TEACHING PRONUNCIATION

vowel
a speech sound in which the mouth is open and the tongue is not touching the top of the mouth, the teeth, etc.,
for example /ɑː, e, ɔː/
consonant
a speech sound made by completely or partly stopping the flow of air being breathed out through the mouth
diphthong
a combination of two vowel sounds or vowel letters, for example the sounds /aɪ/ in pipe /paɪp/ or the letters ou
in doubt
accent
a way of pronouncing the words of a language that shows which country, area or social class a person comes
from
pronunciation
the way in which a language or a particular word or sound is pronounced
intonation
the rise and fall of the voice in speaking, especially as this affects the meaning of what is being said
sound
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unfamiliar sound
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consonant cluster
a group of consonants which come together in a word or phrase, for example /str/ at the beginning of string
final sound
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rhythm
a strong regular repeated pattern of sounds or movements
primary stress
the strongest stress that is put on a syllable in a word or a phrase when it is spoken
secondary stress
the second strongest stress that is put on a syllable in a word or a phrase when it is spoken
phonemic
connected with a phoneme or phonemes
phonemic chart
a chart consisting of 44 sounds used in British English speech which helps students hear the sounds of English
by clicking on the symbols
syllable
any of the units into which a word is divided, containing a vowel sound and usually one or more consonants
minimal pair
a pair of words, sounds, etc. which are distinguished from each other by only one feature, for example pin and
bin
drill
a way of learning something by means of repeated exercises
repetition drill
a technique that is used by teachers when introducing new language items to their students. The teacher says
(models) the word or phrase and the students repeat it.
substitution drill
a classroom technique used to practise new language. It involves the teacher first modelling a word or a
sentence and the learners repeating it.
imitate
to copy somebody/something
chant
words or phrases that are shouted or sung again and again
tongue twisters
a word or phrase that is difficult to say quickly or correctly, such as 'She sells sea shells on the seashore.'
weak form
syllable sounds that become unstressed in connected speech and are often then pronounced as a schwa.
strong form
the full form of the word pronounced with stress
maze
a printed puzzle in which you have to draw a line that shows a way through a complicated pattern of lines
connected speech and linking
a continuous sequence of sounds forming utterances or conversations in spoken language