English Phonology and Pronunciation Teaching

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I‎ s the study of sound patterns within a

‎ he majority of teaching resources for


T I‎ t has been described in a great detail both ‎particular language. Help us explain how
‎British English, both textbooks and learner ‎sociolinguists and phoneticians over a long ‎such sounds work with in patters within a
‎It is still recognize as a prestige accent. ‎dictionaries, are based on RP. ‎period of time. ‎for ‎ eacher and students need to choose a
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‎pronunciation model which learners and ‎Phonology
‎teach her feel comfortable with and which
I‎ t has been claimed that the RP is far from ‎ rguments for and against RP as a
A ‎facilitates successful communication in
‎the easiest accent to learn because of ‎pronunciation model. ‎The Received Pronunciation model ‎context in which the learner will interact.
‎features like the nonrhotic /r/ not ‎Models
‎ P has changed considerably ver time as
R ‎pronounce after a vowel, i.e. instead of I‎ s the scientific description of speech
‎can be witnessed by comparing older and ‎pronounce "car" they avoid the "r" sound ‎sounds across the languages, unrelated to
‎younger generation RP speakers. ‎pronouncing the word as "ca". ‎agains ‎a specific language. Describe the
‎characteristics of individual speech sound
‎precisely
‎Phonetics
‎ any factors affect pronunciation learning,
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‎including L1, age, exposure, phonetic
‎ability, sense of identity, motivation and
‎attitude and some of these are possible ‎ nglish phonology
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‎more important than others. ‎different word meaning.
‎Acquisition vs learning ‎and pronunciation ‎Lexical meaning

‎teaching
‎ here are many components of fluency,
T ‎ small different in sound can distinguish
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‎including the organization of talk and ‎grammatical categories.
‎range of vocabulary, but temporal and ‎Grammatical meaning.
‎phonological factors are also important,
‎particularly in language testing and
‎assessment.
‎Perception of fluency ‎Personal identity

‎ honological differences can also alter the


P ‎ eople from the same region often shares
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‎intended meaning of a piece of a spoken ‎identifiable pronunciation patters while
‎discourse. The way we speak including our ‎people from different geographical region
‎accent conveys a lot about where we come ‎ n individual’s pronunciation can give
A ‎Geographical ‎may have distinctive regional accents.
‎from, and the social groups we belong to ‎important clues about; personal identity,
‎or spire to. ‎group identity and emotional state/mood. ‎Group identity
‎Discourse meaning ‎ ifferent phonological features maybe
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‎Social ‎used as such group markers.

‎ arious studies have proposed for instance


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‎that a “tense” voice is an indicator of anger
‎and a “lax” voice suggests boredom or
‎Emotional state/mood ‎sadness.

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