Basic definitions to raise awareness about teaching pronunciation. Includes vowels and consonant tables

1. M.Ed. Maria Luisa Mu

2. When I hear English…
3) a I can hear a cat purring
1) a I think of the sea
b I can hear the rain
b I think of a bridge
c I think of a plane
d I think of a raft
2) a I can taste cake
b I can taste chocolate
c I can taste salt
d I can taste sand
c I can hear footsteps in
the hall
d I can hear a police
siren
4) a I feel excited
b I feel worried
c I feel puzzled
d I feel tired

3. sounds
rhythm
word stress
phonemic
script
strong and
weak forms
What is
pronunciation?
sentence
stress
intonation
spelling

4. Phonetics and
Phonology

Phonetics
the study of sounds and the
human voice
Phonology
the study of sound systems and
sound units (e.g. phonemes)

5. Phoneme

It is a contrastive unit in the
sound system of a particular
language
Minimal pairs show how the
sound difference determines a
change of meaning

7. Articulation of the
English sounds

- Voicing
- Place of articulation
- Manner of articulation

8. Voicing

 When the vocal chords
vibrate during the utterance
of the sound

9. Place of Articulation

The point within the vocal
cavity where the articulatory
elements come together to
articulate a sound.

10. Places of articulation within
the vocal cavity
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
Exolabial
Endolabial
Dental
Alveolar
Post alveolar
Pre palatal
Palatal
Velar
Uvular
Pharyngeal
Glottal
Epiglottal
Radical
Posterodorsal
Anterodorsal
Laminal
Apical
Subapical


11. Manner of Articulation
 the sound is
The way or manner in which
articulated. It consists of 3 broad categories
Stops–where the flow of air is completely
stopped when producing a sound, e.g /p/
Fricatives–where the flow of air involves
friction, e.g. /f/
Affricates--where a sound begins like a stop
but then continues as a fricative, e.g. /tS/