Phonetics

Sounds As you know, the English alphabet is far from being a regular and consistent system of representing all the sounds in English. For instance, think of the letter group ough. How many different way can it sound like: And as you can see, "ough" can produce a myriad of sounds seemingly randomly. Unfortunately concensus is the last thing linguists have between them and consequently several systems exist. The following are some of the signs of the American phonetic system. Formally, /t/ becomes [t] after [s], and becomes [th] everywhere else. Consonants: Some important points: V+ denoted "voiced", and V- is "voiceless". Vowels: Even though they look like English, don't be tempted to pronounce the symbols as if they were English letters. When you say a vowel, you unconsciously change your tongue and lip into an unique configuration characterized by three attributes: Unrounded vs rounded. Related: Phonics • english

Phonetics: Beats and Rhythm –[Multimedia-English] One of the things that makes English difficult to understand for foreign students is its particular rhythm. Many languages are syllabic, that means that every syllable takes the same amount of time to pronounce. In some languages stressed syllables take longer than unstressed syllables, but still, the pronunciation unit is the syllable. English is different, we don't care about syllables, we don't even care about words, it's all about beats (sound units). But not all words are affected in the same way. 1- Content words the words with meaning (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs) 2- Grammatical words words with no meaning, but they build the grammatical structure of the sentence (prepositions, articles, verb particles, pronouns, etc.) Every sound unit (beat) has a content word, which is the most important part of it. Here's an example: Hi, What were you doing when I rang an hour ago? Content words hi, doing, rang, hourStructure words HI / what were you DOing / when i RANG / an HOUR ago

English Pronunciation We use Cisco wireless in all our buildings for convenient and immediate online access. You will need the following for the files below: English Pronunciation/Listening We use the popular Can8 VirtuaLab for all our digital language lab programs. Unit One: TH, as in THINK, BATHROOM, and TEETH. Watch this QuickTime movie on the word 'Thought' to see how to correctly make the 'TH' sound (894k). Unit Two: TH, as in THOSE, MOTHER and SOOTHE. Watch this QuickTime movie on the word 'Thy' to see how to correctly make the 'TH' sound (725k). Unit Three: L and R, as in COLLECT, CORRECT, LAMB, and RAM. Minimal Pairs (228k) In this exercise, you will hear pairs of words that are the same except for one sound. Unit FOUR :i and I, as in SEEN and SIN. Minimal Pairs (228k) In this exercise, you will hear pairs of words that are the same except for one sound. Unit FIVE: s, sh, and ch. Minimal Pairs In this exercise, you will hear pairs of words that are the same except for one sound. Unit SEVEN Our Address at OUC:

Promotora Española de Lingüística - Alfabeto Fonético Internacional Alfabeto Fonético Internacional El Alfabeto Fonético Internacional (AFI), que ha sido diseñado y es promulgado por la Asociación Fonética Internacional (AFI), es el principal alfabeto fonético usado actualmente en todo el mundo. Contiene un juego de símbolos y diacríticos, representados en las figuras inferiores, a fin de transcribir cualquier lengua, si bien sólo una porción de tales símbolos y diacríticos serán necesarios para cada una en particular. Antes de nada hay que señalar algunos principios fundamentales en la notación fonética: Algunos de los símbolos usados son los mismos que se emplean en la ortografía tradicional, como [h], [a], [t], [e], pero su valor fonético puede variar de los asociados normalmente a los caracteres ortográficos.Cada símbolo tiene un valor de sonido específico. La tabla de las consonantes sigue el método tradicional de definir las características articulatorias de los sonidos que usan aire de los pulmones.

Adrian’s Pron Chart Blog | Practical discovery of English pronunciation Learn English Free Archives | CultureAlley's Blog 1. Watch English movies/serials: Watching English movies or cartoons with subtitles (dialogues are shown in English) can help us in learning English. We can start with watching cartoons like, ‘Tom & Jerry’, ‘Tin Tin’, ‘Looney Tunes’ or T.V. serials like, ‘Koffee with Karan’ or follow YouTube channels like, look who’s talking with Niranjan Iyenger. Watching English movies or serials is an engaging way to learn because the content is interesting, however they give limited exposure to grammar. They are better if you want to practice English learning or if you are looking to build your vocabulary. 2. 3. 4. However, CultureAlley’s English App is built specifically for Hindi speakers – with grammar explanations in Hindi. 5.

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Welcome to Jolly Learning Teaching English online Ever thought about teaching English online? Sylvia Guinan , online English teacher and current winner of the British Council TeachingEnglish blog award , walks us through the opportunities and pitfalls. There are many different things to consider when it comes to online teaching. The good news is that online teaching opens up new levels of creativity and opportunity for you as a teacher. In a way, it drives you to surpass yourself and focus more on best practice as well as innovation. Technology basics Many freelance teachers teach through Skype. Resources and content creation As for resources, the following sites have wonderful materials if you don’t feel like re-inventing the wheel. Beyond that you may wish to supplement your basic course offerings, specialise for specific purposes or simply follow your own instincts and inspiration. The importance of personal learning networks I can’t stress strongly enough how important my personal learning network has been to me. Building rapport

Congreso Internacional Nebrija en Lingüística Aplicada a la Enseñanza de Lenguas | BLOG DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE LENGUAS APLICADAS You are invited to participate in our II International Conference on Applied Linguistics to Language Teaching: Towards Plurilingualism, to be held from June, 26th to 28th, 2014 in Madrid. After the excellent reception of the I Conference in 2012, with more than 300 participants from all over the world, Nebrija University becomes once again a meeting point for teachers and researchers of Spanish, English, French, and German as foreign languages. This year it will feature a novelty: the participation of two guest languages, Catalan and Chinese. Under the motto “Towards Plurilingualism,” representatives of six idiomatic communities will debate the challenges of the plurilingual society and the most recent aspects of the teaching and assessment of the communicative competency. Please, consult a more detailed information of this call at You can send us your proposals for oral presentations, workshops and posters until March, 31st. Leer Más