tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62229024407775092652024-03-19T17:35:28.429+05:30English PhoneticsLearn English Phonetics , British accent,Learn English Online THOMAS GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246283820071071242noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222902440777509265.post-1035221983012325012013-09-18T21:48:00.000+05:302013-09-18T22:06:15.303+05:30British English Phonemic Chart<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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THOMAS GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246283820071071242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222902440777509265.post-35451387735377529042011-02-09T14:57:00.007+05:302011-02-09T19:03:06.038+05:30Lesson 9: The [ /ɒ / ]sound as in "box"<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><strong></strong><br /><strong></strong></div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Short vowel</span> </strong> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >[ /</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span>ɒ</span> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">]</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MAk-XtHsyzM" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Speech organs Position</span></strong></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42291304@N06/5430317999/" title="Fullscreen by JIBIclt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5020/5430317999_1b7fd9a5a4_m.jpg" alt="Fullscreen" height="230" width="276" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >The lips are coming forward a little, but not tight; the jaw is reasonably relaxed and quite open,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >and the back of the tongue is slightly rising in the mouth. The sound pronounced in the back of the mouth.</span><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Words</span></span><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Look at the mouth diagram to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound<br /></span></strong></strong><br /><strong><strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">Highlighted bold letters pronounced as [</span></strong></strong><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">ɒ</span> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">]</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span> - f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>nd, l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ck, st<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>p, g<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ne, <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>dd, l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>st, s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>rry,wr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ng, <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ften, cl<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ck, kn<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ck, <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>bvious, pr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>mise, d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ctor<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span> - w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>nt, w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>s, w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>nder, w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>llet, w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>llow, w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>sh, w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>tch, w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>rrior, w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>ffle, squ<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>t, qu<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>ntity<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><strong><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >sentences</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Read each sentences aloud slowly at first, then as if you were telling it to someone in a natural way.</span></strong></strong><br /><br /><br />1. A l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>t of <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>dd d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>cuments in str<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ng b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>xes are l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>cked in the <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ffice.<br /><br />2. Can I w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>sh my c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>tton s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>cks in the l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ng p<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>nd?<br /><br />3. The d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ctor pr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>mised to w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>tch T<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>mmy's c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ugh and after four days the c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ou</span></span>gh had st<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>pped.<br /><br />4. S<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>rry, I've forg<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>tten my w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>llet in the sh<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>p.<br /><br />5. The c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>nversation in the<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> o</span></span>ffice was m<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>derated when the b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ss, Mr <span style="font-weight: bold;">O</span>xford, came in.<br /><br />6. R<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ger and R<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>bin <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ften spend their h<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>lidays in Sc<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>tland in <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">O</span></span>ctober.<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">verses<br /></span></span></strong><br /><br />All I w<span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span>nt is a pr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>per cup of c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ffee,<br /><br />Made in a pr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>per c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>pper c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ffee p<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>t.<br /><br />Tin or iron c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ffee p<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ts,<br /><br />They're no use to me<br /><br />If I can't have a<br /><br />pr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>per cup of c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ffee<br /><br />In a pr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>per c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>pper c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ffee p<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>t<br /><br />I'll have a cup of tea.<br /><br /><br />..............<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Learn English , Learn English Online , Learn British Accent </span><br /><span class="tl"></span>THOMAS GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246283820071071242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222902440777509265.post-24266351337495470722011-02-06T16:57:00.004+05:302011-02-09T14:54:41.244+05:30Lesson 8: The [ / ʌ / ]sound as in "duck"<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><br />Short vowel </strong><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ ʌ / </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PZwKFFp7V50" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /></span><strong><br /><br /></strong><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Speech organs Position</span></strong><br /></strong></div><strong><br /></strong><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42291304@N06/5420932261/" title="vg by JIBIclt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5018/5420932261_83b35991d2.jpg" alt="vg" height="303" width="358" /></a><br /></strong></div><strong><br /><br /><br />The jaw is quite wide open, almost as far open as in <span style="font-weight: bold;"> [ /</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >ɑː</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">/ ]</span> (Lesson 1),<br />but not quite. The middle of the tongue rise in the center of the mouth, just a little, relaxed.<br />Lips are relaxed.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Words</span></span><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Look at the mouth diagram to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound</span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">Highlighted bold letters pronounced as </span></strong>[ /<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> ʌ </span></span>/ ]<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span> - m<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>st, l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>ck,d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>mp, j<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>st, <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>pper, n<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>n, b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>s, l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>nch<strong><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span> - c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>me, w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>rry, fr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>nt, l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ve, d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ne, <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>nce, c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ver<strong><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ou </span></span>- r<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ou</span></span>gh, t<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ou</span></span>gh, c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ou</span></span>ntry, c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ou</span></span>ple, d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ou</span></span>ble, tr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ou</span></span>ble<strong><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >sentences</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Read each sentences aloud slowly at first, then as if you were telling it to someone in a natural way.</span></strong><br /><br /></strong>1. For s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>meone with a l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ve of money , the s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>m of <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ne h<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>ndred pounds was enticing.<br /><br />2. B<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>d, l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ve! Don't w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>rry; victory is in fr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>nt of you!<br /><br />3. I can't <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>nderstand the f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>n of traveling by b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>s on s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>ch r<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ou</span></span>gh c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ou</span></span>ntry roads.<br /><br />4. There are a n<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>mber of n<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>ns am<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ng <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>s.<br /><br />5. Here I am, in fr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>nt of a t<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>b with a r<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>b and a scr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>b!<br /><br />6. When you c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>me to l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>nch in L<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ndon on S<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>nday , remember to bring s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>me m<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ney.<br /><strong><br /><br /><br />Word Comparisons: <span style="font-weight: bold;">[ /</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >ɑː</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">/ ]</span> and <strong><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></strong>[ /<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> ʌ </span></span>/ ] sounds<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Look at the mouth diagram to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound</span></strong><br /><br /></strong><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ /ɑː/ ] </span></span> ---------------------- <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ / ʌ / ]</span></span><br /><br />f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>ther -------------------------- fr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>nt<br /><br />d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ar</span></span>k ---------------------------- d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>ck<br /><br />b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>th ---------------------------- b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>d<br /><br />p<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ar</span></span>don ------------------------- p<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>nch<br /><br />st<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ar</span></span>tle -------------------------- st<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>ck<br /><br />r<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>ther -------------------------- r<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ou</span></span>gh<br /><br />t<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ar</span></span>get --------------------------- t<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ou</span></span>gh<br /></div><br /><strong><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">verses<br /></span></span></strong><br />Your captain was the <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ther!!!