,Inhoud
Vowels :................................................................................................................ 3
Consonants.......................................................................................................... 6
Recap last week................................................................................................... 10
Intonation........................................................................................................... 12
Aspects of connected speech.........................................................................13
Recap session: pronunciation.........................................................................15
Mock test questions:........................................................................................ 16
1
, What makes pronunciation a special system?
Pronunciation is not a cognitive skill. It does not take place in your brain.
Pronunciation is a motoric skill. Pronunciation is a special system. It’s mechanical. It
has to do with muscle movement.
Practising pronunciation threatens your ego because you have to do things you are
not used to. (ae-sound)
Teaching / learning pronunciation is about learning an accent. It’s about being
intelligible
*intelligible: capable of being understood.
1. What is pronunciation?
Features of
pronunciation
Suprasegmen
Phonemes
tal features
Consonants Vowels Intonation Stress
Sentences
Voices Unvoices Single vowel Dipthongs Word stress
stress
2
Short Long
Vowels :................................................................................................................ 3
Consonants.......................................................................................................... 6
Recap last week................................................................................................... 10
Intonation........................................................................................................... 12
Aspects of connected speech.........................................................................13
Recap session: pronunciation.........................................................................15
Mock test questions:........................................................................................ 16
1
, What makes pronunciation a special system?
Pronunciation is not a cognitive skill. It does not take place in your brain.
Pronunciation is a motoric skill. Pronunciation is a special system. It’s mechanical. It
has to do with muscle movement.
Practising pronunciation threatens your ego because you have to do things you are
not used to. (ae-sound)
Teaching / learning pronunciation is about learning an accent. It’s about being
intelligible
*intelligible: capable of being understood.
1. What is pronunciation?
Features of
pronunciation
Suprasegmen
Phonemes
tal features
Consonants Vowels Intonation Stress
Sentences
Voices Unvoices Single vowel Dipthongs Word stress
stress
2
Short Long
