
- •The Syllable. The Principles of Syllable Division The nature of the syllable
- •Of compound words
- •The Primary and the Secondary Meaning of Letters
- •Reading of vowels in stressed syllables
- •The Primary Sound Meanings of Vowels in Different Types of Syllables
- •Reading single vowel letters in stressed non-final syllables
- •Test I
- •Test II
- •Reading of Stressed Vowels in Combination with the Letter ”r”
- •Idioms, sayings:
- •Reading of Vowel Digraphs*
- •Principles of Reading Vowel Digraphs
- •Reading of the digraph “ou” in homographes:
- •Vowel Letter Combinations
- •Test I
- •Test II
- •Reading of Unstressed Vowels
- •Reading of Consonants
- •Reading of “c, g, j”
- •Reading of endings -(e)s, -(e)d
- •Reading of combinations of vowels with consonants
- •Mute Consonants
- •Reading of English Consonant Clusters
- •Reading of “ng, nk”
- •Reading of letter “n”
- •Revision and Consolidation Practice
- •I) Each word here has the sound [u:]. How many ways are there to spell this sound? Arrange the words into the groups:
- •Additional Practice in Reading and Memory Work
- •Bibliography
- •Contents
-
Bibliography
Cotton D. Market Leader. Pre-Intermediate Business English. Longman, 2007.
Hancock M. English Pronunciation in Use. Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Hornby A.S. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Compass. Oxford University Press, 2005.
Kelly J. How to Teach Pronunciation. Longman, 2003.
Vaughan-Rees M. Test Your Pronunciation, Penguin English, 2006.
Contents
1.The Syllable. The Principles of Syllable Division 4
2.The Primary and the Secondary Meaning of Letters 8
3.The Primary Sound Meanings of Vowels in Different Types of Syllables 9
4.Reading of Stressed Vowels in Combination with the Letter ”r” 18
5.Reading of Vowel Digraphs 23
6.Reading of Unstressed Vowels 34
7.Reading of Consonants 40
8.Mute Consonants 50
9.Reading of English Consonant Clusters 52
10.Revision and Consolidation Practice 60
11.Additional Practice in Reading and Memory Work 68
12.BIBLIOGRAPHY 72
* Digraph [daıgræf] – a pair of letters that represent one sound