Step1:Watch the videos(I've given the transcript for an easy grasp of the speech.)
First, while you are watching a video, make the consonant sound and pronounce
thewords asinstructed by Alex.
Second, play the video again but this time look at the transcript while listening to Alex.
Again, don'tforgetto make the consonant sound and pronounce thewords. .
Voiceless Consonant/t/
(Video 1 - Watch in 'Full Screen')
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This is a voiceless consonant.
You can hear it at the beginning of the word ‘tin’ /tɪn/;
In the middle of the word ‘button’ /ˈbʌtn/;
At the end of the word ‘get’ /get/;
And, at the beginning and end of the word ‘tight’ /taɪt/.
In English, we make this sound with the tongue behind the teeth.
( *Put the tip of your tongue against the tooth ridge, the bulge of the gum, NOT ONtheTEETH )
Now, let's try. Listen and repeat after me.
tin . . /tɪn/
button . /ˈbʌtn/
get. /get/
tight . /taɪt/
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. Similar Sounds: /t/ and /d/
Now, you may find it difficult to hear the difference between this voicelesssound /t/ that you can hear at the beginning of the word ‘tin’ /tɪn/ and its voiced partner /d/ that you can hear at the beginning of the word ‘din’ /dɪn/.
Listen carefully to hear the difference. For each example, I shall say the word with the voiceless sound /t/ first.
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tin . ./tɪn/ .din /dɪn/
two . /tu:/ do /du:/
town /taʊn/ down . /daʊn/
eight /eɪt/ . aid . /eɪd/
bet /bet/ bed .. /bed/
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Did you hear the difference? Perhaps you can also see the difference. Did you notice how the puff of air at the beginning of ‘tin’ /tɪn/ makes the paper move?
Now, let's practise these examples. Listen carefully and repeat. (refer to the above list)
You can hear it at the beginning of the word ‘dame’ /deɪm/;
In the middle of the word ‘ladder’ /ˈlædə/ ;
At the end of the word ‘odd’ /ɒd/
And, at the beginning and end of the word ‘did’ /dɪd/.
In English, we make this sound with the tongue behind the teeth.
( *Put the tip of the tongue against the tooth ridge, the bulge of the gum, NOT ONtheTEETH )
So, let's practise. Listen and repeat.
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dame . /deɪm/
ladder /ˈlædə/
odd /ɒd/
did /dɪd/
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Similar Sounds: /d/ and /t/
You may find it difficult to hear the difference between this voiced sound /d/ that you hear at the beginning of the word ‘dame’ /deɪm/ and its voiceless partner /t/ that you hear at the beginning of
the word ‘tame’ /teɪm/.
Listen carefully to hear the difference. For each example, I shall say the word with the voiced sound
/d/ first..
dame /deɪm/ tame ../teɪm/
doom . /du:m/ .tomb /tu:m/
medal /ˈmedl/ .metal /ˈmetl/
heard ./hɜ:d/ hurt . /hɜ:t/
Did you hear the difference? You might be able to see the difference. In English, we say the sound at the beginning of the word 'tame' /teɪm/ with a big puff of air.
Let’s practise. Listen and repeat after me. (refer to the above list)
In English, a LETTER can have multipleSOUNDvalues! This often makesit difficult for a learner to get his pronunciation right! For example: office, wolf, onion, ocean, word, griffon, organ, obey and prove. The letter 'o' in all these words are pronounced differently; no two o's have the same sound! This is why we need phonetic symbols to tell us the different sounds that a letter could make. Now, just watch the video; don't worry too much about the details!
*Participantsare encouraged to comment on each other's work and recordings!
*Onlookersare welcomed to share their observations, specially teachers!
This will surely make the session more lively and fruitful.
Thank You!
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This Study Session is moderated byG&G:Gabriel|Galina
."A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions. " ~ Anonymous ~
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~*GS*~ July 30th, 2012
Attention!
Galina and I have decided to hand "Special Gifts" if you do every single* audio assignmentgiven by us without fail, starting from Study Session 3until the last
one – Study Session 27. If you have left out any previous *work, please get it done. What is that ‘Special Gift’? You may ask!Let it be a ‘Surprise!’ Have fun!
