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Vickiii
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Ok, people - this one drives me crazy. Even people who have lived in english speaking countried for a long time get the pronounciation of this word wrong. Many teachers also have trouble with it (from my observations).
I have got to the point where I am starting to wonder if it is just in New Zealand that we pronounce this word differently.
HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE
ISLAND????
I can�t wait to see the feedback on this one. I was actually corrected today - and I swear I know how to speak english - and as my country is made up of lots of islands - I use this word alot!
Please help a native speaker understand how to pronounce english or how to teach other people how to pronounce this word correctly. |
21 Oct 2008
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Giselle del Val
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Hi Vickii,
The pronunciation I was taught at the Teacher Training College was without the "s" sound and a final schwa. According to the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary by Wells, there are not other possible entries for that word.
here you are: the phonetics script:
This is what I can tell you!!!  Let�s wait for some other replies. Giselle |
21 Oct 2008
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Olindalima ( F )
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Hi, Vickii
hope this can help
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/island
Here you can check pronunciation, with sound, by native speakers.
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21 Oct 2008
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wolfy
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Vickii,
The pronounciation is as stated above.
The "s" is silent. �If you don�t understand the phonetics from Giselle, it�s like this: "I - Land". Students in Chile have real problems with silent letters like this example. "debt" is another word I keep having to correct.
Kevin Wolfenden |
21 Oct 2008
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Zora
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I say "eye - land" without the "s" sound. (or "I-land" but my students don�t seem to get that sometimes, so I say "i" like in "eye"... )
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21 Oct 2008
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meuge
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Yeap!!!
I agree with Giselle! She said it clearly!
And yes... in Spanish speaking countries silent letters are a common problem : my students find it hard not to pronounce them in ISLE, CASTLE, WHISTLE, CUPBOARD...etc
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21 Oct 2008
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wolfy
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don�t forget "though" and other similar words. �They never get those right. � |
21 Oct 2008
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Giselle del Val
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By the way, now I�m really curious: HOW DO NEW ZEALANDERS PRONOUNCE IT??????�
;-) Giselle |
21 Oct 2008
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Vickiii
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Oh thank goodness (hehehe - in the general sense - not the goodnesses profi sense - who seems to have disappeared from the forum of late!)
Kiwi�s pronouce it correctly "I - Land" well ok - we say it "eye - lind" because we are terrible at pronouncing any vowel sounds!
When I was little I would get in trouble for spelling it incorrectly all of the time. I use to write �I live in the North iland.� Drove my teacher nuts - but now i can see why!!!
I was starting to think i was going crazy. People keep correcting me saying - It is pronounced "Ice- land". When i first arrived i thought everyone was talking about the country Iceland all the time and I had trouble following the rest of the sentence.
Thank you for reassuring me! It is bad enough I can�t speak spanish properly - I would like to think I am correct in my native language!
Hugs from one relieved Kiwi
You guys are awesome.
so sorry to hear you are ill stextsme - I really hope you get better soon!
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21 Oct 2008
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goodnesses
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Hi, Vickiii
I am still here but the fact is that we have started the school year since some weeks and things aren�t as I expected. Some of the classes I am in charge this year showed to be much more difficult than I was expecting as far as their knowledge in English is concerned.
I have just the time to have a quick look at the forum. Just to have an idea of what going around.
For your biiiiiig problem of pronunciation, I can tell you that here in Algeria teachers and learners we say "eye-lind" just like you.
Oh Yes
Our ministry is taking pronunciation as a very very serious issue
"may want the kids to speak better than the Queen"
Regards and very happy to hearing from again
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21 Oct 2008
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Vickiii
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Good to see you are all ok Goodnesses. Good luck getting the kids up to speed. I have posted a real doozy for you today!
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22 Oct 2008
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