Final Project

Universidad de Carabobo
FACE
Dpto. Idiomas Modernos
Cátedra: Desarrollo Fonológico II
Prof. Emily Moreno

Final project:
(1st term)

Instructions:

 In triads choose one of the stress functions (differential or referential)

 Prepare a micro class to explain to the rest of the group your topic. Remember to follow the class sequence: beginning, developing and closing.

 You can use any material to support your class (video beam, flash card, mental map, etc).

 Every triad has 20 min. to do their presentation.

 You have to do some activities to practice the lesson.

 At the end you have to give others some copies of your class.

 It’s mandatory to give me a draft on paper with all the steps and material used.
Remember any question or doubts about your presentation you can write me or ask me after class.

Diphthongs Guide

Universidad de Carabobo
FACE
Dpto. Idiomas Modernos
Cátedra: Desarrollo Fonológico II
Prof. Emily Moreno

Diphthongs guide:

Front closing diphthongs:

/aI/

Orthographic representation:

i island, sign, bicycle, child.
i+ C+ e side, while, hide, knife.
y my, cycle, magnify, analyze
igh high, night, sight, right.
ie lie, die, tie, society.

/eI/

Orthographic representation:

a nation, potato, naval, ancient.
a+ C+ e late, ache, lake, make.
ai rain, mail, sail, train.
ay pay, bay, pray, May.
ea steak, break, great.
ei eight, eighteen, their, eighth.
ey they.

/ I/

Orthographic representation:

oi noise, coil, point, choice.
oy toy, destroy, employ, soy.

Back closing diphthongs:

/au/

Orthographic representation:

ow shower, how, flower, powder.
ou loud, out, doubt, proud.

/ou/

Orthographic representation:

o go, open, so, old.
o+ C+ e note, wrote, smoke, slope.
oa coat, boat, road, toast.
ou soul, though, doughnut.
ow row, show, window, tow.
oe toe, Joe.

Unusual spelling: ew sew.

Centering diphthongs
/ Iә, uә, eә/

They are very common in BrE because they are found in final position in on-rothic dialects. In AmE, they are found before /r/ and /l/.

/Iә/ fear, cereal, queer.

/uә/ poor, cure, casual.

/eә/ tear, bear, wear.

Too see more about diphthongs: http://yorku.ca/earmstro/ipa/diphthongs.html

Consonant Clusters

Universidad de Carabobo

FACE

Dpto. Idiomas Modernos
Cátedra: Desarrollo Fonológico II
Prof. Emily Moreno


Simplification of Consonant Clusters:

Consonant clusters:

• Initial CC:
  · Lengthening
  (sssstop)
  
  · Backward build up
  (ray – pray - spray)
  
  · Reading quasi-minimal pairs
  (state - estate)
• Final CC:
  · Resyllabification or phonetic syllabification
  (walked out)
  
  · Cluster reduction /p,t,k/
  (milked)
  
  · Forward build up
  (bell – belt - belts)

To see more about consonant clusters: http://www.firstschoolyears.com/literacy/word/phonics/clusters/clusters.htm

Simplification of Consonant Clusters:

Exercises:
Look at the words and sentences below and choose one or more consonant clusters techniques to help students to pronounce them. Correct them and say why you will use those techniques in each case. Remember that each case can have more than one technique.

a. Espring

b. Mary leaves out tomorrow.

c. Escream

d. She asked for the last test.