Sounds of English Semester I Lesson 8
HOMEWORK week 7 5. REVISE & REFLECT Roach Chapter 5 & 6 Dispensa Discovery Activities p33 & p34 Dispensa Sounds & Spelling p46 & 47 4.http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/ Watch the videos on the fricatives 5. REVISE & REFLECT
The International Phonetic Alphabet can be helpful for studying a language, especially languages that use letters that are silent or have multiple pronunciations, such as English. Languages like Arabic and Spanish are consistent in their spelling and pronunciation – each letter represents a single sound which rarely varies.
The International Phonetic Alphabet can be helpful for studying a language, especially languages that use letters that are silent or have multiple pronunciations, such as English. Languages like Arabic and Spanish are consistent in their spelling and pronunciation – each letter represents a single sound which rarely varies. English is different.
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Group 3 Fricatives
Group 3 Fricatives Unvoiced Glottal NEVER IN FINAL POSITION
DICTATION!
feared jive bother cooked flown guarded pushed verse fourth Asia
Group 4 Nasals
Bilabial Velar Alveolar
NEVER IN INITIAL POSITION Velar NEVER IN INITIAL POSITION
INITIAL MEDIAL FINAL Voiced Alveolar Lateral Dark ‘L’ / Ị /
Allophones An allophone is a phonetic variant of a phoneme in a particular language. Compare the clear /l/ and dark /l/ in these pairs of words: late – tale let – tell lip – pill lay – ale light – tile law – wall lied – dial
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DICTATION!
lazy nun /none beehive able breath breathe washing uncle rouge anger
HOMEWORK
HOMEWORK week 8 5. STUDY!!!!!! (only 1 lesson left) Roach Chapter 7 (last chapter for semester 1) Dispensa Discovery Activities p35 - p37 (you have now finished this section) Dispensa Sounds & Spelling p47 & p48 Watch the BBC pronunciation videos on the nasals /h/ /l/ 5. STUDY!!!!!! (only 1 lesson left)