<br /><br />They left their foster-m<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ther,<br /><br />The <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ne was Ralph, our br<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ther,<br /><br />Our captain was the <span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span>ther,<br /><br />A many years ago.<br /><br /><br /><br />A many years ago two<br /><br />tender babes i nursed !<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ne was of low condition,<br /><br />The <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ther <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>pper cr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>st,<br /><br />A regular patrician.<br /><br />oh, bitters is my c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>p!<br /><br />However could i do it ?<br /><br />I mixed those children <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>p....<br /><strong><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></strong>THOMAS GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246283820071071242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222902440777509265.post-5261600835679395272011-02-05T16:03:00.007+05:302011-02-05T22:22:02.269+05:30Comparison [ /ə / ] - [ / i / ] and [ / i / ] - [ / i: / ]<span style="font-weight: bold;">Letter: 'e' is in the article 'the' is Pronounced as [ </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >/ i /</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> ] and [ </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >/ə / </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">]</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:georgia;" >Letter: 'e' is Pronounced as [ </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">/ i /</span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:georgia;" > ] in 'pit' </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span> [----------------- ] Letter 'e' is pronounced as a<br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">(Lesson 7) when the next word begins </span> [ -------------------- ] schwa [ <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">/ə / </span></span>] in 'banana'<br /></div> <div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">with a Vowel </span> [ -------------- ] (Lesson 6) when the next word<br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"> ---] begins with a Consonant<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> th<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">e i</span></span>nstrument ---- - ---------------------------- th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e s</span></span>kill<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e o</span></span>nly-------------------------------------------th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e p</span></span>ill<br />th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e U</span></span>pper House -------------------------------- th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e s</span></span>hip<br />th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e o</span></span>dd ----------------------------------------- th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e p</span></span>itch<br /><div style="text-align: center;"> th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e e</span></span>nquiry ---------------------------------- th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e k</span></span>itchen<br /></div> th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e o</span></span>ak ----------------------------------------- th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e c</span></span>offin<br />th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e e</span></span>lision ----------------------------------- th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e g</span></span>ymnast<br />th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e i</span></span>llness ------------------------------------------ th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e k</span></span>in<br /><br /></div><br />Comparison : long <span style="font-weight: bold;">[ /i:/]</span> and short <span style="font-weight: bold;">[ /i/]</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42291304@N06/5417898405/" title="yhuy by JIBIclt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5173/5417898405_4bf0cc0798.jpg" alt="yhuy" height="249" width="451" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[/i:/] </span> ---------------------- <span style="font-weight: bold;">[ /i/]</span><br /><br />r<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>son ------------------- r<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>sen<br />b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>n ------------------- b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>n<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>se ------------------- <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>s<br />sl<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>p ------------------- sl<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>p<br />ch<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>p ---------------- ch<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>p<br />wh<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>t ------------------w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>t<br />l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>p ------------------ -l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>p<br />f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>t ------------------- f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>t<br />t<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>m ----------------- T<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>m<br />b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>st ------------------ b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>t<br />qu<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>n ------------------k<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>n<br />d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>l ------------------ d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ll<br />n<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>d -----------------N<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ck<br />l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>k ------------------lyr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>c<br />p<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">eo</span></span>ple ------------------p<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>tch<br />gr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>d ----------------gr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>d<br />le<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">av</span></span>e ----------------- l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ve<br />sn<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>ky -----------------sn<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>p<br /><br /><br />----------<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Words: long [ <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">/i:/</span> </span>] highlighted as bold and short [ <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">/ i / </span>] highlighted as in the Red<br /><br />colour</span><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Look at the mouth diagram to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound</span></strong><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">b<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>li<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ev</span></span>e<br /><br />r<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>v<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>l<br /><br />d<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>t<br /><br />r<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>de<br /><br />r<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>tr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ie</span></span>ve<br /><br />r<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ei</span></span>pt<br /><br />gr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>s<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">y</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>s<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">y</span><br /><br />sn<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>z<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ng<br /><br />th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>s<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>s<br /><br />s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ng<br /><br />s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">e</span></span>r<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>ne<br /><br />r<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ie</span></span>ve<br /><br />r<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>p<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>t<br /><br />m<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>t<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ng<br /><br />y<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ie</span></span>ld<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ng<br /><br />s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ei</span></span>z<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ng<br /><br />fr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>z<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ng<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >sentences</span><br /><br />Sentence : short [ <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">/ i /</span> ] </strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">highlighted as in the Red colour</span><strong> and long [/i:/]</strong><strong><br /><br />highlighted </strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">as bold</span><br /><strong><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Read each sentences aloud slowly at first, then as if you were telling it to someone in a natural way.</span></strong><br /><br /><br />1. The w<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>dth of the sl<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>ves st<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ll n<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>ds to f<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>t my n<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>t l<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>nen jacket.<br /><br />2. I am not part<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>cularly k<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>n to g<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ve the v<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ctory to a d<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>fferent t<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>m.<br /><br />3. Th<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >e</span>se s<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>lver r<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">i</span></span>ngs b<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>longed to Qu<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>n <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">E</span></span>l<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>zabeth.<br /><br />4. T<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>m <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">i</span></span>s compl<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>tely out of Nina's l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>gue and she <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>sn't k<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>n on b<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">e<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">i</span></span></span>ng chased h<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">i</span></span>m.<br /><br />5. There <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>s a l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">i</span></span>ttle someth<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ng m<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">i</span></span>ssing <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">i</span></span>n this m<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>l. Have you tried to add some d<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ll?<br /><br />6. My next of k<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>n, Mr. B<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>n, <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">i</span>s a D<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>n of L<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>ds Univers<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>t<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">y</span></span>.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">verses</span><br /></span><br />H<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">e</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >i</span></span>s an <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">E</span></span>ngl<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">i</span></span>sh man<br /><br />For h<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e </span></span>h<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">i</span></span>mself has said<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> i</span></span>t,<br /><br />And <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">i</span>t's greatl<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">y</span></span> to his cred<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>t,<br /><br />That h<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span> is an <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">E</span>ngl<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">i</span>sh man !<br /><br /><br /></div></div>THOMAS GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246283820071071242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222902440777509265.post-33873273297071657242011-02-04T16:07:00.009+05:302011-02-05T12:33:39.604+05:30Lesson 7: The [ / i / ]sound as in "pit"<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Short Vowel </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span> [ <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/i /</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">]</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><strong></strong></span></span><strong></strong><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TNFKG0yvDx4" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><strong><br /></strong><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Speech organs Position</span></strong><br /></div><strong></strong></div><strong><br /></strong><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42291304@N06/5417843814/" title="y by JIBIclt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5012/5417843814_55f516a0ac.jpg" alt="y" height="281" width="351" /></a></strong><br /><strong></strong></div><strong><br /><br /></strong><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>The front of the tongue comes high in the front of the mouth, not quite as high as the long [/i:/] sound (Lesson 4) and just a fraction back.