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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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