Practical Phonetics In class Test 02-05-19
Answer ALL questions
1. Listen and transcribe the sounds and words you hear in the numbers: 20; 21;
22; 23; 25; 26; 32; 36; 39 and 44 on Sound File 01. [30 marks]
2. Define Practical phonetics. [2 marks]
3. After graduating, which fields can a practical phonetics graduate join?[4 marks]
4. Draw a diagram showing any four organs of speech and state 2 sounds
produced with the help of each organ identified.
[8 marks]
5. Outline any two parameters used to differentiate vowels. [2 marks]
6. Differentiate phonetic from phonemic transcription. [2 marks]
7. Highlight any two weaknesses of orthography which can be overcome by
transcription. [2 marks]
Total [50 marks]