The recent scientific studies have constantly found that the clear systematic phonetics teaching is the most active way to teach the English language. The TESOL certification course in India incorporates the phonetics teaching as an important part and here lies its importance. Know why it is important through the slides!

1. Phonetics – Are They Essential?
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2. Introduction:
• “Why is teaching phonetics important?”
• “When should phonetics be taught?”
• “What is the use of phonics?”
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3. Introduction:
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4. Introduction:
These are some of the general questions that may come to you
whenever you heard about phonetics, isn’t it? Well, phonetics is
the basic reading training that teaches the learners about the
relationships between the letters and sounds. To teach English
overseas, the TEFL certification course in India teaches the
aspirants to learn phonetics.
Let us make it more clear!
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5. What does it mean about Phonetics?
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6. What does it mean about Phonetics?
• When the learner understands that ‘bake’ is spelt with an "e" rather than
‘bak’, the learner will be able to read, spell, and write words like cake, lake,
make, take, wake, and snake in a better way.
• Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that studies the sounds of humanoid
speech, or in the case of the sign languages.
• Phonetics the science or the study of speech sounds and their construction,
conduction, their examination, organization, and transcript.
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7. The use of Phonetics
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8. The use of Phonetics
• Did you know the English language has 26 letters but there are 42 sounds
to learn?! Yes, you have heard it right and phonetics teach the learners
about all these crucial parts.
• It is a technique for teaching reading and writing of the English language
by evolving the capability to hear, recognize, of the learners.
• The phonetics reading helps to increase the learners’ fluency in English
reading. It is also essential for the development of a learner’s reading
understanding.
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9. What Phonetics Includes
• The consonant sounds
• Ability to differentiate that ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i', ‘o’, and ‘u’ are vowels.
• The identification of sounds of digraphs. For example: / ‘sh’/ in ‘shoulder’.
• The identification of the sounds of consonant blends. Like: / ‘bl’/ in ‘black’
and / ‘str’/ in ‘strong’.
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10. What Phonetics Includes
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11. What Phonetics Includes
• The identification of the short vowel word families. Example: ‘at’, ‘an’,
‘op’, ‘on’, ‘it’, ‘in’.
• To break the words into syllables.
• To find out the acquainted words in unknown words. Example: ‘mat’ in the
‘matter’.
• To add the letters to make new words.
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12. Types Of Phonetics
Phonetics Is Divided Into Three Types:
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13. Types Of Phonetics
Phonetics Is Divided Into Three Types:
• According to the production (articulatory)
• Transmission (acoustic)
• Perception (auditive) of sounds
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14. Benefits Of Teaching Phonetics
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15. Benefits Of Teaching Phonetics
• The phonetics teaching helps the learner in recognising the sounds of each
individual letter makes.
• It helps in identifying the sounds of different combinations of letters – such
as ‘ie’, ‘sh’ or ‘oo’.
• The phonetics teaching helps in blending the sounds together from left to
right to make a word.
• The main objective of phonetics instruction is to teach the learner about the
most collective sound-spelling connections so that the learner can interpret
the words.
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16. Benefits Of Teaching Phonetics
• The phonetics teaching is very significant in helping the learners to study
about how to spell words correctly.
• The phonetics teaching helps the learners to distinguish the sounds of the
letters of the alphabet of the word they read.
• It also helps the learners to increase their fluency in reading English.
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17. Benefits Of Teaching Phonetics
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18. Conclusion
At the end of the presentation, you are now aware of the term ‘phonetics’. The
use of phonetics, types of phonetics and the advantages of teaching phonetics
unfold the importance of it while teaching the English language to the others
abroad. The TESOL certification course in India also includes the phonetics
teaching as it is an important part of English language teaching. However,
there are numerous areas of phonetics which are prevalent and significant as
well that need to be explored soon.
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19. Let us have a look at what we have learnt
• The phonetics are the basic reading training that teaches the learners about
the relationships between the letters and sounds.
• To teach the English language, a proper idea about phonetics is necessary
as it helps in helping the learners to study about how to spell words
correctly.
• Phonetics is the science or the study of speech sounds and their
construction, conduction, their examination, organization, and transcript.
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20. Let us have a look at what we have learnt
• Articulatory, acoustic and auditive are the three different parts of phonetics.
• The phonetics teaching aids the learners in recognising the sounds of each
individual letter makes.
• It helps in spelling the words correctly.
• The phonetics teaching also helps the learners to increase their fluency in
reading English.
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21. References:
• http://www.kis.edu.my/the-advantages-of-teaching-reading-through-
phonics/
• https://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/the-benefits-of-learning-
phonetics/
• https://www.clicknkids.com/clickn_kids_learning_to_read.php
• https://www.teflindia.com/certificate-in-short-specialized-tefl-courses.php
• https://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/the-benefits-of-learning-
phonetics/
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22. Thank You!
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