Here you will find out some tips for you to improve your pronunciation, so that you don't have the same experiences an Italian man had when he was in Malta (or the guy of Open English). Let's see and listen what happened to him:
What were the problems of pronunciation the Italian man had when he spoke in English?
Homework:
Write down the words that the Italian man confused and their definitions.
For example:
Beach: an area of sand or small stones beside the sea or a lake
Bitch: OFFENSIVE. An insulting word for a woman. A female dog.
Answer:
The Italian man confused 2 similar pair of sounds:
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/I/
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/i
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/Ɔ:/
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/Ʌ/
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Bitch
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Beach
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Fork
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Fuck
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Shit
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Sheet
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Piss
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Piece/Peace
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Let's check their pronunciation:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/vowel_short_1.shtml
pieces: a part of something
ReplyDeletepiss: urine
fork: a small object with three or four points and a handle, that you use to pick up food and eat.
fuck: to have sex with someone
sheet: a large piece of thin cloth used on a bed for sleeping on or under
shit: the solid waste that is released from the bowels of a person or animal
The Italian man confused this words:
ReplyDeletePIECES: PORTION OR PART HAS BEEN SEPARATE OF SOMETHING
PISS: IS URINE
BITCH: LITERALLY MEANS A FEMALE DOG, ITS ORIGINAL USE AS VULGARISM
BEACH: EXPANSE OF SAND ALONG A SHORE OF AN OCEAN, SEA, RIVER
FORK: IS AN OBJECT THAT USE FOR EAT
FUCK: THIS WORD REFERS TO HAVE SEXUAL RELATION
SHEET: IS PIECE OF CLOTH USED TO COVER A MATTRESS
SHIT: IS A NOUN IT REFERS TO FECAL MATTER
I am Sara Cardona Monsalve
ReplyDeleteThe Italian man are confused this words:
Pieces: parts the any object
Peace: place where no problem, no bad
Piss: a urine
bitch: offensive word for the woman
Beach: a place very hot and much water
Fuck: offensive word
Fork: object for eat
Toilet: place for the make to piss
Toast: hard bread
I am Karina Valois
ReplyDeleteThe Words
Peaces: Is a amount of something
Piss: Urine
Bitch: This words is a offense for the womans
Betch: Is a place formed of sea and sand
Fork: Is a element used to eat
Fuck: This word respresent sexual activity
Sheet: Is a paper
Shit: is a rude word
the italian man confused the pronunciation of some words
ReplyDelete-pieces (part of an object) with piss (urine)
-fuck (this refers to have sex with someone) and fork(a metal or plastic object used for eating, consisting of a handle with three or four sharp points on the end)
-peace (a situation in which people are pleasant and do not cause trouble) and piss
-beach( this is the limit between sea,lake or river and solid ground) and bitch (offensive word for woman)
PIECE: individual object for example - a useful piece of equipment
ReplyDeletePISS: to get rid of waste liquid from your body for example - Thesaurus entry for this meaning of piss
BEACH: an area of sand or small stones beside the sea or a lake
BICH : An insulting to women
PEACE : a situation in which there is no war between groups
PISS : to get rid of waste liquid from your body
SHEET :a large piece of thin cloth that you put on your bed for example- a double fitted sheet
SHIT: a word used to show surprise or anger.
Italian man confused the pronunciation of some words
ReplyDeletePIECE: Part of an object
PISS: urine
BEACH: place of relaxation with sea and sand
BICH: offensive word to women
PEACE: situation in which a population lives without war
PISS: urine
SHEET: a large piece of thin cloth used on a bed for sleeping on or under
SHIT: word used to refer to excrement
FORK:object use for eat
FUCK: means sex
-He confused the pronunciation of some words.
ReplyDeletePIECE:It is part of an object
PISS: Is urine.
BEACH: Very much of sand around of the sea.
BICH: insult to a woman.
SHEET: Is the top of the bed.
SHIT: Is excrement
SON : I have mom and dad.
SUN: Is a star.
FORK:Eating utensil.
