1. English Pronunciation Clinic Week 1: Phonemes Multimedia Study Guide Produced by: Charles Copeland A00518354 For EDUC-8347: Designing Instruction for eLearning Dr. Darci Harland Video 4: Making Words

2. English Spelling English spelling uses the 26 letters Need to memorize the spelling for some words Some words are spelled differently, but pronounced in the same way Rite – Write – Wright - Right Can be confusing

3. IPA Spelling If you see it, you say it. There are no silent letters Makes it easier to pronounce a word. /bred/ /raIt/ /spe-liN/ Only see the sounds that are there Can see the breaks between syllables

4. Let’s Try It Produce or Produce One is a noun and one is a verb. They are pronounced differently Verb - /pr@- du:s/ Noun - /prQ:- du:s/

5. Other Resources - One Dictionaries (In Resources) Cambridge Merriam-Webster There are others Word IPA Sound

6. Other Resources - Two Web Site Cambridge – Phonetics Focus Oxford – Phonemes Smartphone App Speak English Pronunciation These could be useful for this week’s project

7. Revie w English alphabet letters don’t always match sounds There are many silent letters Sometimes different spelling sound the same Sometimes the same spelling is pronounced differently With IPA if you see it you say it

8. Go to the next Study Guide Week 1: Phonemes All images in the power point were found using the insert online pictures function with the creative commons image search option which is a feature of Microsoft PowerPoint 2013. Phoneme information from Celce-Murcia et al. (1996) Quiz 1: Checking the Phonemes