CIED 4013: Capstone Course for Foreign Language

Licensure

Language Sounds Chapter Three

Dr. Freddie A. Bowles

Week ThreeSeptember 10 and 12

Goals: • to become familiar with

the English sound system• to become familiar with

the TL sound system• to compare the two sound

systems

Objectives• Students will be able to show

evidence of their understanding of the English sound system by using the terminology for manner and place of articulation for consonants and vowels.

• SWBT compare English with the TL sound system by using a Venn diagram to show similarities and differences.

What is phonetics?

• Phonetics is the general study of speech sounds.

• The smallest unit of sound is a phoneme.

• There are 40 phonemes in English.

• We use the phonetic alphabet to transcribe the sounds (phonemes) of a word.

Types of phonetics

• Articulatory: how speech sounds are made

• Acoustic: the physical properties of speech as sound waves

• Auditory: the perception of speech sounds through the ears

Talking the talk

• Manner of articulation:– How are these sounds

made?

• Place of articulation:– Where do these sounds

come from?

For Thursday, September 12

HW

• Complete Venn diagram of L1 and L2

• Take the test!

http://www.antimoon.com/how/test-pronunciation/test.php