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- 1. English Speech Sounds Ms. Grace Rodriguez-Fernandez
- 2. Features of Speech Features of Speech - A distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind. These pertains to the attributes and qualities of speech that will make more effective.
- 5. Stressing Stressmay bedefined asthedegreeof intensityor loudnessplaced ona sound; that is, the amount of force one putson a syllable or word to giveitsimportance. Significance: Stress is such an important feature of Spoken English that it determinesnot only therhythmicflow of words, but also thequality of vowels. Correct word and sentence stress in spoken English can determinethedifferencebetweengood andineffectivespeechdelivery.
- 9. Blending Blending,or theabilitytojoin speechsoundstogether tomakewords,is a crucial phonemic awareness skill that helps students to read unfamiliar words.Blendingistheskill of joiningindividual speechsounds together tomakea word.
- 11. Why is Blending important? Blending is a crucial skill in learning to read since being able to mentally join speech sounds together to make words helps students to decode unfamiliar words using letter- sound patterns when reading. Difficulties with the ability to blend is a hallmark of the struggling reader.
- 13. Phrasing Breaking or dividing an utteranceinto breath unitsor thought groups in another means to achieve the rhythm in your speech is called phrasing. Utterancesmay be broken into phrasesor thought units. Each unit contains words that belong together because they are closely related and are set off from the rest by a pause. Wordsand syllablesin such phrasesareblended intooneanother.
- 14. Why is phrasing import ant ? When information is phras ed effectively, it is logical, organized and cons is tent. Thismakesit eas y to unders tand and helpsyour lis tener follow your thought proces s esclearly. Wayst o use phrasing eff ect ively: S peakers who don't us e chunking and paus ing effectively can overwhelm lis teners with too much information. Expres s ing the s teps may help ushow to us e phras ing in different s peeches . 1 . Paus ing between thought groupsof words . 2. Paus ing in the right place within a thought group. Both of thes e make it s imple for lis tenersto follow your meaning.
- 16. Intonation
- 20. Content Words& Function Words In English grammar, a function word isa word that expressesa grammatical or structural relationshipwith other wordsin a sentence. In contrast to a content word, a function word haslittle or no meaningful content.When a word doesnot have a readily identifiable meaning isconsideredasfunction words.
- 23. Overview Concepts: Thefeaturesof speech arecontributing factorsin making an effective speechdelivery.It enablesthespeakertomanagethetypeofvoiceand intonation, exact timing of phrases, when to adapt stressing and blendingof theconstructionof thespeech.Right choiceof wordswill be an influence in the entire construction considering the diverse type of audiencewemayhave.