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Using Phonetics

in teaching

What is the Phonology?

Phonetics

all of the sounds

Phonemics

significant

sounds

Phonics
sounds

teaching reading

Phonology describes how to use your...

teet
h
tongu
e
lip
s
palat
e
uvul
a
laryn
x
Maybe thats why lizards cant

Inside Your Head!

We use all of these to


speak.

Consonants 1
Plosives

stop air, let it go

suddenly

unvoiced

/p/

voiced

/b/

Bilabial

- lips

Consonants 2
Plosives

stop air, let it go

suddenly

unvoiced

/t/

voiced

/d/

Alveolar

ridge behind the teeth

Consonants 3
Plosives

stop air, let it go

suddenly

unvoiced

/k/

voiced

/g/

Velar

back of the throat

Consonants 4
Fricative

let air pass

through

unvoiced

/f/

voiced

/v/

Labio-dental
teeth

lip(s) and

Consonants 5
Fricative

let air pass

through

unvoiced

//

voiced

//

Dental
tongue

teeth and

Stick your tongue out!


// and // are
both written th.
Many learners of English
mispronounce these as
/t/, /d/, /f/, /v/, /z/, /s/ or //
While this rarely affects
understanding, if you do
not pronounce this sound
correctly, you will always
have a distracting accent.

Consonants 6
Fricative

let air pass

through

unvoiced

/s/

voiced

/z/

Alveolar ridge behind


teeth

Consonants 7
Fricative

let air pass through

unvoiced

//

voiced

//

Palato-alveolar

So what is a
lisp?
I with I wath a thkylark
Id thail up in the thky
And thing thuch thad thweet
muthic
That you would thob abd thigh.
Id thing thuch tholemn melodieth
Tho thoothing and tho thad
That thilly thingth ath thoft ath

Consonants 8
Affricate

stop air, let it go

gradually

unvoiced

//

voiced

//

Palato-alveolar

Consonants 9
Fricative

let air go

through

/h/
Glottal

Consonants 10
Nasal
bilabial

let air out of your nose

/m/

alveolar

/n/

velar

//

Why is it hard to speak clearly


when you have a cold?

a hv
kd
d ba
dz

Consonants 11
Lateral

air goes around

tongue

/l/

Alveolar

Consonants 12
Approximant
Palatoalveolar

nearly touching

/r/

Palatal

/j/

Bilabial /
Velar

/w/

So can you explain the


difference between /l/ and

See your handout:


Putting it all together

BM Consonants
n
y
c
sy

Vowels

[owls]

The
consonant
s are
simple ...
Its the
vowels
that are
complicate

Lip
s
Tongue
positio
n:

front

high

i:

u:

low

mouth
back

close

open

Diphthongs

2 sounds
within the
same
syllable

Spelling of vowel sounds 1


ant
//

Short
a

Long
a
/e/

a-e

ay

ai

bab
y

tape

tra
y

snail

Spelling of vowel sounds 2


air

/e/

/:/

hai
r

banan
a

are

ar

square

car

Spelling of vowel sounds 3


/e/

bed

e
a

brea
d

Short
e
Long
e

/i:/

e
me

Forget-menot

e
a
beac
h

ee
tre
e

ey

key

pon
y

Spelling of vowel sounds 4


//

ear

//

er
fer
n

ear

eer

dee
r

ir

or

ur

wor
m

fur

shir
t

Spelling of vowel sounds 5


//

er

ar

teache
r

a
zebra

e
garde
n

or

collar

docto
r

fossil

lion

ure
measur
e

u
circu
s

Spelling of vowel sounds 6


//

tin

rocket

Short
i
Long i

//

i
tiger

i-e

igh

kite

light

fy

Spelling of vowel sounds 7


//

frog

swa
n

w
a

Short
o
Long
o

//

o
g
o

o
a
boa
t

o-e
not
e

ow
sno
w

e
w
se
w

Spelling of vowel sounds 8


//

bus

glov
e

Short
u
Long
u

/u:/

oo

//

o
o

moo
n

boo
k

ew

scre
w

ue

bull

glu
e

Spelling of vowel sounds 9


//

/:/

oor

our

ure

ur

moor

touris
t

cur
e

jur
y

or

fork

ball

o-e

aw

oor

sauc
e

saw

doo
r

Spelling of vowel sounds 10


//

//

o
w

o
y

co
w

toy

ou

oi

hous
e

coi
n

How can 5 little vowels get so complicated?

And HOW can I teach them


all?

(Im exhausted just thinking


about it!)

What is the best way to learn? (anything)

Connect the learning to as many senses as


possible.
1. hearing
2. seeing
3. smelling

5. touching
4. tasting
Action and
movement

Key Words
Connect each sound
to:

a
WORD

A picture

which
has

A
sound
An
action

Think of a key word and action for each sound

i:

u:

For example:

//

phonet
ic
sound

imag
e

appl
e
wor
d

*bite*
action
*crunch*
noise

actio
n
noise

taste
(memory
)

In the Classroom:
Stimulu
s:

Respons
e:

apple *bite*
action

*crunch*
noise

mmm think about


taste

Choose your own personalised Key


Words

Group Discussion

So ... Now were ready


to teach the kids ...

With our key


words,
sounds and
actions,
school
children will
be engaged
and will learn
quickly.

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