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by Joseph Hudson self-study or classroom use

9 chapters with answer key

The Sound of

English

A Practical Course in

B r it i s h English Pronunciation 3 CDs "All the tricks you need to sound like a native speaker."

Javier Fernandez Pena

e-book audio 'The Sound of English' is a fully interactive pdf with the followi ng features:

Audio:

click on the icons next to each activity to hear the audio.

Index:

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Answer Key:

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How to Use this EʌBook

- Listen to the following exchange. A "What would you like?" B "A cup of tea - Which words are stressed? - Of the stressed words, which words are strongest?

In spoken English we

stress content words

One word in every sentence

is more stressed than the others.

Normally the

last content word is the most stressed word.

EXERCISE

- Match the content words on the le with the content words on the right. DRILL - Repeat the rhythm followed by each sentence from the exercise: x X x X | a pair of shoesSentence Stress | Intonation a pair pint leg bunch bag glass book joint loaf of beef bread poems wine shoes milk flowers lamb crisps 2.16 2.17

Explanations appear in grey boxes.

Exercises

should be completed then checked in the answer key.

Drills should be repeated with

the audio until produced accurately.

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Sounds

Consonants

Vowels

Y'+

Spelling ʼ

Sound 'ghoti' Schwa

Structure

Function

Content

Intonation

Patterns

Usage

Postscript

IPA p :s nli/ Answer Key Pages 113ʌ114Answer Key Pages 113ʌ114Answer Key Pages 113ʌ114

Introduction

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Consonant sounds are produced by

blocking air as it leaves the mouth.

This course shows you how to pronounce all

25 consonant sounds

of English. Below is an example of each consonant sound - listen and read them.

Consonant Types

Sound 0.1

Type of SoundSoundExample 1Example 2

plosive (complete block of air followed by explosion) p b t d k g !pin b ag t ime d oor c ash g irl -cap ro b e la t e feed so ck fla g football fricative (constant flow of air "squeezed" through a block, sounds like friction) f v s z hfull v est th ink th ose s ight z oo sh irt h ighknife ca v e ear th ba th e ki ss no s e cra sh plea s ure affricate (plosive followed by fricative) t d %chose j oycatch sta g e nasal (air is released through the nose) m n &mood n ow -calm turn ba ng approximant (vowel-like consonant, no full block of air occurs) w j r l / 'wall y ellow r oom l aw- pi ll 5

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t lY tool

We use the articulators:

tongue lips teeth

ɑ to block airɒ

The places where we block air in English are shown belowɒ

EXERCISE

- Listen to the recording and match the sounds in the boxes with their art iculation diagrams (number 1 has been done). The arrows point to the place of ar ticulation. - Check your answers in the answer key on page 112.

Consonant Articulation

Sound t lY tool -f< q C,e ,;1 wl il) Y'+ Af f / v m / p / b k / g / t / d / l / n h / lips teeth tonguealveolar ridge palate velum glottis

1.2.3.

4. 5. 6.

0.2 6

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A neutral English accent has

19 vowel sounds

There are 3 types of English vowel sound -

short long and diphthong

English spelling

does not always show us which sound to pronounce. We will learn how to pronounce each individual vowel sound on this course.

Vowels

| Sounds 0.3

Type of SoundSoundSpellingsExamples

short (single mouth position) e ae %a, e, o, u i u, oo, ou e, ea, ie u, o a o, a a live, th e , t o day, supply th i n, s i t, r i ch p u t, l oo k, sh ou ld w e nt, bread, friend f u n, love, money c a t, h a nd, f a n r o b, top, watch long (single mouth position) i: u: :ee, ea ew, oo, o_e ir, ur, wor al, aw, or, our, oor a, al, arneed, beat, team f ew , b oo t, l o s e th ir d, t ur n, w or se t al k, l aw , p or t gl a ss, h al f, c ar diphthong (double mouth position) e a a e !ay, ea, ae, ai oi, oy ie, i_e, i, y o, o_e, oa ou, ow eer, ear are, ere, ea, ai p ay , gr ea t, m ai d n oi se, t oy , ch oi ce f i n e , l i k e , m i ght n o , st o n e , r oa d r ou nd, how, brown b eer , h ear , st eer c are , th ere , b ear 7

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A vowel sound is made by

shaping the mouth as air flows out.

Articulators used to shape the mouth are:

tongue lips and jaw The chart below shows examples of mouth positions in English.quotesdbs_dbs1.pdfusesText_1

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