Havo 5 - week 35_lesson 1

• Middelbare school

Havo 5 - week 35 - lesson 2

• Introduction
  
• PTA
  
• Period I - planner
  
• Oral exam period I
  

• Pronunciation
  
• Grammar & vocabulary Test Period I & Blue booklet 
  

Pronunciation

• Where to look for help
  
• Voiced consonants vs voiceless consonants
  
• Vowels
  
• Specific sounds
  

British vs American

Websites to consult for pronunciation

Merriam Webster - US

Oxford - UK

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Voiced vs voiceless

father /f/  -  venom /v/

zoo /z/ - so /s/

beard /b/ - pear /p/

gloves /g/ - coves /k/

 Vowel length 

Voiced consonant end of word AND preceded by vowel, 

then vowel sound becomes longer:

friend - lent

tub - top

hand - Kent

bud - but

dug - duck

Specific sounds

Vowels: 

• cat / hack / sack  vs Dutch "bek" "hek" "rek"
  

• cup / cut / hut  vs Dutch "mug" "rug" "zucht"
  

Specific sounds - vowels

Vowels 

Specific sounds - Diphthongs

snow / blow / low / go / no / close -> which diphthong?   

Compare: low - law   /   snow - snore  /  coal-call

/p/ /t/ /k/ - aspirated initial position stressed syllable

What have you learned today?

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