2. Sounds of English
Semester I
Lesson 1

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

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

5. 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)

6. General Information Unifi website CercaChi Moodle Office Hours Webmail
Tutor Service

7. Adminstration Louise Williams louisejayne.williams@unifi.it
Office Hours:
Thursday
Room 19b Via Santa Reparata

8. Moodle - the uiniversity platform http://e-l.unifi.it

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15. 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

16. 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

18. Course Book

19. 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?

20. The Alphabet

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

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

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

25. 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

28. Interactive Chart

31. HOMEWORK

32. Homework week 1 Read Introduction page & p1 - 4 of dispensa
Read chapter 1 Introduction of Peter Roach book
Download interactive phonemic chart
phonemic-chart

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