PHONETICS

WHAT IS PHONETICS?
 DEFINITION

• Phonetics, the study of speech sounds, their physiological

production, and acoustic qualities. It deals with the
configurations of the vocal tract used to produce speech
sounds, the acoustic properties of speech sounds, and the
manner of combining sounds so as to make syllables,
words, and sentences.

LET’S GIVE THE PHONEMIC CHART A LOOK

 VOWELS

• ALL OF THEM ARE VOICED

• THEY CAN BE SHORT OR LONG
• THE SAPE OF OUR MOUTH CHANGES
PRACTICING PRONUNCIATION
/A/ SOUNDS
/O/ SOUNDS
E SOUNDS
U SOUNDS
 HOMEWORK

• There are 12 vowel sounds, but you have only seen 11. Find 3 words for each
sound and copy them in your notebook. Eg:

a:
Do the same with
1. Car the rest of the
2. Park sounds

3. Star
• Send and audio pronouncing one of the words of each sound.