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The Phonemic Chart
What is it?
IPA – The International Phonetic Alphabet
Phonemic or phonetic?
Phonetics - the study of speech sounds
Phoneme: basic sound unit of speech
Standard British English chart
Why aren’t my sounds on this?
So, why learn this?
Advantages
• Captures the intangible• A clear record• Useful for correction• Helps with dictionary use - learner
independence• Shows effect of connected speech clearly
Disadvantages
• You need to learn it• They need to learn it (which nationalities do
know it?)• Can be a heavy load - esp non- Roman
alphabet
How is it divided?
ConsonantsVowelsDipthongs
Consonants
Voiced/ unvoiced sounds
Vowels
Vowels
Front Back
Vowels
closed
open
Dipthongs
Important! / / show that it’s the phonemic alphabet
/bit/ bit
Should we teach it?
Schwa
If nothing else, teach and use…
A common problem…
/ə/ or /ʌ/ ?cup /kʌp/ but cover /kʌvə/
Any vowel can be sounded as schwa
important material
Any vowel can be sounded as schwa
paper ferocious
Any vowel can be sounded as schwa
tangible giraffe
Any vowel can be sounded as schwa
introduce phonetics (but not phoneme..)
Any vowel can be sounded as schwa
pictureneighbour
In fact, most unstressed vowels sound like…
Homer Simpson = Oo Oo
In fact, most unstressed vowels sound like…
NB –this is often true but not always.. Depression oOo enough oO /i/ /i/
Schwa in connected speech
Where are you going?
/weərəjəgəʊɪŋ/What do you do?
/wɒdəjədu:/
Learning the chart
Websites for writing it• http://www.phonemicchart.com/• or you can use your keyboard
Websites for learning it.• http://cambridgeenglishonline.com/Phonetics_Focus/ • http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/activities/phonemic-chart• http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/pronunciation/phone
mic-chart-and-app/interactive-phonemic-chart/
Using the chart judiciously
Showing that pronunciation isn’t as hard as it looks!
thorough/θərə/
Using the chart judiciously
cough /kɒf/ /ɒf/
Using the chart judiciously
Highlighting unexpected sounds
image /ɪʤ/
/ɪ/
Using the chart judiciously
leisure /ʒə/
/ʒ/
Using the chart judiciously
Or missing ones..
knife /naɪf/
knife
Activities for learners
Correct the teacher1 2pack backpoor borerow (/rəʊ/) row (/raʊ/)
Ask a student to say one of the words and you point to it. If you point to the wrong word (i.e. the student wanted to say one word but said the other) the student tells you, the teacher, ‘No’ and then tries again.
Activities for learners
Saying it rightOn the board write up a series of short phrases using phonemic script and ask your students to say them and work out exactly what is being said. i.e. /ˌtentəˈtu:/ (ten to two), /knaɪˌhelpˈju:/ (Can I help you?), /ˌneksˈpli:z/ (Next please!) or /ˈɪzðeərenɪƟɪnˈtu:ˌwi:t/ (Is there anything to eat?). This kind of activity is both fun and informative.
from Adrian Tennent on Onestop –http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/pronunciation/pronunciation-matters/pronunciation-matters-sound-reasons-for-teaching-pronunciation/155507.article
Any other ideas or questions
Do put them on the forum