- •1. Sound practice section.
- •1.1. Do the following exercise paying special attention to the sound //, sentence stress and nuclear tones.
- •Dialogue
- •2.2. Read Theme 3 and be ready to answer the questions given in 2.3. Theme 3. The basis of articulation of english Part 2
- •2.3. Answer the following questions with one word or phrase.
- •3. Read the text and speak about the nature and function of the English Fall-Rise. The Fall-Rise
- •3.3. Practice the following sentences with the Fall-Rise showing different attitudes.
- •4.1. Listen to the dialogue “Like It or Leave It”, mark stresses and tunes according to the model. Practice its reading after the speakers. Like It or Leave It
- •1. Sound practice section.
- •1.1. Do the following exercise paying special attention to the sound //, sentence stress and nuclear tones.
- •Dialogue
- •2. Phonetic Theory Discussion Section.
- •2.1. Learn the following words and phrases to Theme 4.
- •2.2. Read Theme 4 and be ready to answer the questions given in 2.3. Theme 4. The articulatory classification of the english vowels
- •2.3. Fill out the table featuring the English vowels. Rp vowels _______
- •2.4. Answer the following questions with one word or phrase.
- •3. Read the text and speak about the intonation of statements in English.
- •Intonation of Statements
- •3.3. Practise the following statements and imitate their intonation Patterns.
- •4.1. Listen to the dialogue “Big Shots in Sport”, mark stresses and tunes according to the model. Practice its reading after the speakers. Big Shots in Sport
2.3. Answer the following questions with one word or phrase.
Test 3. THE BASIS OF ARTICULATION OF ENGLISH. Part 2
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Describe the position of the tongue during speech pauses in English. |
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Describe the position of tongue during speech pauses in Ukrainian. |
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Is the articulation more tense in English or Ukrainian? |
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Is palatalization typical of English? |
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How do we call vowels of stable / unstable articulation? |
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Is the articulation of Ukrainian vowels stable or unstable? |
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What is the division of vowels according to the duration of articulation? |
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Are long and short vowels discriminated in Ukrainian? |
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What is the name of a peculiar puff of air during the articulation of the English plosive voiceless sounds? |
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Are final consonants devoiced partly or completely in English? |
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The number of correct points is |
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My grade is |
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3. Read the text and speak about the nature and function of the English Fall-Rise. The Fall-Rise
The Fall-Rise is a complex tone. It consists of two elements: the falling part and the rising part. The (falling) Fall-Rise can be high (emphatic) and low (normal), but the fall is always higher than the rise.
It is realized in speech in two allotones the use of which depends on the structure of the word that takes it. So we can speak about the Fall-Rise compressed into one syllable (undivided) and that one spread over a number of syllables or words (divided), e.g.
Yes. You know.
Really. Generally.
The Fall-Rise is often called an implicatory tone. It may convey different attitudes, such as warning, hesitation, concern, correction, contradiction, contrast, apology. The Fall-Rise is mostly used in implicatory statements, requests, apologies, non-terminal intonation groups, e.g.
Translate it into French, please. – Well, I’m a student of English (correction).
Will you bring some buns for breakfast.
Excuse me.
Our city is very green and cosy.
3.3. Practice the following sentences with the Fall-Rise showing different attitudes.
1. No. Perfectly.
2. Are you French? – British / Danish / German / Spanish / Italian (polite correction).
3. They’re coming today, aren’t they? – Monday / Friday / to morrow / next week / probably.
4. Is it finished? – Almost / nearly / partly / hardly / practically.
5. You want me to help you, don’t you. – Yes / No / Please / Try / If you could.
6. That’s wrong. – It isn’t. / It’s not. / It shouldn’t be. / I don’t think so. It’s no use saying now.
7. When can you come? – I don’t know e xactly (hesitation).
8. Excuse me. I didn’t mean to hurt you.
9. To tell you the truth I’m not hungry.
10. Actually I didn’t like this idea.
11.As a matter of fact we never met each other before.
12. And what is it now? – Translate in to English, please.
Pronunciation Practice.