Playing With Pauses

Curso Intermedio de Pronunciación en Inglés

Introduction to the course

Fonética Inglesa: Vowels, Consonants y Entonación

Vowel phonemes

Diptongos en Inglés: /eɪ/ y /aɪ/

Diptongos en Inglés: Pronunciación de /aʊ/, /oʊ/, /ɔɪ/

Pronunciación de Vocales Pre-R en Inglés

Quiz: Vowel phonemes

Consonant phonemes

Fonemas Consonánticos en Inglés Intermedio: /w/, /j/, /h/

Fonología del Sonido SH y su Aplicación Práctica

Africadas Postalveolares: Sonidos /tʃ/ y /dʒ/ en Español

Pronunciación inglesa: sonidos fricativos TH

Quiz: Consonant phonemes

Spelling and pronunciation

Grupos Consonánticos: Pronunciación Correcta en Inglés

Verbos Irregulares: Cambios de Vocal y Consonante

Unión de Sonidos en Inglés para Hablantes Nativos

Contracciones negativas: do, have y verbos modales

Diferencias de Acento: Inglés Americano vs Británico

Diferencias entre Homónimos, Homófonos y Homógrafos en Inglés

Quiz: Spelling and pronunciation

Stress

Reglas de Acentuación: Palabras Átonas y Tónicas

Acentuación en Palabras Compuestas Españolas

Cambios de acentuación en español: prefijos y sufijos

Patrones de Acentuación en Inglés Hablado

Quiz: Stress

Intonation

Tonos del Discurso: Cómo Usar la Entonación en Inglés

Entonación y Pausas en el Inglés para Cambiar Significado

Funciones de Enfoque y Entonación en el Discurso

Quiz: Intonation

Closing

Fonemas vocálicos y pronunciación en inglés global

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Recursos

¿Qué es la entonación en inglés?

La entonación en inglés es un componente esencial para comunicar efectivamente y agregar matices a lo que decimos. No se trata solo de las palabras, sino de cómo las decimos. Este módulo se centra en aprender a jugar con las pausas y los tonos, lo que puede cambiar el significado de una oración en el contexto del idioma inglés. Comprender cómo las pausas y la entonación afectan el significado ayudará a los estudiantes a mejorar su comunicación verbal.

¿Cómo afectan las pausas el significado del discurso?

En inglés, los hablantes nativos dividen las oraciones en unidades llamadas thought groups, o grupos de pensamiento. Esto se hace colocando breves pausas entre ideas, permitiendo a los oyentes procesar la información de manera más clara y efectiva.

Veamos un ejemplo:

"Peatón lento cruzando" podría interpretarse como que la persona que cruza es lenta.
En cambio, "Despa-cio, cruce de peatones" es una indicación para que reduzca la velocidad porque hay un cruce de peatones.

¿Cuándo se pueden romper las reglas de entonación?

Aunque generalmente las unidades de discurso en inglés están ligadas a la gramática y la puntuación, un hablante puede decidir romper estas reglas para enfatizar o agregar significados especiales a una frase.

Por ejemplo, considere las dos versiones de la siguiente oración:

"Se levantó, se vistió rápidamente y bajó las escaleras."
"Se levantó rápidamente, se vistió y bajó las escaleras."

En el primer ejemplo, el enfoque está en vestirse rápidamente, mientras que en el segundo, la rapidez está en levantarse.

¿Cómo practicar la entonación con ejercicios literarios?

Una excelente manera de practicar entonación es leer en voz alta. Por ejemplo, "El gigante egoísta", un cuento de Oscar Wilde, ofrece múltiples oportunidades para experimentar con la entonación.

Lee un fragmento, identifica pausas naturales, y presta atención a cómo la entonación puede cambiar el tono del cuento. Con frases como "¿Qué hacen aquí?", el tono y las pausas expresan claramente la molestia del gigante. Practicar de esta manera te ayudará a mejorar tu pronunciación y comprensión del idioma.

Recursos adicionales

Para mejorar tu inglés y practicar la entonación:

Leer en voz alta: Selecciona un texto que te guste y léelo cada día durante diez minutos.
Escuchar a angloparlantes: Anotar dónde hacen pausas y cómo cambia el significado según la entonación.
Tareas prácticas: Completar ejercicios como los del cuaderno de trabajo mencionado en la clase para solidificar el aprendizaje.

Con estas técnicas, estarás listo para dominar la entonación en inglés y comunicarte de manera más efectiva. ¡Ánimo y sigue practicando!

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_One day // the Giant came back. // He had been to visit his friend // the Cornish Ogre, // and had stayed with him for seven years. // After the seven years were over // he had said all that he had to say, // for his conversation was limited, // and he determined to return to his own castle. // When he arrived // he saw the children playing in the garden.// _

