Pronunciation 1: sounds, minimal pairs, phonemes

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What is it that tells you that this is a Dutchman and not a native English speaker?

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What gives it away?

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There are LETTERS and there are SOUNDS.
Of which do you have more in English?
A
Letters
B
Sounds

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Phonetic chart

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What is the difference between a letter and a sound?

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Homophones - Homonyms - Homographs


Goals:
- Understand the difference between these terms
- Enrich your vocab

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Is this a homophone/homonym/homograph?

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Homograph
Homonym
Homophone
Same pronunciation, different spelling, different meaning
Same pronunciation, same spelling, different meaning
Same spelling, different pronunciation, different meaning

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Homophones
Write down the two words that sound the same.
Mind your spelling!

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Sometimes English is quite easy...

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Yes, sometimes English is hard...

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Phonetic chart

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Minimal pairs
Do the following words have only 1 difference?

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lip / lap
A
yes
B
no

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missed / must
A
yes
B
no

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bitter / bicker
A
yes
B
no

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mood / hood
A
yes
B
no

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head / heal
A
yes
B
no

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pool / pole
A
yes
B
no

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Phonetic chart

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Vowels
Monophthongs 

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Short vowel phonemes
  
 /e/    (pet)
vs
/æ/   (Batman)

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/e/
/e/
-Pronounce sentence 501-505
-Check if you pronounced correctly (key 1)

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Source:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/

/æ/

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Source:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/

Both!

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Source:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/

Key 3
Key 3 /e/ and /æ/
 

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Source:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/

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