Sounds of English Semester I Lesson 1

Corso di Laurea Triennale in Lingue, Letterature e Studi Interculturali Lingua Inglese 1 (12 CFU) Titolari: Prof. Nicholas Brownlees Prof. Christina Samson

Lingua inglese 1 = Lettorato course - Writing Lettorato course - Sounds of English Grammar Test Exam with Prof. Brownlees OR Prof. Samson

2018/19 - Year 1 - Lingua inglese 1 2019/20 - Year 2 - Laboratorio di lingua inglese You must pass Lingua inglese 1 by September 2019 to enrol in the Laboratorio di lingua inglese 2020/21 - Year 3 - Lingua inglese 2 (if English is your first language at unifi)

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Course Dates Thursday group 27/09 04/10 11/10 18/10 25/10 08/11 15/11 22/11 29/11 06/12 End-of Semester 1 TEST 13/12 Results & Feedback

Course Dates Friday group 28/09 05/10 12/10 19/10 26/10 09/11 16/11 23/11 30/11 07/12 End-of Semester 1 TEST 14/12 Results & Feedback

Course Book

Pronunciation How good should a learner’s pronunciation be? What do you think your pronunciation is like? What pronunciation problems do you think you have? What do you understand by the phrase “comfortably intelligible”? What’s the difference between “hearing” and “listening”? For you personally, is it more difficult to produce English sounds or to understand them? What do you understand by the phrase “connected speech”? What do you think the word ”exposure” means, in terms of learning a language? How does studying pronunciation fit in with other elements of language learning eg writing, literature etc.? How are you going to organise your study of this course material?

The Alphabet

BCDEGPTV AHJK FLMNSXZ UQW IY O R GRAPHIC v PHONETIC BCDEGPTV AHJK FLMNSXZ UQW IY O R

No 1-1 relationship between sounds and letters enough (6 letters) daughter (8) cupboard (8)

Letters are represented by many phonemes e.g. Letter ‘a’

Phonemes are represented in many letters e.g. Phoneme or short a war aw dawn al tall au daughter ou course or bored oar board oor floor

Interactive Chart http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/activities/phonemic-chart

HOMEWORK

Homework week 1 Read Introduction page & p1 - 4 of dispensa Read chapter 1 Introduction of Peter Roach book Download interactive phonemic chart http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/activities/ phonemic-chart

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