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Harold Zurita Simon

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English speakers divide words and sentences into `speech units`, also known as thought groups. They do this by taking short `pauses` between ideas. ```js Every afternoon, // as they were coming from school, // the children used to go and play in the Giant-s garden. // ``` Depending on how we divide a phrase, we can change its meaning. ```js Slow pedestrian // crossing slow // pedestrian crossing ``` ## Breaking the rules! Normally, speech units are `connected to grammar or punctuation` but sometimes the speaker may decide to divide a phrase in a different way in order to `emphasize, add information or give a special meaning`. ```js a. He got up, // quickly got dressed, // and went downstairs. b. He got up quickly, // got dressed, // and went downstairs. ``` In the first sentence, he got dressed quickly. In the second one, he got up quickly. ```js a. I´ve told you before, // you shouldn´t play with fire! b. I´ve told you before, // you shouldn´t // play // with fire! ``` In the first example, I´m not pausing that much, I´m giving an advice to someone. But in the second example, I am taking more time to make sure that the message gets across, I would use this to tell this sentence to a kid. ## Excercise *Every afternoon, **//** as they were coming from school, **//*** *the children used to go and play in the Giant’s garden. **//*** It was a large lovely garden with soft green grass. // Here and there // over the grass // stood beautiful flowers like stars, // and there were twelve peach-trees // that in the springtime // broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl, // and in the autumn bore rich fruit. // The birds sat on the trees // and sang so sweetly // that the children used to stop their games in order to listen to them. // ‘How happy we are here!’ // They cried to each other. // One day // the Giant came back. // He had been to visit his friend // the Cornish Ogre, // and had stayed with him for seven years. // After the seven years were over // he had said all that he had to say, // for his conversation was limited, // and he determined to return to his own castle. // When he arrived // he saw the children playing in the garden. // ‘What are you doing here?’ // he cried in a very gruff voice, // and the children // ran away. // ‘My own garden is my own garden,’ // said the Giant; // ‘any one can understand that, // and I will allow nobody to play in it // but myself.’ // So he built a high wall // all round it, // and put up // a notice-board. // Trespassers will be prosecuted. // He was a very selfish Giant. //

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*Every afternoon, **//** as they were coming from school, **//** the children used to go and play in the Giant’s garden. **//*** It was a large lovely garden with soft green grass. //****** Here and there //****** over the grass // stood beautiful flowers like stars, //****** and there were twelve peach-trees that in the springtime broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl, //****** and in the autumn bore rich fruit. //****** The birds sat on the trees****** and sang so sweetly that the children used to stop their games in order to listen to them. // ‘How happy we are here!’ They cried to each other. // One day //****** the Giant came back. //****** He had been to visit his friendv// the Cornish Ogre, //and had stayed with him for seven years. //****** After the seven years were over ***//*** he had said all that he had to say, // for his conversation was limited,// and he determined to return to his own castle. // When he arrived // he saw the children playing in the garden. ‘What are you doing here?’ //he cried in a very gruff voice,//****** and the children****** ran away. // ‘My own garden is my own garden,’ // said the Giant;//****** ‘any one can understand that,/ and I will allow nobody to play in it but myself.’ //So he built a high wall all round it,// and put up a notice-board.

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Every afternoon, // as they were coming from school, // the children used to go and play in the Giant’s garden. // It was a large lovely garden with soft green grass. // Here and there // over the grass // stood beautiful flowers like stars, // and there were twelve peach-trees // that in the springtime // broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl, // and in the autumn bore rich fruit. // The birds sat on the trees // and sang so sweetly // that the children used to stop their games in order to listen to them. // ‘How happy we are here!’ // They cried to each other. //
One day // the Giant came back. // He had been to visit his friend // the Cornish Ogre, // and had stayed with him for seven years. // After the seven years were over // he had said all that he had to say, // for his conversation was limited, // and he determined to return to his own castle. // When he arrived // he saw the children playing in the garden. //
‘What are you doing here?’ // he cried in a very gruff voice, // and the children // ran away. //
// ‘My own garden // is my own garden,’ // said the Giant; // ‘any one can understand that, // and I will allow nobody to play in it // but myself.’ // So he built a high wall all round it, // and put up a notice-board. //
// He was a very selfish Giant. //

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hace 2 años

Every afternoon, // as they were coming from school, // the children used to go and play in the Giant’s garden. // It was a large lovely garden with soft green grass. // Here and there // over the grass // stood beautiful flowers like stars, // and there were twelve peach-trees // that in the springtime // broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl, // and in the autumn bore rich fruit. // The birds sat on the trees // and sang so sweetly // that the children used to stop their games in order to listen to them. // “How happy we are here!” // They cried to each other. //
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One day // the Giant came back. // He had been to visit his friend // the Cornish Ogre, // and had stayed with him for seven years. // After the seven years were over // he had said all that he had to say, // for his conversation was limited, // and he determined to return to his own castle. // When he arrived // he saw the children playing in the garden.//
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“What are you doing here?” // he cried in a very gruff voice, // and the children // ran away. // “My own garden // is my own garden,” // said the Giant; // “anyone can understand that, // and I will allow nobody to play in it // but myself.” // So he built a high wall all around it, // and put up a noticeboard. // He was a very selfish Giant. //
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Santiago Tellez Hernandez

hace 2 años

Every afternoon, // as they were coming from school, // the children used to go and play in the Giant’s garden. // It was a large lovely garden with soft green grass//. Here and there// over the grass// stood beautiful flowers like stars,// and there were twelve peach-trees// that in the springtime //broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl,// and in the autumn bore rich fruit.// The birds sat on the trees// and sang so sweetly that the children used to stop their games in order to listen to them.// ‘How happy we are here!’ //They cried to each other.

One day the Giant came back. //He had been to visit his friend// the Cornish Ogre,// and had stayed with him for seven years.// After the seven years were over// he had said all that he had to say,// for his conversation was limited,// and he determined to return to his own castle.// When he arrived// he saw the children playing in the garden.//

‘What are you doing here?’// he cried in a very gruff voice,// and the children ran away.// ‘My own garden// is my own garden,’ //said the Giant; //‘any one can understand that,// and I will allow nobody to play in it by myself.//’ So he built a high wall// all round it,// and put up a notice-board.

Marwan El Ouarti Mellado

hace 2 años

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