1. Sounds of English
Semester II
Lesson 3

2. START REVISING Homework week 2 Read Chapter 8 Roach p56, p57 p58
Dispensa :
START REVISING
p6 Study
p5 Revise ‘–ed’ endings
p29 Transcribe‘Flatearther’ poem

3. Don’t forget the audio book on Moodle
Did you do this?

4. Turn to
p29

5. Flatearther

12. Well done…with transcription…

13. The structure of the syllable
centre
onset
coda
consonant + vowel + consonant

14. centre
(vowel)
coda
(consonant)
onset
(consonant)
no consonant
= zero onset
no consonant
= zero coda
1 consonant
= initial consonant
1 consonant
= final consonant
consonant cluster
2/3
consonant cluster
2/3/4

15. Single initial / final consonants: Distribution of Sounds
centre
(vowel)
1 consonant
= initial consonant
1 consonant
= final consonant
NOT /ŋ/ or /ʒ/
NOT /h/, /r/, /w/, /j/

16. Consonant Clusters ONSETS 2 / 3 pre-initial initial post-initial CODAS
2 / 3 / 4
pre-final
final
post-final

17. 2 Consonant Clusters ONSETS
Two types
(i) (ii)
pre-initial /s/ initial consonant
+ initial consonant + post-initial
/l/, /r/, /w/ or /j/

18. 2 Consonant Clusters ONSETS
/sp/
/st/
/sk/
/sf/
/sm/
/sn/
Type 1:
pre-initial /s/ + initial consonant
unvoiced plosives
/p/ /t/ /k/
unvoiced fricative /f/
nasals /m/ /n/

19. pre-initial + initial consonant /sp/ /st/ /sk/ /sf/ /sm/ /sn/
example
syllables?
pre-initial + initial consonant
/sp/ /st/ /sk/
/sf/ /sm/ /sn/
/sl/ /sw/
initial consonant + post-initial consonant

20. onsets ?

21. 2 Consonant Clusters ONSETS
Type 2:
initial consonant
+ post-initial
/l/, /r/, /w/ or /j/
plosives /p/ /b/ /t/ /d/ /k/ /g/
fricatives /f/ /v/ /Ɵ/ /s/ /ʃ/
nasals /m/ /n/
glottal /h/

22. 2 Consonant Clusters ONSETS
Two types
(i) (ii)
pre-initial /s/ initial consonant
+ initial consonant + post-initial
/l/, /r/, /w/ or /j/
/sp/ /st/
/sk/ /sf/
/sm/ /sn/
/sl/ /sw/

23. 3 Consonant Clusters ONSETS
pre- initial /s/
+ initial consonant unvoiced plosives/p/ /t/ /k/
+ post-initial /l/, /r/, /w/ or /j/

24. 3 Consonant Clusters ONSETS Examples

25. Analyse these onsets no consonant = zero onset 1 consonant
Last
week’s
dictation
Analyse
these
onsets
no consonant
= zero onset
1 consonant
= initial consonant
consonant cluster
2/3

26. 1. initial consonant /p/+ post-initial /l/
2. pre-initial /s/ + initial consonant /p/
+ post-initial /r/
3. initial consonant /m/
4. initial consonant /s/ + post-initial /w/
5. initial consonant /k/ + post-initial /w/
6. initial consonant /b/ + post-initial /l/
7. initial consonant /ʃ/ + post-initial /r/
8. initial consonant /t/ + post-initial /w/
9. pre-initial /s/ + initial consonant /m/
10. zero onset

27. Consonant Clusters CODAS

28. Final
DICTATION!

29. Analyse
these
onsets

30. HOMEWORK

31. Homework week 3 Read all of Chapter 8 of Roach Dispensa
Study Syllable Onsets p7 & p8
Google ‘homophones in English’ and do some research – bring your findings to class
p10 – p13 Homonyms and Homophones