VCE English Language Phonetics, Phonology and Prosodic Features of stress, pitch and intonation.

1. English Language Unit 1English Language Unit 1
Assassin(n)
n. Murderer, generally somewhat professional; esp.
one who murders a prominent figure.
During the time of the Crusades the members of a
certain secret Muslim sect engaged people to
terrorise their Christian enemies by performing
murders as a religious duty. These acts were carried
out under the influence of hashish, and so the killers
became known as hashshashin, meaning eaters or
smokers of hashish. Hashshashin evolved into the
word assassin.

2. GKRGKR
Complete Handout 1 – Match the
subsystem to its area of language.

3. Learning Intention:
Exploring phonology, phonemes and
prosody
Success criteria:
Able to explain:
what phonology is
what phonemes are
what the IPA is and what it is used for
what the prosodic features of speech are

4. Glossary VocabularyGlossary Vocabulary
Pitch
Intonation
Prosodic
Prosody
Phonemes
Transcribe

5. PhonologyPhonology
the study of sound systems and patterns
of sound in language
many sounds are language specific
some sounds are voiced and some are
voiceless

6. PhonemesPhonemes
are individual units of sound that can be
pronounced on their own and considered
‘one sound’ (the smallest unit of sound)
e.g.: boo [bu], book [bƱk], blood [blɅd]

7. PhonemesPhonemes
there can be differences in pronunciation
within a language e.g.:
NSW – dance [d ns] VIC – [/dæns/]ɑː
there are 44 phonemes in English
a complete list of
can be found at
http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/litera
cy/lit_site/lit_sites/phonemes_001/

8. IPA ChartIPA Chart
The IPA chart is a tool for transcribing the
sounds of speech independent of any
particular language and applicable to all
languages.
The IPA is used in dictionaries to indicate
the pronunciation of words.
The IPA has often been used as a basis for
creating new writing systems for previously
unwritten languages.

9. IPA Chart – Learning the symbolsIPA Chart – Learning the symbols
There are plenty of You Tube clips with
an interactive IPA chart, sound and word
examples.
Try Interactive Phonetic Chart British Male
Voice With Examples at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=I1Cjec_Rk7A

10. IPA ChartIPA Chart
Or
The Phonetics Symbols Course
which can be found at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=fWbmOuq4eVs

11. ListeningListening
the sound of a word is worked out in
phonetics but can change when spoken as
part of a phrase
do not think about how the word is spelt
listen for the sounds

12. Prosodic FeaturesProsodic Features
Features of speech apart from actual
words
Stress
Pitch
Intonation

13. StressStress
emphasis on a particular syllable
placing emphasis during an utterance is
used to convey meaning

14. Pitch and IntonationPitch and Intonation
Pitch - the high, medium and low sounds
of our voice as we speak
Intonation – the pattern of the changes in
pitch

15. Intonation PractiseIntonation Practise
Read a sentence aloud, then hum it. Let
your classmates comment on your
intonation.
1.Yes, let’s go have a cuppa.
2. I’m not sure I want to agree to this.
3. Keep going, I’m listening.
4. I’m not really sure about this.
5. I’m telling my cricket teammate to run.

16. ActivityActivity
Do exercises 4.1.1 to 4.1.6

17. ReviewReview
Go to Infuse Learning,
Log in as student
Room no. 93646
Complete the short quiz
OR
Complete the written quiz

18. BibliographyBibliography
http://www.nativlang.com/linguistics/ipa-
pronunciation-lessons.php