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Phonetics and Phonology: Cesar Bautista - Lina Fonseca - Carolina Infante - Camilo Lopez 2017

This document discusses phonology and the teaching of pronunciation in English language learning. It defines phonology as the study of the sounds in a language and notes that Standard American English is often used as the model for studying English sounds. It describes phonological rules such as assimilation, deletion, insertion, and metathesis that affect how sounds change in words. The document provides tips for teaching pronunciation, such as checking your own pronunciation, understanding how English sounds are made, making connections between English and students' first languages, prioritizing pronunciation needs, targeting phonological awareness, and using songs and chants to practice sounds.

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Phonetics and Phonology: Cesar Bautista - Lina Fonseca - Carolina Infante - Camilo Lopez 2017

This document discusses phonology and the teaching of pronunciation in English language learning. It defines phonology as the study of the sounds in a language and notes that Standard American English is often used as the model for studying English sounds. It describes phonological rules such as assimilation, deletion, insertion, and metathesis that affect how sounds change in words. The document provides tips for teaching pronunciation, such as checking your own pronunciation, understanding how English sounds are made, making connections between English and students' first languages, prioritizing pronunciation needs, targeting phonological awareness, and using songs and chants to practice sounds.

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PHONETICS AND

PHONOLOGY
Cesar Bautista – Lina Fonseca – Carolina Infante - Camilo Lopez
2017
◦ The teaching of pronunciation has remarkable changes throughout the
history of language teaching and learning. Throughout history, teachers
and applied linguists have been concerned with the difficulty on
teaching this skill.

◦ Phonology is the study of the sounds of a language. When spoken,


English can sound like an unbroken string of sounds, but it is actually
made up of many smaller sound units, called phonemes.

◦ For English, Standard American English is often the model for studying
and determining the sounds of English, but there are many variations of
English which have phonological differences, what native speakers
might perceive as different ‘accents’.
Phonological rules explain what happens when sounds
change in different contexts of words, including:

Assimilation: a sound in a word becomes more similar to


surrounding sounds (i.e. the different pronunciation of –
ed based on the sound preceding it)
Deletion: sounds are excluded from words (i.e.
“labratory" for laboratory or “an” for and)
Insertion: sounds are added to words, most
commonly an affix (i.e. “sumpthing” for something).
Metathesis: sounds are reversed in order
(i.e. “aks” for ask or “pasketti” for spaghetti)
IN THE CLASSROOM
Tips for Applying Phonology:

Check your pronunciation: When we are teaching English, our own and
students’ pronunciations and identification of sounds can be heavily influenced
by the variety of English spoken or other languages spoken.

How English sounds are made: The characteristics of sound creation


(consonants and vowels) can be helpful when understanding mispronunciations
and when teaching new distinct sounds for ESL students.
◦ Connections between English & Spanish sounds: This shows
sounds that are shared and distinct between English and
Spanish. A teacher can help Spanish speakers to learn English
sounds by making connections with similar sounds in Spanish and
explicitly teach distinct English sounds using the appropriate
mouth formation for accurate pronunciation.
◦ Prioritize pronunciation as needed: Our overall goal as teachers is
to make sure that students can produce clear speech that can
be understood by others, for successful communication.
Mispronunciation, due to phonological rules or differences from a
native language or variant of English, may alter or hinder a
message, having an effect on the greater meaning of their
message. As teachers, we must prioritize and focus on
pronunciation skills as needed, to best support the student so
they are understood and comprehended.
◦ Target phonological awareness: The Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening
(PALS) provides information about how students are developing with early literacy
skills. Reading Rockets also has a good article on phonemic awareness in young
children, that provides developmental perspective as well as student activities.
◦ Sing it! Jazz Chants can be a great way to practice the sounds and pronunciation of
English.

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