Wednesday, 1 October 2014

D'Amico Shipping B2 Course Lesson 12

Lesson 12
Pronunciation Workshop continued.

Things to think about:
Consonants:

  • Closed Vocal Tract - the flow of air is obstructed in some way.
  • Voiced or Unvoiced?
  • Place of Articulation - Where do you make the sound?
  • Mode of Articulation - How do you make the sound?
Vowels:
  • Open Vocal Tract
  • Duration: long or short?
  • Tongue Position: front/central/back
  • Tongue Height: high (closed)/ mid /back (open)
All of these elements are reflected in the organisation of the phonemic chart.


(1) Places of Articulation

(2) The Organisation of the Phonemic Chart


(3) Identifying Sounds _ Practice:"Hidden Names" from Pronunciation Games (Hancock, CUP 1995)
(4) Changing Intonation - Changing Meaning








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