FUCK: Is an word vulgar.
mauricio montoya
ReplyDeletePieces: parts the any object
Peace: place where no problem, no bad
Piss: a urine
bitch: offensive word for the woman
Beach: a place very hot and much water
Toilet: place for the make to piss
Toast: hard bread Fuck: offensive word
Fork: object for eat
Carlos E. Restrepo.
ReplyDeletethe man camed from Italia, confused this words:
PIECES: each part of anything
PISS: liquid expulsed by the body
BITCH: offensive calificative use to woman
BEACH: joint of sand rounded by water
FORK: kitchen tool
FUCK: slight used to reject someone
SHEET: page of a book, where you can write.
SHIT: bad word refered to poop.
The Italian man confused this words:
ReplyDeletePeaces: Is a amount of something
Piss: Urine
Bitch: This words is a offense for the womans
Betch: Is a place formed of sea and sand
Fork: Is a element used to eat
Fuck: This word respresent sexual activity
Sheet: Is a paper
Shit: is a rude word
I am Alejandra Correa R
ReplyDeleteThe Italian man confused this words:
Pieces: a part of something
Piss: Urine
Fork: Is a element used to eat.
Fuck: This word represent sexual activity
sheet: Is a paper
shit: is a rude word
Bitch: this word is offensive to women
Beach: It is a place made up of lots of water and sand
pieces: A thing considered as a unit or an element of a larger thing, quantity, or class; a portion
ReplyDeletepiss: To urinate
fork: A utensil with two or more prongs, used for eating or serving food.
fuck: To have sexual intercourse with.
sheet: A broad rectangular piece of fabric serving as a basic article of bedding
shit: Excrement.
Italian man confused the pronunciation of some words:
ReplyDelete-Piece: Part of an object.
-Piss: urine.
-Beach: place of relaxation with sea and sand.
-Bich: offensive word to women.
-Peace: situation in which a population lives without war.
-Piss: urine.
-Sheet: a large piece of thin cloth used on a bed for sleeping on or under.
-Shit: word used to refer to excrement.
-Fork:object use for eat.
-Fuck: means sex.
The Words
ReplyDeletePeaces: Is a amount of something
Piss: Urine
Bitch: This words is a offense for the womans
Betch: Is a place formed of sea and sand
Fork: Is a object used to eat
Fuck: This word respresent sexual activity
Sheet: Is a paper
Shit: is aword used to refer to excrement
I amJorge luis Herrera Jimenez
ReplyDeleteThe Italian man confused the pronunciation of some words
Pieces: Parts the any object
Peace: Place where no problem, no bad
Fuck: Offensive word
Fork: Object for eat
Sheet: Is a paper
Shit: Is aword used to refer to excrement
bitch: Offensive word for the woman
Beach: A place very hot and much water
Toilet: Place for the make to piss
Toast: Hard bread
My name is David Hurtado
ReplyDelete-Piece: period of time in which no wars
-Piss: diminutive describing urination
-Beach: place where the land meets the sea
-Bitch: ramer adjective
-Sheet: a large piece of thin cloth used on a bed for sleeping on or under.
-Shit: word used to describe excrement
-Fork: is a cooking utensil
-Fuck: vulgar way of expressing a sexual act
-Toilet: Place for the make to piss
-Toast: Hard bread
The Italian man confused this words:
ReplyDeletePeaces: Is a part of something
Piss: Urine
Betch: Is a place formed of sea and sand
Bitch: Offense for the womans
Fork: Object for eat
Fuck: Sexual activity
Sheet: Is a paper
Shit: is a word used to describe excrement
peaces : a part that has been cut, broken, or separated from something larger
ReplyDeletepiss: to get rid of waste liquid from your body. The formal word is urinate.
sheet: a thin flat piece of paper, metal, plastic, glass etc
shit;excreta
fuck: an extremely offensive expression that means to have sex with someone
fork: object used for eating
bitch: an insulting word for a woman
beach:an area of sand or small stones beside the sea or a lake
Peaces: Is a amount of something
ReplyDeletePiss: Urine
Bitch: This words is a offense for the womans
Betch: Is a place formed of sea and sand
Fork: Is a element used to eat
Fuck: This word respresent sexual activity
Sheet: Is a paper
Shit: is a rude word