Language 321 L4, C3

Practice activity (30 minutes)

I Review the video and audio segments on strong voiceless stops and quick alveolar stops, and
the online practice of these habits. [20 minutes]

II Practice these allophones by producing the following text in normal speech. [10 minutes]
A) Stronger voiceless stops
[ph] [p]
parent spare it parental
pin spin Pinocchio
surprise spry opera
repeat respite repetition

[kh] [k]
succumb scum suckle
cull skull collect
secrete discrete secret
a king a scream aching

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers;

A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked;
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

Mr. Tongue Twister tried to train his tongue to twist and turn,
and twit and twat, to learn the letter "T".

B) Quicker alveolar stops

[th] [t] []
attain a stain attitude
my tea feisty mighty
the toe bestow lotto
cartoon curtain cattle

[d] []
sedate soda
pedantic pedagogy
reduce ready
a creed incredible

What a good attitude Teddy has.

Put a lot of cattle in the meadow.
Get a better water heater.
Enter all the data in the computer.
Patty ought to read a letter.