P.S.Study Session 5will be posted onAugust 6th, 2012
Glad to see ( and hear) you again here with us practising pronunciation. I'm greately impressed with your voice recording. It's great! All the sounds in your audio assignment are pronounced clearly and in a proper way! Good job! And the way you pronounced the tongue twister!!! Your speed! It's unbelievable! How could you manage to pronounce it so quickly and correctly! Please, try to pronounce it a bit slower for the first time just to hear better all the sounds, ok?
P.S. You mispronounced some sounds that we haven't practised yet, not in the audio assignment. But we'll practise them later, so you'll improve them.
I found that I have problem with pronounce the letter "S" and especially in pronunciation of some words which are almost same sound. I need to practice practice practice so much.
Many thanks teacher because you have to spend your time to correct me. I will try again.
Here’s my general observation on your audio assignment!
1. You’ve no problem saying the consonant sounds/t/ and /d/ in isolation.
2. (A) – The ‘a’ in tasty is pronounced /eɪ/ as in make, late, race and save.
(B) – Could you listen to your ‘dream’ and pay attention to the letter ‘d’ ? Does it sound like /d/ or /t/?
3. Tongue- twister: You failed to pronounce the letter ‘s’ in tooters.Make sure the ending ‘s’ in words, especially plural nouns, is always heard. Try saying the following words a few times.
- words
- nouns
- always
- times
- tooters
Note: Please click on these words and learn how they are pronounced:
This is really a beautiful work! There aren't any mistakes at all! Grace, I really admire you! How can you manage to work ( I mean your job) and learn English so hard ?!!! You're awesome! Keep it up!
You know I'm not tired to admire the level of your spoken English! Where did you learn and practise it, I wonder? All the sounds are pronounced correctly. You even honestly pronounced the tongue-twister three times. I have nothing to add but: Bravo!
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Glad to see ( and hear) you again here with us practising pronunciation. I'm greately impressed with your voice recording. It's great! All the sounds in your audio assignment are pronounced clearly and in a proper way! Good job! And the way you pronounced the tongue twister!!! Your speed! It's unbelievable! How could you manage to pronounce it so quickly and correctly! Please, try to pronounce it a bit slower for the first time just to hear better all the sounds, ok?
P.S. You mispronounced some sounds that we haven't practised yet, not in the audio assignment. But we'll practise them later, so you'll improve them.
Dear teacher Gabriel and Ganila,
This is my second record for session 4, I hope it will get better than the first one.
Thank you teacher Galina, I need to practice it as much as possible... Thank you so much :)
Dear teacher Gabriel,
I found that I have problem with pronounce the letter "S" and especially in pronunciation of some words which are almost same sound. I need to practice practice practice so much.
Many thanks teacher because you have to spend your time to correct me. I will try again.
I won't let you down.
Send you my Best Regards .
Scarlett.
Hi, Scarlett!
Here’s my general observation on your audio assignment!
1. You’ve no problem saying the consonant sounds /t/ and /d/ in isolation.
2. (A) – The ‘a’ in tasty is pronounced /eɪ/ as in make, late, race and save.
(B) – Could you listen to your ‘dream’ and pay attention to the letter ‘d’ ? Does it sound like /d/ or /t/?
3. Tongue- twister: You failed to pronounce the letter ‘s’ in tooters. Make sure the ending ‘s’ in words, especially plural nouns, is always heard. Try saying the following words a few times.
- tooters
Note: Please click on these words and learn how they are pronounced:
- voiceless
You’ve been doing quite well so far!
Keep up the good work, Scarlett! Bye!
~* GS *~
Dear teacher Gabriel and Ganila.
Thank you very much for useful lesson. This is my audio. Please correct me. I'm very glad to have your precious adjust.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0KIPq5sgdGT
This is really a beautiful work! There aren't any mistakes at all! Grace, I really admire you! How can you manage to work ( I mean your job) and learn English so hard ?!!! You're awesome! Keep it up!
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You know I'm not tired to admire the level of your spoken English! Where did you learn and practise it, I wonder? All the sounds are pronounced correctly. You even honestly pronounced the tongue-twister three times. I have nothing to add but: Bravo!
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