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EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS

MODULE 1-ENGLISH FLUENCY ENHANCEMENT COURSE

LESSON 2

CORRECT PRONUNCIATION OF THE ALPHABET

There are 26 letters of the alphabet.

There are 5 vowels:

A E I O U

There are 21 consonants in all.

Consonants can be found either at the start of a word (initial position), medial ( middle
position) or in the end ( final position). Consonants also double, or blend in with other
consonants to become different sounds, or even become totally silent in some cases.

There are 44 sounds in all in the English language.

Note that some American pronunciation can be different from the British pronunciation.
Our aim is to reach a general, standard pronunciation, which is understood and
acceptable world-wide..

Let us analyse each alphabet one by one:

1st 2nd sound 3rd sound Any other Silent: yes or no? give
Letter sound 3 Words & 3 words with 3 sound if word examples
examples examples word doubled
of 1st examples with 3
sound words
examples
No; e.g. Silent if:
B bbbb Bin, no Bubble, - it follows ‘m’
cabin, cab Dibble,pebb e.g. comb, tomb
le,dribble,ho -it precedes ‘t’
bble,etc e.g. debt, doubt
C -k ( B4 Cat, call, Yes. Yes No.
a,o,u or come ‘s’- b4 i, e ‘x’
B4 ‘l’ (race,mice) e.g succeed
and ‘r’) Clear, ‘sh’ – B4 e,I, (
clap,cross efficient,
ocean,social)
D dddd Day,bed, Yes. ‘ed’ at No. only Yes.

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meadow end = ‘t’ one d sound - edge

-should, sound heard e.g. - fudge
would e.g fined, Fiddle
- cleaned,
climbed
E eeee Egg,eleph Yes, ee as “ii” ee- stretched Yes. –Either, neither,
ant,end sound sound father
-east, eat, -eel, feel,
evolve kneel
F ffff Four,if, Ph = f No. only
often,fox, e.g. one f sound
wolf, telephone, e.g. off,cliff
afraid graph
G

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IMPORTANT WEBSITES FOR ENGLISH TUTORIALS:

1) http://www.englishmedialab.com/grammar.html
2) http://www.soundsofenglish.org/
3) http://www.mingoville.com/?gclid=CP-T65jN85UCFQ5aegodWEX_hQ
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