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?

What gives it away?

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

1. Letters
2. Sounds

Phonetic chart

What is the difference between a letter and a sound?

Homophones - Homonyms - Homographs

Goals:

- Understand the difference between these terms

- Enrich your vocab

Is this a homophone/homonym/homograph?

Homograph

Homonym

Homophone

Same pronunciation, different spelling, different meaning

Same pronunciation, same spelling, different meaning

Same spelling, different pronunciation, different meaning

Homophones

Write down the two words that sound the same.

Mind your spelling!

Sometimes English is quite easy...

Yes, sometimes English is hard...

Phonetic chart

Minimal pairs

Do the following words have only 1 difference?

lip / lap

1. yes
2. no

missed / must

1. yes
2. no

bitter / bicker

1. yes
2. no

mood / hood

1. yes
2. no

head / heal

1. yes
2. no

pool / pole

1. yes
2. no

Phonetic chart

Vowels

Monophthongs 

Short vowel phonemes

  

 /e/    (pet)

vs

/æ/   (Batman)

/e/

/e/

-Pronounce sentence 501-505

-Check if you pronounced correctly (key 1)

Source:

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

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

/æ/

Source:

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

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

Both!

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/

 

Source:

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

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