1. Sounds of English
Semester II
Lesson 7

2. 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

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. 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

8. Word Stress part 3

9.   

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

11. Turn to
p18
in your dispensa

12.   
Why is
this
important?

13. 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

14. Transcription Practice

15. DICTATION!

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

18. 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

19. “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

20. Turn to
p19

23. Stressed words and weak forms p20

24. Transcribe these sentences

25. Q3. p.20

26. Step by Step
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27. HOMEWORK

28. Homework week 7 START REVISING only 3 weeks left!
Dispensa p 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
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