UNIT 3 PHONOLOGY

 What is Phonology?

During the review of unit 3 about Phonology, I can see that phonology is the study of the sound system of any language. It includes features like phonemes, word stress, sentence stress and intonation. Also, one of the most relevant element that we need to analyze are the phonetics because it studies how speech sounds are produced. In other words, phonetics and phonology of English mean how, why, we speak the way we do.

Importantly, the phonemes of a language are represented in writing by phonemic symbols such as /eə/ /ɛə/ /aɪ/ so each phonemic symbol represents just one phoneme. Additionally, we as  English teachers have to take into account this part about phonetics because this is the correct way of how to pronounce accurately. I consider that the phonetic chart  will help me at my teaching classroom because I can emphasise and teach to my students how each vowel and consonant is pronounced , and it will be an effective material for English classes. 

Mostly, the vowel sounds give to  words their volume  such as;  fish so  /i/ vowel sound is louder than fsh, on the other hand, the consonant sounds are the quieter sound. In fact, the Phonology covered more than you believe such as; voiced, unvoiced sounds, word stress, the syllable, primary stress all of those elements help us to identify its own function when we  pronounce , but we can improve our pronunciation by practicing the sounds and reviewing our knowledge about phonology.

I found those educational videos that I want to share with you.

Ortiz Lira´s IPA for Spanish speakers Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.

PHONETIC CHART 

Additional Information

Books:

1. Well, J.C.( 2006) English Intonation- An Introduction. Cambridge: CUP

2. Teach, P. (1996) The intonation System of English London: CASSELL

Bibliography: 


Spratt, M., Pulverness, A., & Williams, M. (2011). The TKT course. Ernst Klett Sprachen.

The TKT course. Module 1,2,3