-Group 2-

English
CONSONA
NTS
 Group 2

Thùy Dương Minh Phương Trúc Đào

 g e n d a • Review exercises
A • Common mistakes in
English consonants
• Common mistakes in
Vietnamese consonants
REVIEW
EXERCI
SES
Question 1:

This is a voiceless bilabial plosive. Which

consonant is it?
Answer 1:

/p/
Question 2:

Write the sound’s description with 3 criteria:

voicing, place of articulation and manner of
articulation: /n /
Answer 2:

/n/: Voiced, Alveolar, Nasal.

Question 3:

Choose the word that has the consonant sound as the

one in bracket: a[n]kle
A. tongue
B. new
C. universe
D. man
Answer 3:

A. tongue/tʌŋ/
Question 4:

Choose the word that end in an alveolar:

A. went
B. atom
C. rigor
D. column
Answer 4:

A. went /went/
Question 5:

Give the phonetic symbol for each underlined sound

and state their shared feature(s) and difference(s):
mister - enemy
Answer 5:
mister/m/ - enemy/n/

Shared: nasal, voiced

Different: /m/ bilabial, /n/ alveolar
 Common
mistakes in
ENGLISH
CONSONANTS
Some common errors in
pronunciation
Ending sound
OMITTED
ENDING SOUND OMITTED

/p/ (pháp/lap)
/t/ (cắt/cut)
/k/ (rác/luck)
/m/ (làm/mom)
/n/ (sơn/son)
/ŋ/
(phông/song).
Challenges: FINAL
(/f/, /v/, /θ/, /ð/, /s/, /z/) FRICATIVE
S
"beef" as "five" as /faɪ/
/bi:/
"month" as /mʌn/ "does" as /dʌ/
Video
 Sound
CONFUSION
 ERRORS WITH FINAL
CONSONANTS /S/ AND /Z/

/s/ /z/
 ERRORS WITH FINAL
CONSONANTS /S/ AND /Z/

/s/ /z/

/lʌvz/ /lʌvs/

/kɪdz/ /kɪds/
 WHY?

alveolar
fricative

/z/: pronounced with weaker breath force

 She sells seashells by the seashore.
The shells she sells are surely seashells.
So if she sells shells on the seashore,
I'm sure she sells seashore shells.
 ERRORS WITH FINAL
CONSONANTS /S/ AND /Z/
She sells seashells by the seashore.

/s/ /ʃ/
 ERRORS WITH FINAL
/ʃ/ AND
CONSONANTS /S/
She sells seashells by the seashore.

/s/ /ʃ/

/ʃi:/ /si:/

/sel/ /ʃel/
WHY?
 WHY?

Difference: placement of the tongue

Main reasons for sound confusion
/S/

Vietnamese Due to their

does not have laziness and
a distinct /s/ carelessness
sound in its .
phonetic
inventory
 Common
mistakes in
VIETNAMESE
CONSONANTS
Vietnamese 1 “Ng” sound

consonants

• “ng” = /ŋ/
• Mistaken: “ng” => /n/ or /g/
• Ex: Nguy => Guy
 ENGLISH VIETNAMESE

“ng” => /g/ or /n/ “ng” => /ŋ/

voiced velar stop velar nasal

sound sound
Example: “Nguyễn” Example: “Nguyễn” => /ŋ/
=>”gwen” +”win”
Vietnamese 2 “Ph” sound

consonants

• “ph” = /pʰ/
• Mistaken: “ph” => /f/
• Ex: Phúc Ngô => Fuck
and Go
 ENGLISH VIETNAMESE

“ph” => /f/ “ph” => /pʰ/

voiceless aspirated bilabial

labiodental fricative plosive sound
sound
Example: “Phở” =>”fuh” Example: “Phở” =>
"fuh" with an
aspirated /pʰ/ sound
THANK YOU
FOR
 REFE R E N C E S

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