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Words</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Look at the mouth diagram to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Highlighted bold letters pronounced as </span> [<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> / </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">i</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">/ </span>]</span></span><br /></strong><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i </span></span>- h<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>m , h<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>larious, h<span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span>deous, h<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>nt, wh<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>m, v<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>sion, sp<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>r<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>t<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span> - vill<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>ge, cabb<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>ge<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span> - d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>lete, d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>feat, d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>lusion<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">y </span></span>- cr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">y</span></span>pt, s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">y</span></span>non<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">y</span></span>m, s<span style="font-weight: bold;">y</span>mbol, s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">y</span></span>mptoms, h<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">y</span></span>mn<strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >sentences</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Read each sentences aloud slowly at first, then as if you were telling it to someone in a natural way.</span><br /><br /></strong>1. Those lett<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>s taste like cabb<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>g<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>s.<br /><br />2. B<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ll l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>fted the l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>d of the b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>n tentat<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>vely and found not a s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ngle th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ng.<br /><br />3. Tell J<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ll I th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>nk this <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>s a s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>lly little game.<br /><br />4. I can't stay a m<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>nute longer <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>n th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>s m<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>serable l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ttle p<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>t!<br /><br />5. T<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>m Gr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>m <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>s a sol<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>d, respectable man and <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>s a p<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>llar of society.<br /><br />6. Th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>s s<span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span>mple th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ng, a wedd<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ng r<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ng, <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>s a s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">y</span></span>mbol, th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span> oldest in h<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>story.<br /><br />7. Climb<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ng over a rocky mountain, sk<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>p the r<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>vulet the fountain.<strong><br /><br /><br /></strong><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: lucida grande;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Verses</span><br /></span></div><br /><br />Here's a first-rate opportun<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ty<br /><br />To get married w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> i</span></span>mpun<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ty,<br /><br />To indulge <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>n the fel<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ty<br /><br />Of unbounded domest<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ty.<br /><br />You shall qu<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ckly be person<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>f<span style="font-size:100%;">i</span>ed,<br /><br />Conjugally matr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>mon<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>fied,<br /><br />By a doctor of d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>v<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>n<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ty,<br /><br />Who resides <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>n th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>s v<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>n<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span>ty<br /><strong><br /></strong></div>THOMAS GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246283820071071242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222902440777509265.post-17567925018809107352011-02-03T22:41:00.005+05:302011-02-04T00:41:05.782+05:30Lesson 6: The [ /ə / ] (Neutral Vowel)sound as in "banana"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><strong></strong></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Short Vowel </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span> [ <span style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ə /</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">]</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><strong></strong><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ></span></span><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wg0P0oYkniE" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /></span></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Speech organs Position</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42291304@N06/5413396479/" title="t by JIBIclt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5253/5413396479_cfa8a20f75.jpg" alt="t" height="288" width="357" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jaw is half open, relaxed tongue and lips.Middle of the tongue is halfway up.Tongue position is a bit lower than when pronouncing [ </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">/ɜː/</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">]</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> (Lesson 5)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tongue is not going forward. The sound is very short.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Look at the mouth diagram to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Highlighted bold letters pronounced as </span> [ <span style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ə /</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">]</span></span><br /><br /><br />The first syllable unstressed - <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>way, <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>gree, <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>buse, <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>board, <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>gainst, <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>dvice, <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>ttain,<br /> <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>dvance, c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>nal, c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>rrect, p<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>lice, s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>pport<br /><br /><br />The second syllable unstressed - doct<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span></span>, und<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span></span>, fig<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ure</span></span>, col<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">our</span></span>, abs<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>nt, const<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>nt,<br /> stand<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ar</span></span>d, or<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>l, forw<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ar</span></span>d, upw<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ar</span></span>d, awkw<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >ard</span><br /><br /><br /><br />Unstressed Positions<br /><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;"> and----------------------------- </span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"> a</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">---------------------an</span><br /><br />Fish <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>nd chips ---------------Get <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span> spoon------------ - Have <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >a</span>n apple<br /><br />Salt <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>nd pepper------------ --Cut <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span> piece <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">-------------A</span></span> question <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>nd an answer<br /><br />pork <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>nd beans --------------Here's <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a </span></span>plate <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">------------A</span></span>n aunt <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>n uncle<br /><br />Ladies <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>nd gentlemen------- Lend <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span> hand -------------Listen to<span style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-size:130%;">a</span></span>n <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>nnouncement<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Comparison </span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"> [ <span style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ə /</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">]</span></span> ------------- [ <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">/ɜː/</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">]</span></span><br /></div><br /> slog<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>n ------------- g<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ir</span></span>l<br /> <br /> forw<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ar</span></span>d ---------- w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span></span>d<br /><br /> awkw<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ar</span></span>d ----------th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ir</span></span>d<br /><br /> stand<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ar</span></span>d <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">---------- ear</span></span>n<br /><br /> upw<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ar</span></span>d ------------w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span></span>d<br /><br /> backw<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ar</span></span>d ---------w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span></span>k<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sentences</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Read each sentences aloud slowly at first, then as if you were telling it to someone in a natural way.</span><br /><br /><br />1. what<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> are</span></span> you doing in London? we<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> are</span></span> looking f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">or a</span></span> hairdress<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span></span>.<br /><br />2. Is it made <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>f glass? No, it's made <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>f plastic.<br /><br />3.What c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>n i do ? What h<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>s she done? What h<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>ve you done?<br /><br />4. she h<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>d done it before she came here.<br /><br />5. <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A</span></span>manda, phone call f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span></span> you .<br /><br />6. The c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>nduct<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span></span> of the orchestra was <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>mazed to see the viola play<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span></span> drink <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span> scotch<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> a</span></span>nd soda<br /><br />7. Tell my sist<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span></span> <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A</span></span>manda to buy some bett<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span></span> <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ba</span></span>nanas <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">as</span></span> well as p<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>tatoes <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>nd t<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>matoes.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span></span>THOMAS GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246283820071071242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222902440777509265.post-4032014428512309972011-01-30T20:57:00.005+05:302011-02-02T14:46:39.878+05:30Lesson 5 : The [ /ɜː/] sound as in "third"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />L</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">ong Vowel <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >[ /ɜː/]</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><strong></strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/C_Lfq_CFAQ8" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Speech organs Position</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42291304@N06/5400664022/" title="Fullscreen capture 1302011 25044 PM.bmp by JIBIclt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5016/5400664022_50de67901f.jpg" alt="Fullscreen capture 1302011 25044 PM.bmp" height="223" width="301" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Relaxed lips, Jaw halt-open and the center of the tongue just slightly rising</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Words</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Look at the mouth diagram to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Highlighted bold letters pronounced as</span> <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ /ɜː/]</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span></span> - p<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span></span>jury, comm<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span></span>cial, w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span></span>e, v<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span></span>se, inf<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span></span>nal<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ir</span> </span> - sh<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ir</span></span>t, f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ir</span></span>st, st<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ir</span></span>, g<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ir</span></span>l, s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ir</span></span>, b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ir</span></span>d<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">ear</span> </span> -y<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ear</span></span>n, <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ear</span></span>n, p<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ear</span></span>l<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ur </span></span> - <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ur</span></span>ge, occ<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ur</span></span>, murm<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ur</span></span>ing, b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ur</span></span>den, f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ur</span></span>nace,b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ur</span></span>n<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">or </span> - w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span></span>k, w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span></span>se, w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span></span>ld, w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span></span>d<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >sentences</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Read each sentences aloud slowly at first, then as if you were telling it to someone in a natural way.</span><br /><br /><br />1. The g<span style="font-weight: bold;">ir</span>ls in p<span style="font-weight: bold;">ur</span>ple sh<span style="font-weight: bold;">ir</span>ts w<span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span>e urged not to dist<span style="font-weight: bold;">ur</span>b sir Cuthb<span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span>t.<br /><br />2. This p<span style="font-weight: bold;">ur</span>ple sh<span style="font-weight: bold;">ir</span>t is the w<span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span>st in the w<span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span>ld! I have no w<span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span>ds!<br /><br />3.we w<span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span>e w<span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span>king in the w<span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span>ld bank at f<span style="font-weight: bold;">ir</span>st; then we w<span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span>e transf<span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span>red to the Comm<span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span>cial<br /><br />Chambers in p<span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span>th.<br /><br />4. My boyfriend is a p<span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span>fect n<span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span>d who makes his <span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span>rnings when everyone else is yawning.<br /><br />5. The g<span style="font-weight: bold;">ir</span>l he<span style="font-weight: bold;">ar</span>d that she came th<span style="font-weight: bold;">ir</span>d in the w<span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span>ld Championship as a h<span style="font-weight: bold;">ur</span>dler.<br /><br />6. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ur</span>sula obs<span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span>ved that the boy wore a d<span style="font-weight: bold;">ir</span>ty p<span style="font-weight: bold;">ur</span>ple j<span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span>sey<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Verses</span><br /><br />When I was a lad I s<span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span>ved a t<span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span>m<br /><br />As office boy to an Attorney's f<span style="font-weight: bold;">ir</span>m.<br /><br /><br />The rich att<span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span>ney was good as his w<span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span>d;<br /><br />and every day my voice was h<span style="font-weight: bold;">ear</span>d<br /><br />At the sessions or ancient Bailey<br /></div></div>THOMAS GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246283820071071242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222902440777509265.post-20304088455509859262011-01-27T10:21:00.012+05:302011-02-02T14:45:09.950+05:30Lesson 4 : The [ / iː/] sound as in "feet"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />L</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">ong Vowel [ <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">/iː/ </span>]<br /><br /><strong></strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span></div><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2VJBfJPxxMw" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Speech organs Position</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42291304@N06/5392518010/" title="j by JIBIclt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5213/5392518010_35c83a05cf.jpg" alt="j" height="252" width="327" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tip of the tongue is always behind the teeth, Jaw fairly closed, lips relaxed, not pulled back</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">and the front of the tongue high and forward in the mouth.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">words</span></span><br /><br /><br />Look at the mouth diagram to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound<br /><br /><br />Highlighted bold letters pronounced as [ <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">/</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> i: </span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">/</span> ]<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span> - K<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>l, f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>ble, s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>k, h<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>d, S<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>, p<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>p, f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>l<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span> - h<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>, <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>vening, <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>ve, d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>monise, P<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>ter, th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>se<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span> - m<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>t, t<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>, l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>ve, j<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>ns, pl<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>se, t<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>m<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ie</span></span> - gr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ie</span></span>f, f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ie</span></span>ld, rel<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ie</span></span>f, bel<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ie</span></span>ve<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ei</span></span> - rec<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ei</span></span>pt, dec<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ei</span></span>t, s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ei</span></span>ze<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >sentences</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Read each sentences aloud slowly at first, then as if you were telling it to someone in a natural way</span>.</span><br /><br /><br />1. One <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>vening, lying by the str<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>m<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>on the gr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>n grass, I dr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>med of <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>ting sw<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>ts.<br /><br />2. J<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>n, have you b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>n in a wh<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>t f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ie</span></span>ld in l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>k ?<br /><br />3. His dem<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>nour s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>ms to rev<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>l the s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>cret r<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>sons for his dec<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ei</span></span>t.<br /><br />4. D<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>monised t<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>nagers were pl<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>sed with their t<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">ea</span>.</span><br /><br />5. All l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>gal furies s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">eiz</span></span>e you! No proposal s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>ms to pl<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>se you.<br /><br />6. I bel<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ie</span></span>ve my f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>t are really quite cl<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>n, <span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span>v<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ie</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> Verses </span></span><br /><br />S<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >ee</span> - s<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">ee</span> - </span>they drink<br /><br />All thought unh<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>ding,<br /><br />The t<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>-cups click,<br /><br />They are exc<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ee</span></span>ding!THOMAS GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246283820071071242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222902440777509265.post-67992204302230195492011-01-26T11:55:00.006+05:302011-02-02T14:42:45.747+05:30Lesson 3 : The [ /ɔː/] sound as in "horse"<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />L</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">ong Vowel <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">/ɔː/</span><br /></span></span></div> </div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/35rzq87Ck3M" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Speech organs Position</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42291304@N06/5389137219/" title="21 by JIBIclt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5019/5389137219_1d727b5237_m.jpg" alt="21" height="323" width="340" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The lips are pushed forward but not as far forward - as in [u:] (lesson 2)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">slightly rounded,but still a bit of tightness and tension.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The back of the tongue is rising at the back of the mouth,but not nearly as high as it would be with [ <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">/u:/</span> ]</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">words</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Look at the mouth diagram to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound</span><br /><br /><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> Highlighted bold letters pronounced as</span> [ <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">/ɔː/</span></span>]<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">or </span></span> -st<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span></span>m, d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">oo</span></span>r , h<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span></span>se, c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span></span>pulent, s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span></span>did, <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span></span>ganic<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">aw </span></span> -<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">aw</span></span>e, l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">aw</span></span>, d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">aw</span></span>n, l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">aw</span></span>n, spr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">aw</span></span>l<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">au </span></span> - c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">au</span></span>stic, P<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">au</span></span>l, c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">au</span></span>tious<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">augh</span></span> -n<span style="font-size:130%;">augh</span>ty, h<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >augh</span>ty, d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">augh</span></span>ter<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">a</span> before <span style="font-size:130%;">l</span> and <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">al </span></span>- a<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">l</span></span>most, b<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >a</span>ll, w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>ll, w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">al</span></span>k, t<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">al</span></span>k, app<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>lling, <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>lthough<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> sentences</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Look at the mouth diagram to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound</span><br /><br /><br />1. G<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">eo</span></span>rge was f<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >a</span>lling asleep <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">aw</span></span>kwardly in a spr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">aw</span></span>l.<br /><br />2. The written l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">aw</span></span>s ought to prevent th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ough</span></span>tless t<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>lks.<br /><br />3. This app<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>lling st<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span></span>e was full of <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>ll sorts of <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span></span>dinary sh<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span></span>ts.<br /><br />4. M<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">au</span></span>d's d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">au</span></span>ghter G<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">eor</span></span>gina was an <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">aw</span></span>ful d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">augh</span></span>ter-in-l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">aw</span></span>.<br /><br />5. F<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">our</span></span> hundred and f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span></span>ty-four st<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span></span>ks flying home in the st<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">or</span></span>m.<br /><br />6. P<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">au</span></span>l c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">al</span></span>led out when he th<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ou</span></span>ght he s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">aw</span></span> his n<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">au</span></span>ghty d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">au</span></span>ghter f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">al</span></span>l in the w<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>ter.<br /><br /><br /> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Verses</span></span><br /><br />As i was going by Mr King's yard'<br />I s<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">a<span style="font-weight: bold;">w</span></span> </span>a man s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">aw</span></span>ing,<br />And of <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">al</span></span>l the s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">aw</span></span>yers i ever s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">aw</span></span>,<br />I never s<span style="font-weight: bold;">aw</span> a s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">aw</span></span> s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">aw</span></span> like that s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">aw</span></span><br />s<span style="font-weight: bold;">aw</span>ed.THOMAS GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246283820071071242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222902440777509265.post-67602845535840733952011-01-25T20:41:00.008+05:302011-02-02T14:36:25.048+05:30Lesson 2: The / uː/ Sound as in "beauty"<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">L</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">ong Vowel <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">/ </span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >uː /</span><br /></div><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TBp_5yKC2OA" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Speech organs Position</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42291304@N06/5387276473/" title="2 by JIBIclt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5211/5387276473_270bc9fc24_m.jpg" alt="2" height="277" width="304" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">JAW is almost closed , lips pushed forward tightly into almost a whistle shape ,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">at the same time the back of the tongue rises up towards the soft palate at </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">the back of the mouth </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Words</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Look at the mouth diagram to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"> Highlighted bold letters pronounced as [ <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">/</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >uː</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">/</span> ] </div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">oo</span></span> -bl<span style="font-size:130%;">o<span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>m , f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">oo</span></span>d , sm<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">oo</span></span>th , l<span style="font-size:130%;">oo</span>p , sch<span style="font-size:130%;">oo</span>l , d<span style="font-size:130%;">oo</span>m<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o </span></span> - l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>se ,m<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>ve ,d<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >o</span> , wh<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span> ,impr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>vement ,rem<span style="font-size:130%;">o</span>ve<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ue , oe </span></span>- bl<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >ue</span> ,gl<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ue</span></span> ,sh<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">oe</span></span>s<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ui </span></span>-- fr<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >ui</span>t , j<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ui</span></span>ce ,cr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ui</span></span>se<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u </span></span> -- t<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >u</span>ne ,t<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>be ,m<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>sic ,c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>rious ,t<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>lips<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ew </span></span> - n<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ew</span></span> ,f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ew</span></span> , m<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ew</span></span>s<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> sentences</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Listen and repeat.Read each sentences aloud slowly at first, then as if you were telling it to someone in a natural way</span>.<br /><br /><br />1. R<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>th felt in t<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>ne with the c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">oo</span></span>l of a J<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>ne evening and admired the be<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">au</span></span>ty of the m<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">oo</span></span>n<br /><br />2. There are quite a f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">e</span></span>w m<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>sic s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>per-stars on the London t<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>be.<br /><br />3. The n<span style="font-size:130%;">e<span style="font-weight: bold;">w</span></span> bl<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ue</span></span> sh<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">oe</span></span>s look b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">eau</span></span>tiful with a navy bl<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ue </span></span> coat.<br /><br />4.On our cr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ui</span></span>se to Berm<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>da we played sn<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">oo</span></span>ker with our sch<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">oo</span></span>ner cr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ew</span></span><br /><br />5. C<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">oo</span></span>lies are made from j<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ui</span></span>cy fr<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >ui</span>ts and sugar<br /><br />6.The m<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>sic t<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>tor sang a t<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>ne on T<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>esday for the d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>ke .<br /><br />7. A f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ew</span></span> b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">eau</span></span>tiful t<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>lips gr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ew</span></span> in the sch<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">oo</span></span>l garden in J<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>ly.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> Verses </span></span><br /><br /><br />I'd a swallow-tail coat of b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">eau</span></span>tiful bl<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ue</span></span>-<br /><br />A brief which i bought off a b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">oo</span></span>by<br /><br />A couple of shirts and a collar or t<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">w</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span></span>,<br /><br />And a ring that looked like a r<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">u</span></span>by!<br /><br /><br />We sail the ocean bl<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ue</span></span>,<br /><br />and our saucy ship's a b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">eau</span></span>ty:<br /><br />we are sober men and tr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ue</span></span>,<br /><br />and attentive to our b<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >eau</span>ty<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span></span><br /></div></div>THOMAS GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246283820071071242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222902440777509265.post-90248074973213194212011-01-25T14:59:00.006+05:302011-02-02T12:41:19.283+05:30Lesson 1: The /ɑː/ Sound as in "car'<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Long Vowel </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">/</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >ɑː/</span><br /><br /></div><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/T-BUlk9im58" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Speech organs Position</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42291304@N06/5387196208/" title="2 by JIBIclt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5217/5387196208_705aa252a8_m.jpg" alt="2" height="231" width="274" /></a><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Open your JAW ,relaxed lips ,flat tongue pulled back a little,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The sound made in the back of your mouth</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br />Words</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Look at the mouth diagram to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Highlighted bold letters pronounced as [ /</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >ɑː</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">/ ]</span><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ar</span> </span>( <span style="font-weight: bold;">r</span> is silent ) ----- <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>rt , <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>rms ,b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>r ,m<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>rk , <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>rch , b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>rk , d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>rk<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ear</span></span> , <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span></span> ,<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">al</span></span> ,<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">au</span></span> ----- h<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ea</span></span>rt ,S<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span></span>gent, cl<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span></span>k ,d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span></span>by ,ps<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>lm, l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>ugh<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span> </span>before <span style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-size:130%;">s</span></span> , <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">n</span> </span>and <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">th</span></span> --- b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>th , c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>stle ,f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>st ,gl<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>ss ,dis<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>ster , r<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>ther , enh<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>nce<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sentences</span><br /><br /><br />1. The m<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>rble bird-b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>th was hidden in the tall gr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>sses near the p<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>th.<br /><br />2.let's p<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">r</span></span>k our c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span>r</span> at B<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">r</span></span>bara's as the c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ar</span></span> p<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ar</span></span>k is r<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>ther f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ar</span></span> from the theater.<br /><br />3.At l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>st Margaret's anxiety p<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>ssed and she ch<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>nced a dis<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>strous d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>nce with a l<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>ughing s<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span></span>geant.<br /><br />4.I'd r<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>ther take a ch<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>nce and let my f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>ther drive me to the gar<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>ge in his f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>st c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>r.<br /><br />5 .H<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ar</span></span>d-h<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ear</span></span>ted Margaret was reading ps<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">al</span></span>ms in the d<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ar</span></span>k .<br /><br />6. As an office boy i made such a m<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ar</span></span>k that i was given the post of a junior cl<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">er</span></span>k<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br />Verses<br /><br /><br /></div>B<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ar</span></span>bara's c<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>r is a jaguar<br />and B<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ar</span></span>bara drives r<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>ther f<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>st.<br />C<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>stle ,f<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >ar</span>ms and dr<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">au</span></span>ghty b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>rns,<br />She goes ch<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ar</span></span>ging p<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span>st<br /><br />when i, good friends,was called to the b<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ar</span></span>,<br />I'd an appetite fresh and h<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ear</span></span>ty'<br />But i was, as many barristers <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">are</span></span>,<br />an impecunious p<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ar</span></span>ty....<br /><br /></div></div>THOMAS GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246283820071071242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222902440777509265.post-20130835243871515542011-01-25T13:47:00.004+05:302011-01-25T14:12:19.393+05:30The Speech Organs<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42291304@N06/5387100074/" title="d by JIBIclt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5217/5387100074_65bf7fe15f.jpg" alt="d" height="394" width="495" /></a></div>THOMAS GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246283820071071242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222902440777509265.post-47019755854376950572011-01-23T16:51:00.007+05:302011-01-30T15:15:36.400+05:30Phonemes (44 sounds )12 Pure Vowels<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5 Long Vowels </span><br /><br /><br />1. <a href="http://englishphonetics4u.blogspot.com/2011/01/lesson-1-sound-as-in-car_25.html"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ɑ</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >ː</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/</span> </a>- tart, father<br /><br />2. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/uː</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/</span> - goose, two, blue, group<br /><br />3. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">/</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >ɔː/</span> - thought, law, north, war<br /><br />4. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/iː/</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>- fleece, sea, machine<br /><br />5. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">/ɜː/</span> </span> -nurse, stir, learn, refer<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8 Short Vowels</span><br /><br /><br />6.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ə /</span></span> (Neutral Vowel)- <u>a</u>bout, comm<u>o</u>n, stand<u>ar</u>d<br /><br />7. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ i /</span> happ<u>y</u>, rad<u>i</u>ate. glor<u>i</u>ous<br /><br />8. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ ʌ /</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span> strut, mud, love, blood<br /><br />9. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">ɒ</span> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span> lot, odd, wash<br /><br />10. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/e /</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>dress, bed, head, many<br /><br />11. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ ʊ /</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>foot, good, put<br /><br />12.<span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ æ /</span> trap, bad<br /><br /><br /><span style="visibility: visible;" id="search"><span class="tl"></span></span><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_RemoveFormat" title="Remove Formatting from selection" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 25);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Remove Formatting from selection" class="gl_clean" border="0" /></span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8 Diphthongs </span><br /><br />1. <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >/ <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">əʊ</span> /</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>goat, show, no<br /><br />2. <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >/ <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">eɪ</span> /</span> face, day, break<br /><br />3.<span style="font-size:130%;"> /</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >ɔɪ</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> /</span> choice, boy<br /><br />4. <span style="font-size:130%;">/ </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >ɪə</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> /</span> near, here, weary<br /><br />5. <span style="font-size:130%;">/</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" > <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">aɪ</span> </span><span style="font-size:130%;">/</span> price, high, try<br /><br />6. <span style="font-size:130%;">/</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >ʊ</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ə</span> </span><span style="font-size:130%;">/ </span> poor, jury, cure<br /><br />7. <span style="font-size:130%;">/ </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >eə</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> /</span> square. fair, various<br /><br />8. <span style="font-size:130%;">/ </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >aʊ</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> / </span> mouth, now<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Consonants</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">24 Consonants </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Plossives</span><br /><br />1. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ p /</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>- pen, copy, happen<br /><br />2. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">/ b /</span> </span> - back, baby, job<br /><br />3.<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/t /</span> </span> - tea, tight, button<br /><br />4. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/d /</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span> - day, ladder, odd<br /><br />5. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">/ k /</span> </span> -key, clock, school<br /><br />6. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ g /</span> - get, giggle, ghost<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Affricates</span><br /><br />1. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ tʃ /</span> -church, match, nature<br /><br />2.<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <span style="font-size:130%;">/ dʒ /</span></span> -judge, age, soldier<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fricatives</span><br /><br />1.<span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >/f /</span> -fat, coffee, rough, photo<br /><br />2. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/v /</span> -view, heavy, move<br /><br />3.<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <span style="font-size:130%;">/ θ /</span></span> -thing, author, path<br /><br />4.<span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ ð /</span> -this, other, smooth<br /><br />5.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ s /</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>-soon, cease, sister<br /><br />6. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ z / </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>-zero, music, roses, buzz<br /><br />7. <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">/ ʃ /</span> </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>-ship, sure, na<u>ti</u>onal<br /><br />8. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">/ ʒ /</span> </span> -plea<u>s</u>ure, vi<u>s</u>ion<br /><br />9. <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ h /</span> </span> -hot, whole, ahead<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trills</span><br /><br />1. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">/ r /</span> </span> -right, wrong, sorry, arrange<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nasals</span><br /><br />1.<span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/m /</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span> -more, hammer, sum<br /><br />2. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/n /</span> -nice, know, funny, sun<br /><br />3. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ŋ /</span> -ring, anger, thanks, sung<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Laterals.</span><br /><br />1.<span style="font-size:130%;"> /</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"> l /</span> </span> -light, valley, feel<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Approximants </span><br /><br />1. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ j / </span> -yet, use, beauty, few<br /><br />2. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ w /</span> -wet, one, when, queenTHOMAS GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246283820071071242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222902440777509265.post-54250885907125531162011-01-23T16:13:00.002+05:302011-01-23T16:45:37.797+05:30Get Rid of your Accent (Introduction)The English alphabet has 26- letters, 5 Vowels and 21 consonants. These are enough to write English.As there is a difference between writing and Pronunciation in English,we need another alphabet representing all the speech sounds. Such an alphabet is called the <span style="font-weight: bold;">phonetic</span> alphabet.In order to pronounce English we need <span style="font-weight: bold;">44 sounds </span> called <span style="font-weight: bold;">Phonemes </span>or distinctive sound unites.The English alphabet contains <span style="font-weight: bold;"> 44 Symbols</span>, representing the 44 characteristics sounds of English .<br /><br />Speech sounds can be broadly classified into Vowels and consonants.Vowels of the phonetic alphabet are quite different from the Vowels of the English Alphabet.They are 22 in number. 12 of them are Pure Vowels and the remaining 8 are called diphthongs. Diphthongs are otherwise called vowels-glides.<br /><br />There are 24 consonants sounds in English .they belong to various classes and the students who do not specialize in phonetics need not study them in detail.Vowels and consonants arranged in a particular way give us syllables,and syllables into phrases and sentences.<br />speech consists of sentences. <br /><br />By learning the Phonetic symbols, one will be able to refer to the Dictionary and find out the correct Pronunciation of words . we can get the correct or standard Pronunciation of English words from the English Pronunciation Dictionary by Daniel Jones or from any edition of the OXFORD DICTIONARY ....THOMAS GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246283820071071242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222902440777509265.post-13682906942308973182010-08-11T17:01:00.002+05:302010-08-11T17:10:26.225+05:30Sounds of English (British English)<embed src="https://sites.google.com/site/englishphonetics4u/home/bbc-english/_draft_post/sounds_chart.swf" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="640" align="middle" height="500"></embed>THOMAS GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246283820071071242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222902440777509265.post-10684208412639746572010-07-25T12:28:00.019+05:302011-02-06T18:35:44.870+05:30BBC Learning English | Pronunciation Tips<embed src="https://sites.google.com/site/englishphonetics4u/home/bbc-english/_draft_post/sounds_chart.swf" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" height="500" width="640"></embed><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />The sounds of English </span><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AzzUzh_skRE" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Learning the sounds</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Short vowels</strong><br /></div><br /><strong>Short vowel </strong><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ i /</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div></div><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TNFKG0yvDx4" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><strong><br />Short vowel </strong> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ ʊ /</span><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/eJ7dM_LU9t4" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" > </span><strong>Short vowel </strong><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ ʌ / </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PZwKFFp7V50" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /></span><strong><br /><br />Short vowel </strong> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">ɒ</span> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/</span><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MAk-XtHsyzM" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><strong>Short vowel </strong><span style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ə /</span></span><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wg0P0oYkniE" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><strong>Short vowel </strong><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/e /</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hLN1cdSTDo8" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><strong>Short vowel</strong> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ æ /</span><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qVhaIHk88a8" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br />Long Vowels </span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><strong>Long vowel</strong> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/iː/</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div></div><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2VJBfJPxxMw" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><strong><br />Long vowel</strong><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" > /uː</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/</span><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TBp_5yKC2OA" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><strong>Long vowel</strong> <a href="http://englishphonetics4u.blogspot.com/2011/01/lesson-1-sound-as-in-car_25.html"></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">/ɑː /</span></span><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/T-BUlk9im58" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><strong><br />Long vowel</strong> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">/</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >ɔː/</span><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/35rzq87Ck3M" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><strong>Long vowel</strong> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">/ɜː/</span> </span><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/C_Lfq_CFAQ8" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Diphthongs (double vowel sounds)<br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">8 Diphthongs </span><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Diphthong </span> <span style="font-size:130%;">/ </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >ɪə</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> /</span> near, here, weary<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span></span></span></div></div><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/M2CrPFycyug" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Diphthong </span> <span style="font-size:130%;">/</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >ʊ</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ə</span> </span><span style="font-size:130%;">/ </span> poor, jury, cure<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/O0SggTEGkzg" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Diphthong </span><span style="font-size:130%;">/</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" > <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">aɪ</span> </span><span style="font-size:130%;">/</span> price, high, try<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/b-qVY4Dh2SE" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Diphthong </span><span style="font-size:130%;">/</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >ɔɪ</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> /</span> choice, boy<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RgHocnInIf8" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Diphthong</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >/ <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">əʊ</span> /</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>goat, show, no<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-a8RWjNPRHk" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Diphthong</span> <span style="font-size:130%;">/ </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >eə</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> /</span> square. fair, various<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lTleskfb0MI" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Diphthong</span> <span style="font-size:130%;">/ </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >aʊ</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> / </span> mouth, now<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ACCi25YuMwI" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Diphthong</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >/ <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">eɪ</span> /</span> face, day, break<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Q2Mcmy1se-A" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">24 Consonants </span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>[Voiceless consonants]<br /><br /><br /></strong><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>Voiceless Consonant Sound </strong><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ p /</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>- pen, copy, happen<strong><br /></strong></div></div><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/V7cDUozQuGc" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Voiceless Consonant Sound </strong><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/t /</span> </span> - tea, tight, button<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zxbC17WolEo" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Voiceless Consonant Sound</strong> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ tʃ /</span> -church, match, nature<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DzfAoJHIw84" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Voiceless Consonant Sound</strong> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">/ k /</span> </span> -key, clock, school<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9vHqUJG1PXM" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Voiceless Consonant Sound</strong> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >/f /</span> -fat, coffee, rough, photo<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/v4sxPfRKQ7o" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Voiceless Consonant Sound </strong><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <span style="font-size:130%;">/ θ /</span></span> -thing, author, path<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/X-J-rv7JXL8" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Voiceless Consonant Sound </strong><span style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ s /</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>-soon, cease, sister<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/e8nsbh8Bhhg" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Voiceless Consonant Sound </strong><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">/ ʃ /</span> </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>-ship, sure, na<u>ti</u>onal<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/e8TsC6gQ_cc" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><br /><br />Voiced consonants</strong></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></div></div><strong> </strong><strong>Voiced Consonant Sound </strong><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">/ b /</span> </span> - back, baby, job<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hyKR7cBDpZE" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Voiced Consonant Sound </strong> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/d /</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span> - day, ladder, odd<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aibpXO9uKz8" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Voiced Consonant Sound </strong><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <span style="font-size:130%;">/ dʒ /</span></span> -judge, age, soldier<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JjVzYXCU2F8" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Voiced Consonant Sound </strong><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ g /</span> - get, giggle, ghost<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HWrIXx8vwjY" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Voiced Consonant Sound </strong><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/v /</span> -view, heavy, move<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wDLzzwYW460" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Voiced Consonant Sound </strong><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ ð /</span> -this, other, smooth<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/o49Fy1HS_rM" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Voiced Consonant Sound </strong><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ z / </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>-zero, music, roses, buzz<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qs5K8RoFsJ4" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Voiced Consonant Sound</strong> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">/ ʒ /</span> </span> -plea<u>s</u>ure, vi<u>s</u>ion<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ubg0FlUcdO0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Other Consonant Sound </span></span><br /><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other Consonant Sound</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/m /</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span> -more, hammer, sum<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QY-lIYjJGBY" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other Consonant Sound</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/n /</span> -nice, know, funny, sun<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5OXgFBSXBwE" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other Consonant Sound</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ŋ /</span> -ring, anger, thanks, sung<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ir_zghBXD_E" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other Consonant Sound </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ h /</span> </span> -hot, whole, ahead<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TUcjk17yRX4" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other Consonant Sound</span> <span style="font-size:130%;">/</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"> l /</span> </span> -light, valley, feel<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cBxDTse71iE" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other Consonant Sound</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">/ r /</span> </span> -right, wrong, sorry, arrange<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cOHwquvtZus" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other Consonant Sound</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ w /</span> -wet, one, when, queen<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/i_ZQgrFa0ao" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other Consonant Sound</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >/ j / </span> -yet, use, beauty, few<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hbmqt19efi4" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe>THOMAS GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246283820071071242noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222902440777509265.post-69403732165481131842010-07-17T22:11:00.008+05:302010-07-17T22:50:53.333+05:30The Phonetic Chart<embed src="http://sites.google.com/site/englishphonetics4u/home/one/ipachart.swf" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="640" align="middle" height="500"></embed><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">There are <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">44</span> Sounds in English</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">12</span> Pure Vowels</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">8</span> Diphthongs</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">24</span> Consonants</span>THOMAS GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246283820071071242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222902440777509265.post-29622802190537044062010-06-29T16:22:00.005+05:302010-06-29T17:57:20.392+05:304.2.2 Alveolar<div style="text-align: center;">Alveolar Stops<br /></div><br />Alveolar stops are formed by the tip and blade of the tongue forming a full closure against the teeth ridge. The sound is produced when the closure is abruptly released so that the air escapes as a puff or air. The alveolar stops occur as a pair, i.e. with a Fortis and Lenis realisation. The fortis stop /t/ is never voiced, and there is generally a devoicing of the lenis sound as well when it is not surrounded by other voiced sounds. Devoicing is therefore most common in the end position of a word. The lenis stop will generally have a marked lengthening effect on the preceding sound(s).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7iRPRBcoDQZaFSpierSB-x92lmCsnKuGYxEOPqsgMascPHtrM8YvD_GGjPkeQnFFbiGJ-OiZX0R8TLjXA0JL4BPkk-9C6wOh5vwGSw-emPo_6CCO_tjFXpm7hhBjTRM72JKeOBggdKY/s1600/4745777008_142275e22c.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7iRPRBcoDQZaFSpierSB-x92lmCsnKuGYxEOPqsgMascPHtrM8YvD_GGjPkeQnFFbiGJ-OiZX0R8TLjXA0JL4BPkk-9C6wOh5vwGSw-emPo_6CCO_tjFXpm7hhBjTRM72JKeOBggdKY/s400/4745777008_142275e22c.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488170762425321922" border="0" /></a><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >/ <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">t</span> /</span><br /><br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">as in </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/10491841/a058Tie.wav.html"><img style="float: left; 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margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 53px; height: 30px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuqZ8Xv66LrqzhfCrJPTZ6o_mz_0lfpspdKGrk6kgvNgRTDv46uwGf1ScxFjFGJUHf9C7SuINnLHEGKIGVXVgLsclXvvdhG0VJ2ZKW7_SBnCRzvVOkW-0KVbBJ3jhwRp3kplpU7GchyphenhyphenhE/s400/3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488164431327498050" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">/ <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">d </span>/</span></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> as in </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span> </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/10491932/a061Die.wav.html"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 53px; height: 28px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHp98Bvr8ISl-O4CVXT7yqF5T8wmHEdUSenmtYE97S224M6qrl79PfVFwpbTnkNEjDzR5qYgrnJ1a1U89I2D1EdhCHii7sjnViyX2tLCxW04sAJc7wsGq9nGf68ubhoX6xY823iw_qg3M/s400/4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488165442622181874" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/10491958/a062Cod.wav.html"><img style="float: left; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRqP0aKQ8378GeiXFt4AU_ktmfe5b-_hXUOZTCIoUmY57BqA-GdNQDneU58bWDSAsHBSRAiUVTkcsA6lebSHTuZ8X0oIC4yF3ojxfVWRqFE6d3IQ-UFLTjISi9a7ohq9yN3OMKbZedmag/s400/Picture+018.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486351960113869698" border="0" /></a>THOMAS GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246283820071071242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222902440777509265.post-72624895429958460032010-06-24T19:59:00.002+05:302010-06-24T20:10:23.639+05:30Chapter 5 (page -17) The classification and Description of speech sounds II<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_14iiH5flkksZ1JFMdWBN8MWyEzj17zf9z6H1kwLugLqFcQk6KTh_uEjEZBLPxjxYZTZo4LS0F4pnWGCBHb7OIU52kC9CRGCjWQcjJtwRrTFsNRfQWic33Rw0uZdZfqaT3bLURjH1QgM/s1600/Picture+017.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_14iiH5flkksZ1JFMdWBN8MWyEzj17zf9z6H1kwLugLqFcQk6KTh_uEjEZBLPxjxYZTZo4LS0F4pnWGCBHb7OIU52kC9CRGCjWQcjJtwRrTFsNRfQWic33Rw0uZdZfqaT3bLURjH1QgM/s400/Picture+017.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486347969034622514" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">The classification and Description of speech sounds II </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">: </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Vowels</span><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">English Phonetics , Learn English </span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Learn English Pronunciation</span> ,<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />English phonetics and phonology</span>THOMAS GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246283820071071242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222902440777509265.post-54320604185067049082010-06-20T13:33:00.009+05:302010-06-29T15:09:39.036+05:304.2.1 Bilabial<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bilabial Stops</span><br /></div><br />Bilabial stops are produced by the lower lip forming a closure with the upper lip, so that the air cannot escape. The sound occurs when the closure is abruptly released as a puff of air. The stop sounds occur in a pair, i.e. one Fortis and one Lenis realisation. The Fortis stop /p/ is never voiced, and there is generally a degree of devoicing of the Lenis sound as well when it is not surrounded by other voiced sounds. Devoicing is therefore most common in the end position of a word. The lenis stop will generally have a marked lengthening effect on the preceding sound(s).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCn2AtD7vFhfUdLmLBFiUGi7jaBd4g8VDhrkv1pu8kDH1AXVqmhNYrEb0hIiDKABNQbeMLCkdS-W2XDkWqKpMwgryjS45Dsjo2B7ygWdE7Nyz-4eQwEyS2WUaHrVUUYbfUcEdzbjSFpic/s1600/4745489604_7fe4077925.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCn2AtD7vFhfUdLmLBFiUGi7jaBd4g8VDhrkv1pu8kDH1AXVqmhNYrEb0hIiDKABNQbeMLCkdS-W2XDkWqKpMwgryjS45Dsjo2B7ygWdE7Nyz-4eQwEyS2WUaHrVUUYbfUcEdzbjSFpic/s400/4745489604_7fe4077925.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488126172544400258" border="0" /></a><br /> <span style="font-size:130%;"> / </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">p</span> </span><span style="font-size:130%;">/</span><br /><br /> as in<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/10489697/a052Pie.wav.html"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 58px; height: 30px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7m9YjM1NmbOyHZo7eUX61Aewcf8XZjG1HC83qiuwkKmDyguD9BlfKyyALfMEBQKs24AEqHYZQflkBoUPPh-p8OIIOYFKSlrefGstlrXWke5a0UbOILqva_2SDBY5kTxDQ4jE1r9OK2to/s400/4716791780_4a6a1a27d0_t.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488115041143029810" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/10489744/a053Lap.wav.html"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 53px; height: 28px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj92ddyDml3FW0fGGV_j-dVBLVFv4SMi6A_cDMbwLBfLmbiJMZvuVu4OiMe-Zn5oqkFQs3IaZC1IwtI85cHBSG64_g0LOoCKgGWyYP5qdmLzbYzgcMHhdJxQ5GtJ52gbUeKg4zhmIJKQm8/s400/4716791784_c2b2911518_t.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488115051678089746" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/10489770/a054Happy.wav.html"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 64px; height: 35px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf2oEehatYlWVpCm1TOuLaKzNtYYszzEQdFPcnbRMPx8jnaxmcPvy5MlSxUvdbVB4wvP4V1fz8ROpbhcJ0ljZSoeZmgzO7Mnx-Q6XWyOYIQ8nqxWEWoXcjn8ksI-tE_2lqA1Y1KYi6QtY/s400/4716791788_2498741011_t.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488115054245352162" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >/ <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">b</span> /</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/10489823/a055Bye.wav.html"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 58px; height: 34px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPT0m1D0uzTTm2iAAYb_9kf_6SK6vprUJhOYjDVoZQy4j_OvZdF_SEWRO2eA87XZk6bzuDPB2e8gVvQ0TPd2Irzn7qY_vUnOESS4je3vE7nuP-vNS-3X8eE__u3jgSsawfnxnpIe8W0M/s400/4716791794_b73b5d4c9a_t.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488119116297456642" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/10489848/a056Lab.wav.html"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 54px; height: 31px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ptsjOOl7BvEGd-xMYklby4hYcunWPeLu6y5BrUZ7NhAd54raWFyJfwaxxBLe0TLKkJY6Dj0yRxvZExekB0tF9GEsTpxyYJMSDBhgikHSayQ1ihTqq4LnMfaXpZrt1oosZ2eoR7vEY3A/s400/4716791796_b3ceff64db_t.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488119121062661650" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/10489868/a057Hobby.wav.html"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 63px; height: 31px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LnS-qELjJ3RmFNUPqplP6Ah_WMXDSM4ErlxxrNUB93EzP_q1_Xyap7Zwdd1Tz1Huumr1JwKNqhhcrqqvopjeKtU8HOAKRlEpN1Z0SyzDhmEEW8tVpPGUDWGL0plAazxWEeF62IY1y5k/s400/4716791800_e15c51deed_t.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488119128730368562" border="0" /></a>THOMAS GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246283820071071242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222902440777509265.post-59852393155472008922010-06-20T13:16:00.002+05:302010-06-20T13:24:36.948+05:304.2 Stops<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Stops</span><br /></div><br /><br />Stop sounds are produced with complete oral closure which is released quickly so as to end in an explosion or puff of air. If the release takes place slowly, the explosion ends in friction. This is regular for the Palatoalveolar sounds, but incidental for the Alveolar sounds. The stop sounds have regularly one voiced and one unvoiced variant, the first being strongly Fortis, the latter Lenis. Preceding sounds are therefore noticeably affected by following stops, lengthened when followed by Lenis stops, shortened when followed by Fortis stops. Learners must pay particular attention to this phenomenon.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42291304@N06/4716719890/" title="q by JIBIclt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4716719890_eb31f41657_b.jpg" alt="q" width="643" height="68" /></a><br /> P bTHOMAS GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246283820071071242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222902440777509265.post-89750460611640337522010-06-20T11:44:00.003+05:302010-06-20T13:06:05.911+05:304.1.3 Velar<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Velar Nasal</span><br /></div><br />Production of the velar nasal: The vocal cords vibrate, and the velum is lowered so that the air escapes through the nose. The back of the tongue is raised so as to form a closure on the velum.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGScjG-kFRbhUFof3i543cIgxGIULKdSD4c60UNSbGBZ6r5Ki7jWUQrdzooi6Lpjkgy2jpxvPJOmcw5e-nvvPfDVfNhGcs1-HaCSBUI7Q-YMBXZ-yVRhRGcK9jbrJ35pelMdNHeYU2iyI/s1600/4716041637_d0fae29562.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGScjG-kFRbhUFof3i543cIgxGIULKdSD4c60UNSbGBZ6r5Ki7jWUQrdzooi6Lpjkgy2jpxvPJOmcw5e-nvvPfDVfNhGcs1-HaCSBUI7Q-YMBXZ-yVRhRGcK9jbrJ35pelMdNHeYU2iyI/s400/4716041637_d0fae29562.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484754510792798786" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Pronunciation of <br /><br /><br /> as in<br /> <br /><br /><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42291304@N06/4715986339/" title="1 by JIBIclt, on Flickr"></a><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/10363959/Sing.wav.html"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/4715986339_3ae378e1ac_t.jpg" alt="1" width="55" height="31" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42291304@N06/4715994565/" title="2 by JIBIclt, on Flickr"></a><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/10363997/Finger.wav.html"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4715994565_0c2ac572d3_t.jpg" alt="2" width="60" height="31" /></a> <a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/10364032/a110Ink.wav.html" title="3 by JIBIclt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4716006503_113713d81b_t.jpg" alt="3" width="57" height="29" /></a> <br /><br /><br /></div>THOMAS GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246283820071071242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222902440777509265.post-3816605804448993992010-06-15T18:10:00.004+05:302010-06-15T22:21:17.575+05:304.1.2 Alveolar<div style="text-align: center;"><b>The Alveolar Nasal </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Production of the alveolar nasal </span><span class="Apple-style-span">/n/</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> : The vocal cords vibrate, and the velum is lowered so that the air has to escape through the nose. The tip and front of the tongue form a complete closure against the teeth ridge throughout the production phase.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5mXpiWv1-3vV8bAo9CA1cFMwGP2NaJFigHak6aA_ii0iBQIHgwWYPPgayBCrLuq_Vx4MbW-4oZ8Um6VGU1n-BGEahOcxmMWyczMU0bySVkrVd2_QEuE7TLzlJL7bZ0pL2dfCd939fb8s/s400/4703133859_82511bb654(2).jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 243px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483043134234070130" /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> Pronunciation of</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <b> /n/</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> as in </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/10303428/1Nine.wav.html"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1307/4703428138_03aa2ab1ae_t.jpg" width="66" height="31" alt="1" /></a> <a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/10303515/2Sudden.wav.html"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4703526182_f601ab245e_t.jpg" width="59" height="29" alt="2" /></a> <a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/10303544/3a107Phony.wav.html"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4703688822_caff684d34_t.jpg" width="62" height="29" alt="3" /></a></div></span></div></b></div>THOMAS GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246283820071071242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222902440777509265.post-78806763083461585832010-06-13T21:44:00.000+05:302010-06-13T23:50:44.216+05:304.1.1 Bilabial<div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b><b>The Bilabial Nasal</b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline ! important;"><br /></div></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline ! important;">Production of the bilabial nasal <b> /m/ </b> : The vocal cords vibrate, and the velum is lowered so that the air escapes through the nose. The lips form a complete closure throughout the production phase.<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline ! important;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline ! important;"><b><span><b><span><b><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span><b><span><b><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span><b><span><b><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNfInaKiHH6uAyEMDnsZ4hUBUsEba6oK6349xyxJzYKOLkuKOSGdO_-eojFqcrruAjQinFi3VRCTI7Osa7o7mopK_Ipv5F7pXf-pyL7GkHHC-xSBMluOqsXTGZXPVii4zmDXDGcjs-wlU/s1600/4697051556_95b5c9778d.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNfInaKiHH6uAyEMDnsZ4hUBUsEba6oK6349xyxJzYKOLkuKOSGdO_-eojFqcrruAjQinFi3VRCTI7Osa7o7mopK_Ipv5F7pXf-pyL7GkHHC-xSBMluOqsXTGZXPVii4zmDXDGcjs-wlU/s400/4697051556_95b5c9778d.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482324547359930658" border="0" /></a></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div></span></b></div></span></b></div></span></b></div></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline ! important;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline ! important;"><br /></div></span></b></div></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline ! important;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline ! important;"> <br /><br /> Pronunciation of</div></span></b></div></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline ! important;"> </div></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline ! important;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline ! important;"><b> /m/</b><br /><br /></div></span></b></div></span></b></div><div><div style="display: inline ! important;"><div style="display: inline ! important;"> as in</div></div></div><div><div style="display: inline ! important;"><div style="display: inline ! important;"><br /></div></div></div><div><div style="display: inline ! important;"><div style="display: inline ! important;"> <a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/10276724/1.wav.html"> /</a><b><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/10276724/1.wav.html">maI/</a> <a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/10276820/2.wav.html">/ti:m/</a> <a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/10276855/3.wav.html">/ru:mi/</a> </b></div></div></div><div><div style="display: inline ! important;"><div style="display: inline ! important;"><br /></div></div></div><div><div style="display: inline ! important;"><div style="display: inline ! important;"><br /></div></div></div><div><div style="display: inline ! important;"><div style="display: inline ! important;"><b><br /></b></div></div></div></span></b></div>THOMAS GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246283820071071242noreply@blogger.com0