The moated grange

With blackest moss the flower-plots

Were thickly crusted, one and all;

The rusted nails fell from the knots

That held the pear to the garden wall.

The broken sheds looked sad and strange:

Unlifted was the clinking latch;

Weeded and worn the ancient thatch

Upon the lovely moated grange.

Alfred Tennyson [2]

Unit 5 speech impairments: classification and treatment

In this unit you will learn about difficulties in communication which people with speech impairments have. Before you start working with the text try:

a) to explain the term “speech impairment” [spi:t∫ ım'pεəmənt] (ухудшение речи) in English.

2. To find synonyms and antonyms to:

happy, sad, stutter.

с) to answer the following questions:

1. Did you have any articulation problems in your childhood?

2. Do you think articulation problems are the most common speech impairments?

3. Do speech impairments spoil the communication and interaction with other people?

4. To guess the meaning of the following words and word combinations without using the dictionary.

Laryngitis, process, impressionist, aspects, articulation problems, professional, therapy, pathologist, specialize, normal, regional dialects, dialectal, demonstrate, concepts.

5. To do the following phonetic exercises:

Ex.1. Transcribe and pronounce the words given below.

Confuse, distinguish, distortion, exaggerate, substitute.

Ex.2. Read the following clusters with assimilation.

With speech; interests with; these three; impairment does; it does; with certain; that the message; related to; as they; repetitions that; interrupt the; find times; throughout their.

Ex.3. Pronounce the words from the text containing the sound [w] correctly.

With, when, we, well, woman, women, quality, words, aware, always.

Ex.4. Pronounce the words from the text containing the sound [r].

Schoolchildren, from, friends, recognized, create, mirror, angry, attracts, drawn, grows, traits, brash, probably, incorrectly, produced, different, considerable, errors, related, require, rate, repetitions, interrupt, repeat, stressful, rules, frequently, experience, interactions, generally.

Ex.5. Pronounce the words from the text containing the nasal sound [ŋ].

Using, stuttering, distracting, hearing, distinguishes, frustrating, producing, changing, meaning, correcting, remediating, young, substituting, working, exciting, persisting, speaking.

Ex.6. Pronounce the words from the text containing the voiced sound [ð].

With, the, these, the, this, their, others, that, than, though, they, smooth, either.

Ex.7. Pronounce the words from the text containing the voiceless sound [Ө].

Three, think, both, therapy, through, throughout.

Ex.8. Pronounce the words from the text containing the sound [v].

Voice, very, involves, receiver, individual, delivery, environment, overcome, involves, development, even, improved.

TEXT

Scan through the text to understand its main ideas. Use the given vocabulary notes.