English Pronunciation for comnication A Practical Course for Students of English By Wang Guizhen Faculty of English Language Culture Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
English Pronunciation for Communication A Practical Course for Students of English By Wang Guizhen Faculty of English Language & Culture Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
Consonants of the English Language Chinese efl learner's difficulties in the Learning process
Consonants of the English Language & Chinese EFL Learner’s Difficulties in the Learning Process
Why use phonemic symbols The alphabet which we use to write English has 26 letters but (British) English has 44 sounds. Inevitably, English spelling is not a reliable guide to pronunciation because Some letters have more than one sound Sometimes letters are not pronounced at all The same sound may be represented by different letters Sometimes syllables indicated by the spelling are not pronounced at all Questions: How do you pronounce gh in 'enough, through 'and ghost?(like f in fun, not pronounced like g in got How many syllables are there in ' chocolate"?
Why use phonemic symbols? The alphabet which we use to write English has 26 letters but (British) English has 44 sounds. Inevitably, English spelling is not a reliable guide to pronunciation because •Some letters have more than one sound •Sometimes letters are not pronounced at all •The same sound may be represented by different letters •Sometimes syllables indicated by the spelling are not pronounced at all Questions: •How do you pronounce gh in 'enough', 'through' and 'ghost'? (like f in fun, not pronounced, like g in got) •How many syllables are there in 'chocolate'?
Phonemes Linguists classify the speech sounds used in a language into a number of abstract categories called phonemes. English, for example, has 44 phonemes, although the number varies according to the dialect of the speaker and the system of the classification. Phonemes are abstract categories which allow us to group together subsets of speech sounds. Even though no two speech sounds, or phones, are identical, all of the phones classified into one phoneme category are similar enough so that they convey the same meaning
Phonemes ◼ Linguists classify the speech sounds used in a language into a number of abstract categories called phonemes. English, for example, has 44 phonemes, although the number varies according to the dialect of the speaker and the system of the classification. Phonemes are abstract categories which allow us to group together subsets of speech sounds. Even though no two speech sounds, or phones, are identical, all of the phones classified into one phoneme category are similar enough so that they convey the same meaning
Description of the English consonants English consonants can be classified according to 1. the points of articulation 2 the manners of articulation 3 the state of the vocal cords
Description of the English consonants English consonants can be classified according to 1. the points of articulation 2. the manners of articulation 3. the state of the vocal cords