Phonetics I: Revisión

Practice

A. Identify the vowel sound and classify it into short vowel or long vowel,

1. any 8. pull
2. deaf 9. stood
3. lump 10. women
4. miss 11. car
5. touch 12. door
6. blood 13. heart
7. English 14. piece
15. steal

B. Where does each vowel sound correspond? Practice the pronunciation, do you
notice the difference?

Span /a/ /e/ /i/ /o/ /u/

Engl.

C. Transcribe the following words with diphthongs

1. brain 7. break
2. brown 8. choice
3. go 9. ground
4. kite 10. my
5. now 11. show
6. stay 12. toy

D. Look at the following charts with consonants and vowel sounds. Which ones do you
remember? Write down the examples of those you didn’t remember

https://www.cambridge.org/features/IPAchart/
E. Transcribe the following text

Tomorrow will be another fine day with temperatures reaching the mid twenties. A bit cool
early in the morning with some showers likely but this will clear up towards mid-morning and
most areas will have prolonged sunshine for most of the afternoon. Wednesday’s not looking
so good, rather dull and overcast with winds light to moderate and rain and drizzle spread
over much of the south of the country. Temperatures around 15 to 17 degrees Celsius
dropping as low as 12 degrees overnight in hilly areas, possibly a few patches of fog in
low-lying areas.

(taken from Advanced Conversation Practice – Teacher’s Book – p. 101)

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F. Dictation

1. Listen to the following podcast.

Welcome to LearnEnglish podcasts! In this episode the presenters, Tess and Ravi,
introduce themselves, and their guests talk about Angelina Jolie, New York City and
celebrities who work for charity. You can also meet Carolina, a Venezuelan student
who’s coming to live in the UK. Will she arrive safely?

● Which topics are they going to talk about?

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/general-english/audio-series/podcasts/series-1/episode
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2. Check for understanding!

● What do you know about Ravi?

● What do you know about Tess?
● Why does Zara like Angelina Jolie?
● Who wins the game?
● What do you know about Central Park?
● How many people on 'Your Turn' think that celebrity charity is a good thing?
● What do we know about Carolina at the end of this section?
 3. Dictation! Listen and write the phonetic transcription of Section 6, 1st and 2nd turn

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Tip: Once you finish, Use the transcript to help you

Consonant Sounds and Allophones

G. Transcribe the following text. Identify Allophones

Transcription exercise 2:
One of the most obvious characteristics of the new family is that there are not always
two parents. Due mostly to the rise in divorces since World War II, single-parent families are
becoming more and more frequent and accepted in British society. Usually, it is the mother
who takes responsibility for raising the child, and she has to balance the pressures of
earning a living and raising her children at the same time.

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H. Classify the allophones in the following categories:

● No audible plosion:
● Dark /l/
● Lateral Plosion:
● Dental sound:
● No release
● Devoicing:
● Nasal plosion
● Labio dental Articulation: