a) Phonemes
The smallest unit of sound that have meaning in a language.
You can practice the sounds here:
http://www.pearsonlongman.com/phonetic-chart.html
Are represented by:
Phonemic symbols that make a phonemic script
(a set of phonemic symbols)
are grouped into:
1) consonants
2) vowels
- monophthongs
- diphthongs
b) Word stress
- unstressed
- stress
- weak syllables
c) Sentence stress
- We say different parts of a sentence with more or less stress (slower and louder or quicker and more softly).
- One word of the sentence has main stress.
- Is a characteristic of connected speech.
- contractions
- rhythm
- intonation
d) Intonation
We use it to express emotions and attitudes to emphasise or make less important particular thing.
Remember:
Teaching materials sometimes include activities or excersises with focus on hearing or producing different sounds in minimal pairs.
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http://www.shiporsheep.com/page1.html
