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PHONETICS

 Sounds of English
 Accent

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SOUNDS OF ENGLISH: CONSONANTS
 /p/ pair, cup /b/ bad, crab  /h/ her, ahead
 /t/ tall, hit /d/ dark, head  /m/ man, team /n/ nail,
 /k/ cab, lack /g/ good, tag tan
 /tʃ/ cherry, match /dʒ/ judge,  /ŋ/ ring, singer /l/ let, tall
raj  /r/ right, scary
 /f/ fine, wife /v/ very, above
 /w/ wet, away
 /θ/ thing, both /ð/ this, father
 /j/ you, soya
 /s/ saw, house /z/ zap, goes

 /ʃ/ shape, push /ʒ/pleasure,


beige

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EXERCISE-1: FORM TWO WORDS WITH
EACH SOUND
  /p/ /b/,   /h/, /w/, /n/, /m/, /r/, /j/,
 /t/ /d/, /ŋ/, /l/.
 /k/ /g/,

 /f/ /v/,

 /s/ /z/,

 /θ/ /ð/,

 /ʃ/ /ʒ/,

 /ʈʃ/ /dʒ/

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SOUNDS OF ENGLISH: PURE VOWELS
 Front Vowels:    Back Vowels:
 /i:/     week /wi:k/, /ɪ/   –  /u:/   boot /bu:t/,
fit  group /gru:p/
 /e/  –  pet /pet/, /æ/ – pat  /ʊ/   – put /pʊt/, book

 Central Vowels:  /ɔ:/    fork /fɔ:k/, walk

 /ə/ - attention /əˈten.ʃən/ /wɔ:k/,


 /ʌ/   – cut /kʌt/  /ɒ/   – pot /pɒt/,

 /ɜ:/   heard /hɜ:d/,  /ɑ:/    hard

word /wɜ:d/

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VOWEL GLIDES - DIPHTHONGS
 /eɪ/     place /pleɪs/, late /leɪt/, dangerous /ˈdeɪn.dʒə.rəs/
/oʊ/    home /hoʊm/, phone /foʊn/, global /ˈɡloʊ.bəl/
/aʊ/    mouse /maʊs/, brown /braʊn/, accountant /ə
ˈkaʊn.t̬ ənt/
/ɪə/    clear /klɪə/, fear /fɪə/,  career /kəˈrɪə/
/eə/   care /keə/, wear /weə/, declare /dɪˈkleə/
/ɔɪ/    boy /bɔɪ/, toy /tɔɪ/, enjoyable /ɪnˈdʒɔɪ.jə.bəl/
/aɪ/    find /faɪnd/, bite /baɪt/, tiger  /ˈtaɪ.ɡə/
/ʊə/   tour /tʊə/, pure /pʊə/,  mature /məˈtʃʊə/

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EXERCISE
 Apt, often, school, pet, democrat, republic, repay,
restore, success, suffer, suffrage, rest, recourse, south,
north, nest, tanning, tannery, tension, truant, friend,
follies, fancy, funny, frantic

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SPEAKING TECHNIQUES
 Word Stress
 Developing Voice Quality

 Rhythm and Tone

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STRESS
 Words are divided into different parts
 Syllables

 Monosyllabic words: read, sharp, own

 Disyllabic words: reader, sharpen, owner

 Tri syllabic words: readership, sharpener, ownership

 Stress depends on part of speech

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STRESS AND PART OF SPEECH
 Present (n)- present (v)
 Desert (n) – desert (v)

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VOICE QUALITY
 Pitch (high and low sounds)
 Volume (loudness)

 Quality (specific feature of a particular sound)

 Rate of speaking (speed, duration of sound of a phrase


etc.)

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VOICE PRACTICE
 Practice in a relaxed atmosphere
 Read different kinds of materials

 Record yourself

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RHYTHM IN CONNECTED SPEECH
 Ups-downs in speech
 Some words are stressed; some are unstressed

 Can I ‘help you?

 ‘What can I ‘do for you?

 I am ‘pleased to ‘meet you.

 The ‘pleasure is ‘mine.

 My ‘sister ‘wants to be a ‘doctor.

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