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Speaking Clearly Consonants Vowels Syllables
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Speaking Clearly
Speaking clearly is difficult for some, but clear speech matters – the public speaker, debater, voice artist, prose, or poetry reader, must speak clearly.
What is the problem?
a.) Articulation,
b.) Vocal Tone Control,
c.) Nervousness
What speaking clearly can do? Avoids misunderstandings in dealings. It affects relationships.
What will happen if speaking is not clear? Business will suffer, Relationships will suffer, Affects the tone of voice in talks, in public speaking. Can cause innocent oral remarks in teaching, debating to insult. Limits opportunities.
How we can get rid of clear speech inability?
Practicing clear speaking.
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Consonants
/p/ Pen, spin, tip
/f/ Fool, enough, leaf, off, photo
/h/ Ham
/b/ But, web /v/ Voice, have, of
/m/ Man, ham
/t/ Two, sting, bet
/θ/ Thing, teeth /n/ No, tin
/d/ Do, odd /Ә/ (Shua)
This, breadth, father
/Ŋ/ (ENG)
Ringer, sing, finger, drink
/tf/ Chair, nature, teach
/S/ See, city, pass
/l/ Left, bell
/dz/ Gin, joy, edge
/z/ Zoo, rose /r/ Run, very
/k/ Cat, kill, skin, queen, unique, thick
/ſ/ (Long S)
She, sure, emotion, leash
/w/ We, queen
/g/ Go, get, beg
/Zh/ Pleasure, beige, seizure
/j/ Yes, Europe
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Tips for pronouncing ‘v’ and ‘w’ correctly
To make the ‘v’ sound in ‘vest’ -> touch your upper front teeth to your lower lip and make a buzzing sound. (If you don’t buzz, ‘v’ will sound like ‘f’, for example, ‘Vast’ without vibration sounds like ‘fast’).
To make ‘w’ sound in ‘west’ -> round your lips slightly and make a voiced gliding sound. Don’t let your bottom lip touch the teeth.
When Pronounced correctly, V shouldn’t stand out too much. It’s sound, although noticeable, is small. As a result, people, depending on their native language, sometimes confuse V with B(Spanish, Japanese), with F(German), or with W(Chinese, Hindi).
These four sounds are not at all interchangeable.
Examples:----
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Very Void Valid Vacant
Voucher Verify Veto Virtual
Volume Avoid Advise Convey
Invest Divide Convince November
We Watch Week Want
Wont World Work Win
Wednesday Warning Always Women
Away Someone Sandwich Awkward
Waste Waiting Why When
Victoria Vincent Wendy Worried
Valentine Visit Graveyard Proverb
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Practicing ‘S’, and ‘Z’ Sound
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“S” “Z” “S” “Z”
Race Raise Dice Dyes
Loose Lose Cease Seize
Produce Use Niece Knees
Pace Pays Place Plays
Confess Confuse Loss Laws
Face Phase Price Prize
This These Rice Rise
Thinks Things Precedent President
The ‘S’ sound in ‘ice’ is a hissing sound(like a tea kettle) with no vibrations. The ‘Z’ sound in ‘eyes’ is a buzzing sound(like a bee) made with the vibration
of the vocal cords.
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Practicing ‘Z’, and ‘Zh’ Sound
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Resort Busy Museum Feasible Resign
Resolve Choose Reason Confuse Enclose
Easy Applause Has His These
Design Clause Thousand Always Tuesday
Exercise Invisible Advertise Business Resume
-The “Z” Sound
-The “Zh” Sound
Pleasure Revision Usually Division
Visual Casual Occasion Leisure
Version Closure Confusion Measure
Occasion Mirage Treasures Garage
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Now Two Most Important things in Communications
Vowels Syllables
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Vowels
The vowels are those sounds where our articulators do not come into contact with each other. They typically give the language its accent. It is these that help us differentiate between different areas of the country and the world. They are divided into two types:
1. Monophthongs(Single Sound) – They are 12 in numbers.
2. Diphthongs(Gliding double sound) – They are 8 in numbers.
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Monophthongs
Monophthongs Examples(Pronunciation)
Monophthongs Examples(Pronunciation)
Tree- tr Ago - g u
Insect- nsekt Boot - b t
Bet b t Fur - f r (us- f
Cat - K t Foot - f t
Car- k Up - p
Bought - b t Saw - s
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Diphthongs
Diphthongs Examples(Pronunciation)
Diphthongs Examples(Pronunciation)
play-pl Boy -b
Know-n Near-n
Sky-sk Where- w
How-h Pure-pj
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Long Vowels and Short Vowels
Long Vowels Short Vowels Long Vowels Short Vowels
Beat Bit Bead Bid
Seat Sit Seed Sid
Heat Hit Heed Hid
Feet Fit Feed Fin
Read Read(Past) Mead Mid
Greet Grit Sleep Slip
Deep Dip Deed Did
Neat Knit Need Kid
Leaf Lift Leave Live
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Long Vowels and Short Vowels
Long Vowels Short Vowels Long Vowels Short Vowels
Meal Mill Green Grin
Feel Fill Jeep Jip
Peel Pill Reed Rid
Seek Sick Steal Still
Street Strip Team Tim
These This Thief Things
Weep Whip Deed Did
Neat Knit Need Kid
Leaf Lift Leave Live
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Syllables
The Syllable is the unit of rhythm. It tells us about the number of beats in a word or sentence.
Types of Syllables
1. Monosyllabic(run, in out)
2. Bi-syllabic(heavy, auto, lancer)
3. Tri - syllabic (intellect, consonant)
4. Polysyllabic(examination, alternation, extinguisher)
Syllables are a very important part of our speech;
1. They give the word its pronunciation.
2. They are sound units that build up the structure of every word, without proper syllable stress speech would sound dull and monotonous.
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Syllabification Rules
A one syllable word is never divided. E.g. Boat, Good, Knelt. A compound word is divided between the words that make the
compound word. E.g. Shot gun, Sun set, Air plane. Divide between two consonants. E.g. Hap py, Per haps. When a word has an affix, it is divided between the root and the affix.
E.g. Re run, Soft ness, Cry ing. When a single consonant comes between two vowels, it is usually
divided after the consonant if the first vowel is short. E.g. Clev er, Lem on, Rob in.
When a single consonant comes between two vowels or vowel sound, it is usually divided before the consonant if the first vowel is long. E.g. Mu sic, Po lite, Pa per.
Divide between two vowels when they are sounded separately. E.g. Di et, O bey, A live, U ni form.
When a word ends in I-e preceded by a consonant, divide before the consonant. E.g. Tur tle, Ca ble, This tle.
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