Practical Phonetics

Methods of organizing work in class and at home
Small group work
Creating portfolio
Portfolio presentations as a way of assessment

The goals of the course
Knowledge and skills in educated pronunciation of sounds of speech and intonation in communication, conforming with international and RP standards
Skills in :
Reading , Listening, Writing, Speaking (based on the rules of phonology)
Transcribing
Interpreting intonation

The aim of the lesson
Getting to know the standards of performance in phonetic tasks and skills
1) Transcribing

What symbols are used in transcription ?
Vowel phonemes
Consonant phonemes

Classification of the English vowel phonemes

English Vowel Phonemes
Monophthongs
FrontFront CentralFront Central Back
Long short
Close i:ɪ u: ʊ
Mid e ɜ: ə ɔ:
Open æ ʌ ɑ ɒ

Practicing transcribing
1.1. Skill of transcribing as converting letters into transcription symbols
Text 1 . Task1 for group work: transcribe and deduce the rules of graphic representation of long and short [i: ɪ ] in English

Practicing transcribing
1.1. Skill of transcribing as converting letters into transcription symbols
Text 3 . Task3 for group work: transcribe and deduce the rules of graphic representation of long and short [ɔ: ɒ ] in English

Creating portfolio
Task3.
Transcription
Rules
i:

Task2
Transcribing
Text 2. Task2 for group work: transcribe and deduce the rules of graphic representation of [e] and [æ] in English

Creating portfolio
Task2.

Practicing transcribing
1.1. Skill of transcribing as converting letters into transcription symbols
Text 3 . Task3 for group work: transcribe and deduce the rules of graphic representation of long and short [ɔ: ɒ ] in English

Autonomous work of small groups
Study in WIKIPEDIA the problem of RP pronunciation
Homework :
-Multiply the examples of contrastive pairs and lists of words with the vowel phonemes
Make lists in your portfolio fo practice
Practice reading and writing dictations
Get the books “Sheep or Ship”

Task 1
Warming up – Problem 1. Quick change of articulation
Tongue Twisters (m, w, th, w)
1)If many men knew what many men know,
If many men went where many men go.
If many men did what many men do,
The world would be better. I think so. Don’t you?

Task 1.2.
W, th
2)I wonder whether the weather will weather the weather
Or whether the weather the weather will kill

Dialogues “Sheep or Ship”
Problem 2 Pronunciation of Vowels in English Contrast : [ i: vs i]
Commentary: I: is longer, more tense, closer to the Russian и and Ы ;
“I “ is short, has the coloring of “e”,
CD1 08A8mp3 – i:
CD1- A16mp3

Discussing the intonation of Dial 1
It’s cheaper to eat at Margarite’s
Descending stepping scale :
“ ‘What would you ‘like to \ eat, / Peter?”
“A \cheese ,sandwich ,please, /Christina”.
“ ‘Would you ‘like / coffee or\ tea? “
Write down the rules of pronunciation- intonation

Dialogue 2 Page 8
Three Interesting films
Analysis of intonation:
Is Kin in?
Is he coming to the \cinema ,mrs ,Lee,
/First , there ‘s a ‘short ‘film..