Elemental Sounds Master Class

Webinar #1

Intro Webinar1. Language Learning Life Lessons

2. Class Objective & Strategy

3. The 2 Types of Elemental Sounds

4. Mastering the Concept of Elemental Sounds

5. Q&A

Why am I good at languages?

Because I obsess over the sounds

Spanish

Language Learning Life Lesson #1

If I focus on “sounding like them…”• Mexicans understand me better • I hear everything more clearly. • I speak with more speed, fluidity and confidence • Mexicans accept me more

Chinese

Language Learning Life Lesson #2

• Most people struggle with sound • Sound can be critical to communication • Conversational Fluency is separate and superior to

Written fluency.

Japanese

Language Learning Life Lesson #3

• You can Train Language without learning

vocabulary.

Portuguese

Language Learning Life Lesson #4

• Song-Training is a super-effective way to train

pronunciation. • Perfect the pronunciation first, and you will learn

everything else way faster. • Premature literacy is major cause of most people’s

sound struggles.

The Epiphany

You can train your mouth to pronounce Sounds in a Language

the same way you train your fingers to play Notes in a Song

What’s the End Goal?

Communicate and Connect with Humans

Conversation

Learn the Meanings

Train the Sounds

How do you Train Sound?

1. Train your brain to Conceptualize the sounds

2. Train your ear to Hear the sounds

3. Train your mouth to Pronounce the sounds

Class Objective

Learn to Conceptualize, Hear and Pronounce each Elemental Sound

Conceptualize

• Learn basics of Phonetics

• Visualize the Speech Organ

• Categorize sounds acoustically and physically

• Webinars, AMAs, Homework, Flash Cards, etc.

Hear

• Appreciate each sound

• Differentiate similar sounds

• Audio Drills

Pronounce

• Develop Physical awareness of the Speech Organ

• Develop Physical Control of the Speech Organ

The Two Types of Elemental Sounds

Vowel Sounds• When airflow through the mouth is unrestricted and unobstructed

• Differentiated by three different “features”

• Tongue Position

• Lip Roundedness

• Nasality

Consonant Sounds• When airflow through the mouth IS restricted or obstructed.

• Differentiated by three different “features”

• Place of Articulation

• Manner of Articulation

• Phonation

What does it mean to “Mispronounce”?

• No such thing as a “Bad Accent”

• End goal = Human Communication and Connection

• “Good” pronunciation = Convergence of sound

• “Bad” Pronunciation = Divergence of Sound

What does it mean to “Mispronounce”?

• Divergence of Vowel Sound

• Divergent tongue position

• Divergent lip shape

• Divergent nasal airflow

What does it mean to “Mispronounce”?

• Divergence of Consonant Sound

• Divergent place of articulation

• Divergent manner of articulation

• Divergent Phonation

What does it mean to “Mispronounce”?

• Divergence of Melody

• Divergent sound duration

• Divergent sound loudness

• Divergent sound pitch

Mastering the Concept of Elemental Sounds

• Deconstruct

• Organize

• Rhyme

• Alliterate

• Re-Arrange

Questions?