Voice and accent introduction to sounds and articulation of sounds: part 1

1. VOICE & ACCENT ENGLISH SPEAKING
SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM
“Twist a tongue, and tongue a twist how many twists
can a tongue twister twist around the twisting tongue”.
Trainer Name – Sudip Nag
Tel: 8017205457
Email : nagsudip08@gmail.com
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2. Understanding Voice & Accent
Phonetics
Articulation of sound
Accent & Pronunciation
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3. • Accent is the way you and I speak.
• MTI – For non native speakers it is the mother
tongue influence that is a part of the way you
speak in English.
• Neutral Accent – It is the way you speak that if
free from MTI and is thus easily understood by
people across the globe.
• What are the factors that influences our accent?
Regional and social background of the speaker
• How does it influence?
 Pronunciation
 Word stress
 Intonation
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4. Production of Sound
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5. Sounds
Vowels Consonants
Vowel Sounds : Monophthongs and
Diphthongs
Consonant Sounds : Categorized in regard
with the manner, place and voice.
*English is a non
phonetic language
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6. Phonetic Chart
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7. Vowel Sounds
Single
Vowel Sounds
Double
Vowel Sounds
Types of Vowel Sounds
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8. Consonant Sounds
A consonant sound is formed when :
Articulators come into
contact with one
another
An obstruction is
created in the oral
tract
Voiced : They are produced with a
tangible vibration of the vocal cords
with very little or no air (aspiration)
Voiceless : They are accompanied by
a puff of air with very little or no
vibration of the vocal cords. This is
called aspiration.
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9. Consonant Sounds
Voiced Voiceless
/b/ bath /p/ path
/d/ dime /t/ time
/g/ game /k/ came
/v/ van /f/ fan
/Ŏ/ them /Ѳ/ think
/z/ prize /s/ price
/Z/ usual /∑/ shoe
/dZ/ ginger /t∑/ chin
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10. Understanding Syllables
To understand word stress, it helps to understand
syllables. Every word is made from syllables.
Each word has one, two, three or more syllables.
Word Number of
syllables
Dog Dog 1
Quiet Qui-et 2
Expensive Ex-pen-sive 3
Interesting In-ter-est-ing 4
Unexceptional Un-ex-cep-tion-al 5
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11. Syllable Stress
In linguistics, stress is the relative
emphasis that may be given to certain
syllables in a word. The term is also used
for similar patterns of phonetic prominence
inside syllables.
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12. Word Syllable Breakdown Number of syllables
dog dog 1
green green 1
quite quite 1
quiet qui-et 2
orange o-range 2
table ta-ble 2
expensive ex-pen-sive 3
interesting in-ter-est-ing 4
realistic re-a-lis-tic 4
unexceptional un-ex-cep-tio-nal 5
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13. The Role of Suffix
-ion
 For two-syllable words
with the suffix –ion, the
stress is on the first
syllable.
 For three- to four-
syllable words with
the suffix –ion, the
second to the last
syllable just before t
he suffix receives
the word stress.
TWO
SYLLABLES
THREE
SYLLABLES
NAtion eMOtion
MOtion eRUPtion
LOtion soLUtion
POtion conDItion
NOtion comPLExion
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14. The “-logy” rule
• Bi-ol-ogy
• Psy-chol-ogy
• Phy-siol-ogy
• Photography
• Geography
• Lithography
The “-Graphy” rule
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15. The “-tion” rule
• Nation
• Dictation
• Completion
• Situation
• Modulation
• Communication
• Notation
• Systemization
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16. The “-ity” rule
• Simplicity
• Electricity
• Complexity
• Formality
• Nationality
• Possibility
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17. Intonation
'Hello'
• to a friend
• to a friend you haven't seen for 3 years
• to a neighbor that you don't like
• to a 6 month old baby
• to someone you have just found doing something they shouldn't
• to someone on the phone when you're not sure if they are still on the other end
‘How are you?'
• to someone you haven't seen for 20 years
• to someone who has recently lost a member of the family
• to someone who didn't sleep in their own bed last night
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18. Word Stress
‘What’s your name?’
• A – What’s your name?
• B – Jon Wood.
• A – Where are you from?
• B – New Zealand.
• A – What do you do?
• B – I’m a medical student.
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19. Trainer Name – Sudip Nag
Tel: 8017205457
Email : nagsudip08@gmail.com
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