English Phonetics and Phonology - Week 10: Weak Vowels and Weak Forms

Introduction: Hello and welcome to the Week 10 of the course English Phonetics and Pholology for the Bachelor's in English Teaching at ULACIT term IIIC 2023. This week we will consider ways in which the individual sounds in some words change when we pronounce them in natural, fluent speech and we will learn a new phonetic symbol for the "dark l" sound.

Today's Goals: 

• Interpret transcriptions of character dialogue and write them in standard English.
• Complete a guided exploration task to become familiar with weak forms.
• Review a vowel quiz created by previous students in this course.

Guiding Questions: 

• How does syllable stress affect the pronunciation of other parts of a word?
• What is the dark L?
• What is a syllabic consonant?
• What is phonology?

Task 1: /æt hoʊm wɪθ ɪŋlɪʃ  klɪp/

This week you did a transcription of a clip from the English learning series "At Home with English.". Let's review your transcription and interpret a transcription into standard English.

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Task 2: /væwəl ænd sɪləbəl rɪdʌkʃən ɪn nɔrməl spitʃ/

Click your group link and complete the virtual worksheet with your partners.

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Task 3: /teɪk ðʌ kwɪz/

Take one of the vowel quizzes made by previous students in this course. Did they get everything right? What would you improve? 

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