Briefing Session Intensive Course in English The Chinese University of Hong Kong 12 January, 2008.

1. Briefing Session Intensive Course in English The Chinese University of Hong Kong 12 January, 2008. The Sounds of “Chinese English” Using English Phonemic Alphabet for better Pronunciation Access to the Intensive Course in English Pronunciation on the Web

2. PCE 1003 Intensive Course in English English Phonetic Transcription

3. What is English Pronunciation? English is a polysyllabic language  syllables  sounds: vowels + consonants  stress primary stress /  / secondary stress /  /

4. beau - ti - ful : /    :      /

5. development de - ve - lop - ment /          /

6. pronunciation pro - nun - ci- a - tion /          / phonetic slashes / / extension mark / : / /:/

7. How to master the sounds Vowels The sounds that could be heard distinctly

8. How to master the sounds Diphthongs (two vowels put together) Triphthongs (three vowels put together)

9. How to master the sounds Consonants Speech sounds “produced by completely or partly stopping the air being breathed out through the mouth” Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

10. Easy Access to Phonemes Vowels : 12 (6 minimal pairs) Diphthongs: 8 (3 groups) Consonants: 24

11. Easy Access to Phonemes: Vowels • i seat /si/  sit /st/ •  bat /bt/ e bet /bet/ •  father /f(r)/  cup /kp/ •  caught /kt/  cot /kt/ • u fool /ful/  foot /f/ •  bird /bd/  about /bt/

12.  or  ?  as in seat /  / and  as in sit /  / Feet Fit Sleep Slip Pill Peel Pretty Peter Jean Jim Bill Kiss

13.  or  ? Feet // Fit // Sleep // Slip // Pill // Peel // Pretty // Peter // Little // Jim // Jean // Bill // Kiss //

14. or  ? • as in ten // and  as in cat // Bed Bad Pet Pat Black Anne Ellen Ben Betty Better Batter

15. or  ? Bed /e/ Bad / / Pet /e/ Pat / / Black / / Anne / / Ellen /e/ Ben /e/ Betty /e/ Better /e/ Batman / /

16.  or  ?  as infather /()/ or  as incup // Heart Cut Cart Hut Ask Husband Uncle Card Star Farm Truck much

17.  or  ? Heart // Cut // Cart // Hut // Ask // Husband // Uncle // Card // Star // Farm // Truck // Much //

18.  or ?  as in saw // or  as in got // Sport Spot Forks Fox Pot Port Cot Court Bottle Doctor daughter

19.  or ? Sport // Spot // Forks // Fox // Pot // Port // Cot // Court // Bottle // Doctor // Daughter //

20.  or  ?  as in too /  / or  as in put /  / Good Wool Tool Boot Full Fool Pull Pool Rude Cook Book Choose

21.  or  ? Good // Wool // Tool // Boot // Full // Fool // Pull // Pool // Rude // Cook // Book // Choose //

22.  or  ?  as in bird /  / or  as in about /  / Again Police Burn Ago Firm purse

23.  or  ? as in bird /  / or as in about /  / Again // Police // Burn // Ago // Firm // Purse //

24. Six pairs of Vowels i seat /si/  sit /st/  bat /bt/ e bet /bet/  father /f(r)/  cup /kp/  caught /kt/  cot /kt/ u fool /ful/  foot /fl/  bird /bd/  about /bt/

25. /  / /    / David /    / Richard / : / /  :  () / Peter /   / quay

26. /  / /   / happy /   / a compromise between // and /:/

27. /  / /    / Ellen /   () / eleven /  / /   / Alan /   / Alex

28. / : / / :  () / Arthur / : () / car

29. /  / /  / Douglas / () / Durham

30. /  / /    / John /    / Yvonne / : / / :  / Audrey / :  / Sean

31. /  / /    / foot /    / full / : / /  :  / food /  :  / rude /  :  / fool

32. / : / /  :  / bird /  : / girl

33. /  / /    / Aaron /    / Albert /    / Sharon / :  / pneumonia /   () / ulcer / :  : / supermarket

34. Easy Access to Phonemes: Diphthongs e say /se/ afive /fv/  boy /b/  go /g/ a now /na/  ear /(r)/ e air /e(r)/  poor /p(r)/

35. Chairs Cheers Bear Beer Pear Pier Rarely Really Staring steering Paper Sail Game Date Choice Make Cake Boil Joy Eye White wine Can you get the diphthongs in these words? Ground Brown Out Towel How Home Tone Show cold

36. Chairs e Cheers  Bear e Beer  Pear e Pier  Rarely e Really  Staring e Steering  Paper e Sail e Game e Date e Choice  Make e Cake e Boil  Joy  Eye a White a Wine a Ground a Brown a Out a Towel a How a Home  Tone  Show  Cold 

37. /  / /    / gauge /   / Adrian

38. /  / / / eye / I /   /indict /    / Brian / Bryan /    / Fife /    / five

39. /  / /   / oil /   / boy /   () / oyster

40. /  / /   () / hour /    / lounge /    / vowel

41. /  / /    / gold /    / Fiona

42. /  / /  () / ear /    / Beatrice /    / query

43. /  / /   () / fair /    / Mary /     / Aaron

44. /  / /   () / poor /    / Europe

45. Easy Access to Phonemes: Triphthongs  fire /  () /  sour /  () /  player /  () /

46. Easy Access to Phonemes: Consonants

47. Consonants/1  pen /  /  bad /  /  tea /  /  did /  /  cat /  /  got / /

48. Consonants/2  leg /  /  red /  /  man /  /  no /  /  sing /  /

49. Consonants/3  so /  /  zoo /  /  shoe /  / tension /  ()  /  vision /  /

50. Consonants/4  chain /  /  jam /  /  fall /  /  van /  /  wet /  /