PRONUNCIATIONPRONUNCIATION

Phonetic symbolsPhonetic symbols

1. Vowels:1. Vowels:

     RP

 

    GA

     AuE

     NZE

ɑː ɑ aː ɐː father

ɪ ɪ ɪ ɘ sit

ɪ i i i city

iː i iː iː see

ɛ ɛ e e bed[3]

ɜː ɝ ɜː ɵː bird

2. Diphthongs:2. Diphthongs:

Examples

 

    RP

 

    GA

 

    AuE

 

    NZE

eɪ eɪ æɪ æe day, pain

aɪ aɪ ɑe ɑe my, wise

ɔɪ ɔɪ oɪ oe boy

əʊo

ʊəʉ ɐʉ no, tow

aʊa

ʊæ

ɔæo now

ɪə ɪɹ ɪə iə near, here

ɛə ɛɹ eː eə hair, there[8]

ʊəʊɹ ʊə ʉə tour

3. Consonants:3. Consonants:

pp ppen, sen, sppin, tiin, tipp

bb bbut, weut, webb

tt ttwo, swo, stting, being, bett

dd ddo, oo, odddd

tʃtʃ chchair, naair, natture, teaure, teachch

dʒdʒ ggin, in, jjoy, eoy, edgedge

kk ccat, at, kkill, sill, skkin, in, qqueen, thiueen, thickck

4. Repeat after the sounds:4. Repeat after the sounds:

http://www.fonetiks.org/engsou2.htmlhttp://www.fonetiks.org/engsou2.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/pron/index.shtmllearningenglish/multimedia/pron/index.shtml

5. The US and UK pronunciation 5. The US and UK pronunciation differences:differences:

http://www.peak.org/~jeremy/dictionary/chapters/http://www.peak.org/~jeremy/dictionary/chapters/pronunciation.phppronunciation.php

TRAVIS: Flowers in the WindowTRAVIS: Flowers in the Window

Complete the chart with words that sound the Complete the chart with words that sound the same.same.

heelheel waswas goldgold finefine

wowwow saysay hadhad snowsnow

Let’s listen to the song and fill in the missing Let’s listen to the song and fill in the missing words:words:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFJVVpNwT5gv=wFJVVpNwT5g

Please, check your answers!Please, check your answers!