SESSION 1
THE ELEMENTS OF PRONUNCIATION
Take turn to spell out the alphabet words
How many vowels are
How many letter are How many consonant there?
there in the English letters are there?
alphabet?
5 Vowels A,e,u,i,o
26 letters
21
The rest
Consonants
- There are more than 40
sounds in English
language presented in the
IPA (International
Phonetic Alphabet)
- Important elements of
English pronunciation are:
+ Vowel sounds (20)
+ Consonant sounds (24)
+ Stress
+ Intonation
+ Connected speech
==> Spelling patterns
- Spelling and Sound
*** Same spelling – Different sound. What are mentioned below?
Food - Door
Read - Read (past tense)
Same spelling – Different sound:
Food – Door
*** Different spelling – Same sound No – Know
June - Group
No - Know
Write down the number of letters and sounds
Words Transcription Letters Sounds
Group /gru:p/ 5 4
Drink /drɪŋk/
5 5
Heavy /ˈhevi/
5 4
Handsome /ˈhænsəm/
8 6
7
Work in pair. Why do we need to learn
pronunciation?
Identify the consonant, vowel sounds and the stress of the words below
BIOLOGY /baɪˈɒl.ə.dʒi/
PSYCHOLOGY
/saɪˈkɒl.ə.dʒi/
Identify the consonant, vowel sounds and the stress of the words below
- Word stress: pronouncing one syllable of a word having 2 or more
syllables with greater louder and higher- pitch voice (stress) than
the other syllables in the word
- Sentence stress: stressing some words in a sentence to make the
meaning clearer.
+ I didn’t say he stole the money.
Someone else said it.
+ I didn’t say he stole the money. Practice the sentence
That’s not true at all.
for different meanings
+ I didn’t say he stole the money.
I only suggested the possibility.
+ I didn’t say he stole the money.
I think someone else took it.
+ I didn’t say he stole the money.
Maybe he just borrowed it.
+ I didn’t say he stole the money.
He may have taken some jewellery.
- Intonation: is a complex system of meaning communicated through the
rise and fall of a speaker's voice. English speakers use it to communicate
many different types of meaning:
- Connected speech: a continuous sequence of sounds forming utterances or
conversation in spoken language.
Read the phonetic transcription below, guess the sentence
ʤæk wɒz ə
ˈbaʊt tuː ʃeə hɪz ˈpraɪvət jɒt wɪð hɪz ˈfʊtbɔːl kəʊʧ wɛn hiː rɪ
ˈsiːvd ə ˈkeɪbᵊl ɪnˈfɔːmɪŋ hɪm ðæt ðiˈɛnʤɪn ˈniːdɪd rɪˈpeə.
Jack was about to share his private yacht with his football
coach when he received a cable informing him that the engine
needed repair.
How many ways are there
to pronounce letter “a” in
the sentence?