6. What is Phonetics ????
Phonetics is a branch
of linguistics that is concerned
with the study of the sounds of
human speech.
7. Why do we need phonetics ?
1- Because some English letters have more than
one sound.
2-Because Some letters when joined together in a
word actually create a new sound in their own.
3-There may be a silent letter that can appear in a
word.
8. What are the types of the
phonetic sounds ?
Consonants
Vowels
9. Why should Arabs know about
phonetics?
Because we, as Arabs, mispronounce so many
words and this may be because:
English is not our mother tongue.
The way we pronounce Arabic is totally different
from the way that English should be
pronounced.
Language interference may be the problem.
Because English is now a must in all the fields
and we should know how to pronounce it in a
correct way.
