Sounds of English Semester II Lesson 7

Homework week 6 Finish reading Chapter 9 Roach Do the Written Exercise Roach p72 Do a syllable analysis of the words ‘squashed’ & ‘stretched’ Revise dispensa p16 & p17 Transcription practice dispensa p32

squashed ONSET /s/ pre-initial consonant (unvoiced alveolar fricative) /k/ initial consonant (unvoiced velar plosive) /w/ post-initial consonant (voiced bilabial approximant) CENTRE /ɒ/ low-back short vowel CODA /ʃ/ final consonant (unvoiced palateo-alveolar fricative) /t/ post-final consonant (unvoiced alveolar plosive)

stretched ONSET /s/ pre-initial consonant (unvoiced alveolar fricative) /t/ initial consonant (unvoiced alveolar plosive) /r/ post-initial consonant (voiced palatal-alveolar approximant) CENTRE /e/ mid-front short vowel CODA /tʃ/ final consonant (unvoiced palateo-alveolar affricate) /t/ post-final consonant (unvoiced alveolar plosive)

Homework week 6 Finish reading Chapter 9 Roach Do the Written Exercise Roach p72 Do a syllable analysis of the words ‘squashed’ & ‘stretched’ Revise dispensa p16 & p17 Transcription practice dispensa p32

Word Stress part 3

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Transcribe these words at home! Check your answers in the dictionary.

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Two Skills One aim Transcription phonemic graphic graphic phonemic Dictation Two Skills These basic skills combine in order to move seamlessly from one linguistic form to the other, in either dirction. One aim

Transcription Practice

DICTATION!

The last piece of the puzzle From weak syllables to weak forms

An Introduction to Weak Forms What are weak forms? Closed group of words which have both a strong form and a weak form e.g. Can you swim? Yes, I can . usually function words not needed to transmit meaning of a speaker’s message = the opposite of content words: auxiliaries, modals, prepositions, conjunctions

“all strong form” pronunciation sounds unnatural and foreign sounding Why are they important? “all strong form” pronunciation sounds unnatural and foreign sounding difficulty in understanding connected speech When are they used ? probably most of the time! However, not in the following cases when we prefer the STRONG form: when found at the end of sentences when used in contrast when used in emphasis

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Stressed words and weak forms p20

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Q3. p.20

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HOMEWORK

Homework week 7 START REVISING only 3 weeks left! Dispensa p16 - 18 word stress & transcription practice Transcribe adjectives Q2 p18 Revise Dispensa p19 p20 Exercises p21 Dispensa exercises p33 Read Roach Chapter 10 Written exercises Roach p81 START REVISING only 3 weeks left!