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== Phonemes == | == Phonemes == | ||
| − | * [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/wordscape/wordlist Minimal pairs for English phonemes | + | * [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/wordscape/wordlist Minimal pairs page for English phonemes] |
* [http://www.kentlee7.com/phon/pron.ped.handbook.pdf Pronunciation drills: Typical drills for teaching phonemes] | * [http://www.kentlee7.com/phon/pron.ped.handbook.pdf Pronunciation drills: Typical drills for teaching phonemes] | ||
* [http://www.kentlee7.com/phon/i.eval.form.pdf List of English phonemes] for evaluation or self-evaluation | * [http://www.kentlee7.com/phon/i.eval.form.pdf List of English phonemes] for evaluation or self-evaluation | ||
| − | * [http://www.kentlee7.com/phon/i.spelling.patterns.pdf Spelling-phoneme patterns] | + | * [http://www.kentlee7.com/phon/i.spelling.patterns.pdf Spelling-phoneme patterns] |
== Consonants == | == Consonants == | ||
Revision as of 02:18, 10 June 2016
Vowels and consonants are called segmentals - individual sounds into which words can be segmented. We focus on the phonemes, that is, general sound categories that are distinctive in the language. For example, the /b/ and /p/ are considered different sounds in English - bat is a distinctly different word from pat - but this sound contrast may not be true in other languages. Learners will have difficulty with how English phonemes sound in particular contexts, which is where phonetics knowledge will be helpful for teachers.
1 Phonemes
- Minimal pairs page for English phonemes
- Pronunciation drills: Typical drills for teaching phonemes
- List of English phonemes for evaluation or self-evaluation
- Spelling-phoneme patterns
2 Consonants
- Overview of English consonant system
- Stop consonants
- /f/ and /v/
- sounds /θ/ & /ð/
- spelling patterns
- /l/ and /r/
- Alveolar /z/
- Palatal consonants
- Consonant clusters
3 Vowels
- Overview of vowel system
- Tense & lax /i/, /<small I</small /
- Lax vowel /æ/ cf. /ε/
- Long /ei/ & short /ε/
- Long & short /ou/, /υ/
- Tense & lax /u/
- Schwa and /ʌ/
- Tense and lax vowel alternations
- Comparison of American, UK, Australian vowels
