English pronunciation and intonation Chapter one The third period ??? ???? Comparison and revision ?????

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English pronunciation and intonationChapter one
The third period??? ????Comparison and
revision ?????

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Warming-up exercise

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
• Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?
• If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
• Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter
• Piper picked?

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The importance of learning English phonetics

• (1). Good pronunciation and intonation is
  needed for better communication.
• (2). Good pronunciation and intonation is the
  basis of good listening and speaking abilities.
• (3). Good pronunciation and intonation has
  some indirect influence on the students writing
  and reading abilities.
• (4). Good pronunciation and intonation can
  help the students develop good sense of language.

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Contents structure

• Part one Pronunciation
• 
  
• Chapter ? Front vowels
• Chapter ? Back vowels
• Chapter ? Central vowels
• Chapter ? Diphthongs
• Chapter ? Diphthongs
• Chapter ? Stop consonants
• Chapter ? Friction consonants
• Chapter ? Friction consonants
• Chapter ? Friction consonants
• Chapter ? Affricate consonants
• Chapter ? Nasal consonants
• Chapter ? Lateral consonants
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• Part two Intonation
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• Chapter XIII Falling tune
• Chapter XIV Rising tune

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Organs of speech.

• 1. ?? Upper lip 2.
  ?? Lower lip 3. ?? Upper
  teeth 4. ?? Lower teeth
  5. ??? Upper teeth ridge 6.
  ?? Hard palate 7. ?? Soft
  palate 8. ?? the uvula
• 9. ?? The tip
  of the tongue 10. ??
  The front of the tongue 11. ??
  The back of the tongue 12. ??
  throat 13. ?? the
  vocal cords 14. ??
  organs 15. ?? the
  pharynx 16. ?? the
  mouth cavity 17. ?? the
  nasal cavity

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Front vowels /i/ /i/ /e/ /æ/
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/i/ /i/ /e/ /æ/

• There are four front vowels
  /i/ /i/ /e/ and /æ/
• For all of them the tip of the tongue is
  pressed against the lower teeth. The front part
  of the tongue is raised at varying degrees. There
  is no lip-rounding, lips are spread or kept
  neutral.

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/i/

• The front of the tongue nearly touches the front
  part of the hard palate, and the muscles of the
  tongue and cheeks are tense. The lips are drawn
  back in a smile and long voiced sound is
  produced.

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Phrases Sentences

• three week s green tea team leader
  Swedish cheese eat a piece of
  meat keep it a secret
• Seeing is believing
  A friend in
  need is a friend indeed
  Jean is as busy as a bee
  She
  agrees to leave the beach at three

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/i/

• The general position of the tongue resembles that
  of /i/, but the front of the tongue is lower and
  drawn back a little. The lips are spread and the
  tongue is lax.

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Phrases Sentences

• a big ship six sticks
  bit by bit a silver lid
  three wishes little by
  little
• A little learning is a dangerous thing
  His six-year-old sister is as fit as
  a fiddle Silly Billy slipped
  into the ditch

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Comparison of /i/ /i/
/i/ /i/ /i/ /i/
Sheep? Ship? Peach?? Pitch??
Heat?? Hit??? Sleep? Slip??
Leave?? Live?? Feel?? Fill??
Heal?? Hill?? Seek?? Sick??
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/e/

• The lips are more loosely spread and slightly
  further apart than for /i/. The front of the
  tongue is near the upper teeth ridge.

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Phrases Sentences

• seven beds the next lesson fresh and
  energetic ten desks the best text
  wet with sweat
• Remember to tell Ted about the test
  Better late than never
  Alls well that
  ends well
  East or west, home is best

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/æ/

• The front of the tongue is slightly raised. The
  whole tongue lies low in the mouth. The lips are
  spread with the widest opening between the jaws
  among the front vowels.

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Phrases Sentences

• a happy man caps and hats tit for
  tat
• hand in hand a sad lad
  bags and sags
• The rat is running on a narrow track
  Sams let the cat out of the bag
  Hes carrying a map
  of Japan in his hand Pat married
  a handsome young man

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Comparison of /e/ /æ/
/e/ /æ/ /e/ /æ/
Men??(??) Man??(??) Beg? Bag?
Ten? Tan??? Said? Sad??
Beck?? Back? Less?? Lass??
Set?? Sat? Guess? Gas??
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Games and activities
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Dialogues.

• ---Fish or meat?
• ---Let me see, fish for me please.
• ---Coffee or tea?
• ---Coffee, Please.
• ---Is there any meat?
• ---There is only tinned/canned (AE)
  meat.  
• ---Is it ready to eat?
• ---Well, you have to heat it before
  you eat it.

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Practice the vowel sound/æ/ through reading this
funny story

• The Sack
• One day a man went off to the market to
  buy rice. Unfortunately, he lost the sack on the
  way. He went home and told his wife, The market
  is too busy today, and besides I lost my sack.
  His wife asked nervously, So, what about the
  money?
  
• Oh, no problem. Its safe. I have tied it
  to the bottom of the sack.

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Tongue Twister With /i/ /i/ /e/ /æ/

• She sells sea shells on the sea shore,
• And the shells she sells are sea shells, Im
  sure,
• cause if she sells shells at the seashore,
• The shells she sells are seashells, for sure.

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Sing Together

• Doe, a deer, a female deer
• Ray, a drop of golden sun
• Me, a name I call myself
• Far, a long long way to run
• Sew, a needle pulling thread
• La, a note to follow sew
• Tea, a drink with jam and bread
• That will bring us back to doe, oh, oh, oh

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Additional information

• Differences between American and British English
  with the front vowels /i/ /I/ /i/ /i/
• Comparison.  
• The pronunciations of American vowel /i/ and
  British vowel /i/ are almost the same. The
  American vowel /i/ has no long sound symbol ,
  because the length of the vowel is not absolutely
  the same. The length is varied according to the
  different situations. It is often longer when it
  is used at the end of a word or in front of a
  voiced consonant while it is usually shorter
  after a voiceless consonant. (Compare meal,
  meat, and me.) So, there is no in American
  phonetic system.
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• The pronunciations of American vowel /I/ and
  British vowel /i/ are almost the same.

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Summary and after-class assignments

• 1. Review and remember the words, phrases,
  sentences, tongue twisters and the chant learned
  in class ( T will have a check in the next
  lecture)
• 2. Advertising slogans containing the front
  vowels /e/ /æ/.
• 3. Practice singing the English song My
  Bonnie.
• 4. Practice the dialogues and make dialogues with
  the font vowels /e/ /æ/.
• 5. After-class assignments
• ?making sentences with /i/ /i/ /e/ /æ/
• ?memorizing the phrases and sentences they have
  learnt (check in the next lesson)
• ?telling story fish.
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My Bonnie

• My Bonnie is over the ocean
• My Bonnie is over the sea
• My Bonnie is over the ocean
• Oh, bring back my bonnie to me
• Bring back, bring back, bring back my Bonnie to
  me to me
• Bring back, bring back, oh, bring back my Bonnie
  to me