This document discusses segmental aspects of pronunciation such as vowels and consonants. It explains that the phonetic alphabet can help learn pronunciation by providing a visual symbol for each phoneme without confusion. A vowel chart is also mentioned as something that can aid pronunciation by showing the individual vowel sounds.

1. In this unit:
What are the segmental aspects of pronunciation?
What is the phonetic alphabet and how can it help?
What is a vowel chart and how can it help?

2. Segmental, each sound is considered a “unit” or
“segment” of a word or phrase.
Bottom up approach, know all the phonemes and
build from there.
Sounds - vowels
_ consonants

3.  Sounds of English vary.
 England Nigeria
 Canada Belize
 Australia
 Jamaica to name a few
 India
 New Zealand it also depends on who
 The U.S. you talk to.

4.  Consonants are one sound that can not be
mistaken for another sound.
 Allophones: Bob

5.  Advantages of knowing the phonetic alphabet:
 Imitations are not always effective or the imitator
(often a teacher) doesn’t model the word
correctly.
 You can independently figure out the
pronunciation of any word with the help of a
dictionary.
 Many people learn better with a visual cue.
 Having an alternative method of learning aids any
other method of learning.
 There is a one to one correspondence of one
phoneme (sound) with one symbol so there can
be no confusion.

6.  1. Raise awareness with activities that show
same sounds with different spellings so that
students realize that sounds can be
represented by different letters, but not
different phonetic symbols.
 2. Begin by focusing, then listening and
transcribing different sounds.