- •1. Sound practice section.
- •1.1. Do the following exercise paying special attention to the sounds //, /, sentence stress and nuclear tones.
- •Radio Programme
- •2. Phonetic Theory Discussion Section.
- •2.2. Read Theme 6 and be ready to answer the questions given in 2.3. Theme 6. The english vowels in connected speech
- •The stressed vocalism
- •The unstressed vocalism
- •2.3. Answer the following questions with one word or phrase.
- •2.4. Consult the key to Test 6 given in the keys and count the number of the correct points you’ve scored. Use the following point-to-grade conversion scale to get your grade.
- •3. Reading Practice.
- •3.1. Make an accentual-tonetic analysis of the following extract. Practise its expressive reading. Reading Passage: Commitment
- •3.2. Read the text and speak on the intonation of wh-questions.
- •Intonation of Wh - Questions
- •3.3. Practise the following wh-questions questions and imitate their intonation patterns.
- •1. Sound practice section.
- •1.1. Do the following exercise paying special attention to the sounds //, //, sentence stress and nuclear tones.
- •Interview For a Job.
- •1.2. Revise reading rules by transcribing the following words.
- •2. Phonetic Theory Discussion Section.
- •2.2. Read Theme 7 and be ready to answer the questions given in 2.3. Theme 7. The articulatory analysis of the english front vowels: [], [] [], []
- •2.3. Answer the following questions with one word or phrase.
- •3. Reading Practice.
- •3.1. Make an accentual-tonetic analysis of the following extract. Practise its expressive reading. Reading Passage: Trust and Confidentiality
- •3.2. Read the text and speak on the intonation of Disjunctive Questions
- •Intonation of Disjunctive Questions
- •3.3. Practise the following disjunctive questions and imitate their intonation patterns:
- •Feeling Unwell
2.4. Consult the key to Test 6 given in the keys and count the number of the correct points you’ve scored. Use the following point-to-grade conversion scale to get your grade.
Point-to-Grade Conversion Scale
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Points
Grade
10
Excellent
9-8
Good
7-6
Satisfactory
5…..
Bad
3. Reading Practice.
3.1. Make an accentual-tonetic analysis of the following extract. Practise its expressive reading. Reading Passage: Commitment
1 To be professional requires commitment. 2 Teaching is not a job to be left at 5:00 in the afternoon and picked up again at 9:00 next morning. 3 To be professional demands that the teacher do whatever it takes to get the job done. 4 We work whenever, wherever, and however we can. 5 The twenty-four-hour teacher is no myth: even vacations and holidays are usually somehow turned into material for the classroom. 6 Students and their concerns are frequently the first thing teachers think of as they wake up in the morning and the last thing on their minds as they go to sleep at night. 7 This does not mean, however, that teachers have no personal lives or that they have no boundaries. 8 Because of the huge demands made on us (and ones we make on ourselves), teachers must learn to set boundaries. 9 Draw a professional line between yourself and your students. 10 True, we are our students’ friends, in that we care about them, and want what is best for them, but we cannot and shouldn’t cross the line and try to be «one of them».
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Pronunciation Points to be Checked
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Features of pronunciation |
Examples |
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1 |
Pronunciation of words and word stress |
1 commitment |
2 whatever |
3 vacation |
4 concern |
5 frequently |
6 boundaries |
7 demand |
8 personal |
9 material |
10 however |
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2 |
Articulation of difficult sounds |
: myth, thing, think |
: job, holiday, not, want, cross |
: what, work, wake, whenever, we, wherever, with |
: morning, draw, your, four |
: line, mind, try, lives, night |
3 |
Alveolars replaced by dentals |
as they wake up |
and the last thing |
that they have no boundaries |
in that we care about them |
cross the line |
4 |
Accentual-tonetic analysis of a sentence |
To be professional de mands that the teacher do whatever it takes to get the job done |
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