy clara esta diferencia es Beat it de Michael Jackson.

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Emmnl Oblong.

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Pronunciación - [ Schwa ] AUDIO

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En uno de los posts anteriores hablábamos acerca de la pronunciación de uno de los sonidos más importantes del idioma inglés. El sonido denominado como "schwa" (click aquí para ver post en una nueva pestaña o ventana).  Este es el símbolo:

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Cho-co-leit !!?? WRONG

Ok, I know, it's been a while since my last update, but here it is -finally.

This time the post is dedicated to intermediate to advanced learners, and it is a pronunciation tip for words, like chocolate, that we normally pronounce wrong. PLEASE (!) DO NOT PRONOUNCE CHO-CO-LEIT.


First of all NEVER use this kind of pronunciation guides. They're absolutelly wrong. You don't pronounce "jaguar you" or "jaus". I mean, it's not German. Sounds must be much softer and this and there are many sounds whici we can't pronounce in Spanish. This is why I provide this pronunciation tool, where I list all the phonems of English with examples of words which use the correct pronunciation.

Ok. Now... I don't want to make this too gramatical, but I will mention some grammar rules though. Anyway, I'll try to make this the simpler I can.

WARNING: This is not a rule, and it musn't be listed as such. It is a standard, but there are plenty of exceptions.

Ok, now, just answer to yourself: what is the pronunciation of the word "chocolate"? If your answer is "cho-co-leit" you are absolutelly........ WRONG!

The deal is very simple.

I will tell you a couple of sounds which I need you to pay a lot of attention to.

This is the sound we use for words like late, cake, plate, ate (past of eat), play, say, etc. and the other sound is:
which is the sound of words like it (remember the song -veeery ugly song- "that's the way aha aha I like it" they don't say I like eat. Another example is Michael Jackson's song "Beat it" in this song it's very easy to note the difference, it's soft, not stressed. When you stress it, you must make a face like you're smiling. Beat which uses this sound  is stressed, it is not. Other examples are kit, kid, kick, sing, NOT SEE, EAT, KEEP, etc... remember, it must be soft.

Ok, with this basis settled we can start with the explanation.

Chocolate uses the same pronunciation of this sound in the end. Yes, that's right. It's pronunciation is the same as in the song "Beat IT" not stressed, and not like the action "to eat" in past "ATE". Get it?

The reason is simple: Chocolate is not an action (Verb)

The standard then would be explained as follows:

Actions finishing in -ate must be pronounced 
All other words (descriptions [adjectives or adverbs], names or concepts [nouns]) must be pronounced as(yes, like the song)

The same happens when you pronounce words like delicate, indicate, dedicate, etc.

She's a very delicate girl. (Not an action) 
I dedicate this song to you. (Action) 
He's a dedicate father. (Not an action)
I will indicate the instructions to be followed. (Action) 

So: How do you pronounce both of the following lines?

1. Waiter, can you separate our bills, please?
2. Waiter, can you give us separate bills, please?

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Emmnl Oblong.

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Written Slang - 01

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So, I've been posting only lessons for beginners but, what about intermediate learners? therefore, I'm here typing this post for all of you intermediate and semi advanced learners about written slang!

First of all, do you know what slang is? if the answer is no, here's the explanation.

A slang is an informal word or expression, commonly used in everyday English. A slang may be a word that formally has a different meaning but in an informal conversation, depending on the context it takes another sense. But it also maybe a word that "doesn't" exist in formal or "grammatically accepted" English.

Here I will list some of the most common written slangs and abreviation. I want to start by this because it is very common to see these words in blogs, facebook, twitter and even magazines and many -believe me- many times, people don't understand them.

OMG - Oh My God.
I dunno - I don't know
brb - I'll be right back (I'll come back quickly)
lol - Laugh out Loud (this one is very common, I bet you've seen it, you know the meaning but maybe you don't know why) It means that something is very very funny and you laugh aloud, you go like (jaaaaaaaaaaajajajajajaaaaaa)
C U / c ya - See you.
How r u - How are you.
y? - Why?
B.Y.O.B / B.Y.O.W. - This is commonly used in invitations to parties. It means Bring your own bottle / bring your own wine.

All right, these are some of the most commonly written shortened words used in msn, facebook, texting, twitter, etc. But here's an explanation of some more that are very commonly used in everyday English, and some intermediate students might not undestand, either meaning or reason, yet.

gonna - Going to
gotta - Have to (obligation) I have to go = I gotta go / I've got to go
Time ago, the right way to say the word have was have got, just like that, complete, for everything, either obligation or possession. eg. Now: I have a car | before: I have got a car. || Now: I have to work | before: I have got to work. Little by little the word had changes, since the contraction for I have (Present perfect tense only) is I've eg. I have been to Washington twice - I've been to Washington twice. Informally they began to use this contraction everytime they used it. I have got to work - I've got to work - I've gotta work - I gotta work.
wanna - Want to
gotcha - Got you (I got you! = I gotcha!)

There are many other words like this in English. But they will be posted little by little. If I meant to make a complete list of slang on this post I would never finish it!

Read you later!
Emmnl Oblong.

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Bienvenido a Practica Tu Inglés, Blog

¡Bienvenido al blog "Practica tu Inglés"!

Este sitio está diseñado para lograr que tú puedas aprender, practicar y perfeccionar tu inglés, de la manera más sencilla. Además que busca convertirse en una red que una maestros con estudiantes de inglés en todo el mundo.


Las entradas en el sitio están divididas por niveles: Básico, Intermedio y Avanzado, y próximamente: Grammar. Además encontrarás la sección dedicada específicamente a la pronunciación.




Estaremos actualizando seguido, con nuevas lecciones, ejercicios y actividades tales como:
- Lecturas que incluyen narración grabada en audio
- Audios con ejercicios de comprensión
- Ejercicios para lecturas
- Etc.


TODO DE MANERA TOTALMENTE GRATUITA!


Además, estaré eventualmente organizando grupos de chat vía, google plus, facebook o twitter, para también ahí tener la oportunidad de platicar de una manera coloquial, con gente de todo el mundo, y poder corregir los errores que se puedan presentar en el momento.


UNA HERRAMIENTA MUY ÚTIL.


La pronunciación del idioma siempre ha sido un gran impedimento. Aquí, en la primer lección, publicaré una herramienta con la que podrás perfeccionar tu pronunciación al conocer todos los sonidos del idioma inglés como realmente se pronuncian, será explicada de una manera muy simple y verás que en muy poco tiempo ya estarás dominando todos sus sonidos.


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