GRADE 10

Selected Topics
INTERNATION
AL PHONETIC
ALPHABET
PROF. ROY A. BANDOJA
Instructor
 ipa
The International Phonetic Alphabet is an alphabetic system
of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin script. It
was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the
late 19th century as a standardized representation of speech
sounds in written form.

2
 basically
Used for phonetic and phonemic transcription

3
 generally
“SPELLING IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM
PRONUNCIATION”

PHONEME – THE SMALLEST UNIT OF

LANGUAGE
- Synonymous to sound

4
 example
The word MOTHER
It is composed of six letters in spelling

… but its PHONETIC SYMBOL looks like this

/ˈmʌðɚ/ /ˈmʌðɚr/

…and there are only four sounds or phonemes

involved
5
TRY THIS…
The word WALK
/wɔk/
The word BALM
/bɑm/
The word MONDAY
/mʌnˌdɪ/
The word PHYSICS
/fɪzɪks/

6
7
8
9
 THE
VOWELPHONEMES
THE VOWELS OF ENGLISH
ALPHABET
A,E,I,O,U
10
 THE VIETOR
TRIANGLE
THE VOWEL PHONEMES
CHART

11
Selected Topics
basic phonetics
AND INTRO
TO
LITERATURE
1ST QUARTER AND 2ND QUARTER
13
14
15
16
17
 answer
1. [mæn]
2. [mæŋɡəʊ]
3. [ɛr] or [ɛə] [e] “ey”
4. [tuːm]
5. [riːd] or [rɛd]

18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
 WRITE THE CORRECT PHONETIC SYMBOL
VOWEL PHONEME
✘ 1. Ego 6. buffet
✘ 2. Saturday 7. genius
✘ 3. frappe 8. steak
✘ 4. sandwich 9. senate
✘ 5. leopard 10. marry

43
44
45