Segmental aspects of pronunciation
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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.
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Segmental aspects of pronunciation
- 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.