Vowels+&+Consonants

February 11, 2012 =Vowels & Consonants=
 * Phoneme is the smallest segmental unit of sound
 * Phonemic Awareness ~ sound system of a language ~ Phonemic Awareness and Reading are mutually reinforcing ~ don't need Phonemic Awareness to speak or listen
 * Phonologial Awareness is necessary to read or speak
 * Minimal pair ~ set of two words that differ by only one phoneme ie Fair/Care
 * Homonyms ~ same sound, same spelling, or both
 * homophone ~ same sound different spelling
 * homograph ~ same spelling may or may not have same sound
 * heteronym ~ same spelling different sounds
 * Vowels / Consonants
 * Vowels sounds are syllabic (each syllable contains a vowel)
 * Consonants are "non-syllabic"
 * English permits clusters of 2 or 3 consonants at the end of syllables THESE ARE DIFFICULT FOR L2 LEARNERS
 * Click the chart to go to the web site where you can click and hear the sound

Use this site to practice/listen for both vowels & consonants www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics
Site includes graphic of how sounds are formed.

Cononsants ~ usually in pairs (one voiced and one voiceless)

 * ===Cononsants=== || ===Voiced=== || ===Voiceless=== ||
 * Stop ~ complete stop of air || b || p ||
 * || d || t ||
 * || g || k ||
 * Fricatives ~ constrict air flow through vocal tract || v || f ||
 * || sixth || theta ||
 * || z || s ||
 * || 3sure || sh***y snake ||
 * ||  || h ||

Negative Transfer Invented Spelling 3rd Person Singular Homonyms Synonyms Antonyms