La Enseñanza de las Formas Débiles del Ingles. Instituto de Perfeccionamiento Docente de Tucumán. 2º Cuatrimestre.

DATE: November 18, 2016.

2016

NAME: _____________________________________________

TRABAJO PRACTICO Nº 7 CONSONANT SOUNDS I.

ACTIVITY I. Description of Consonant sounds. Complete the chart below with the most appropriate information.

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ACTIVITIY II. RULES OF PRONUNCIATION. Complete the boxes below with words from the text. One of the most acclaimed movies last winter was The Avengers. The plot centers around an international agency which recruits some of the most powerful super-heroes: Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. One of their enemies is Loki, Thor’s step-brother, who puts together an army of aliens and wishes to destroy the world and kill all the humans. After its release, movie theatres were packed with enthusiastic teenagers who evidently followed the story behind each character. Luckily, the film ended with a positive mood, bad characters are arrested and locked away and peace is finally restored.

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La Enseñanza de las Formas Débiles del Ingles. Instituto de Perfeccionamiento Docente de Tucumán. 2º Cuatrimestre.

2016

III. CONTRASTIVE PHONOLOGY. English vs Spanish Consonant sounds. Circle those English consonants which are used in Spanish either as phonemes or allophones.

III. NEGATIVE TRANSFER. Some of the following English words may be mispronounced by Spanish learners of English due to a negative transfer from their L1. Transcribe the deviant pronunciation of the underlined sounds. Use the symbols of Spanish consonant sounds included below.

1. About 2. Very 3. Intelligent 4. again

/ə___aʊt/ /___ eri/ /ɪntelɪ___ənt/ /ə___eɪn/

5. 6. 7. 8.

radio idea. He Music.

Firma del docente, y DNI.

/___eɪdiəʊ/ /aɪ___ɪə/ /___i/ /mjuː__ɪk/

La Enseñanza de las Formas Débiles del Ingles. Instituto de Perfeccionamiento Docente de Tucumán. 2º Cuatrimestre.

2016

Spanish Consonants (phonemic and allophonic variants) symbol

EXAMPLE

/t̪ /

Tanto

Voiceless dental stop

/d̪/

duelo

Voiced dental stop

[β]

Abuelo

Voiced bilabial fricative. An intervocalic allophone of /b/

[ð]

Adentro

Voiced dental fricative. An allophone of /d/

[θ]

zapato

[ʃ]

calle

/ʝ/

Calle, yo

[λ]

calle

Voiced palatal fricative. Usually in “ll, y” spellings in Spanish. Usually referred to as “yeísmo” Voiced palatal lateral. Usually “ll” spelling and a regional allophonic variant of Spanish

/x/

Javier

phoneme/ʝ/, usually referred to as “lleísmo” Voiceless velar fricative.

[ɣ]

agatas

Voiced velar fricative. An intervocalic variant of Spanish /g/.

/ɲ/

Ñato

Voiced palatal nasal. Typical Spanish consonant.

[ŋ]

Tango

Voiced velar nasal. An allophone of Spanish /n/.

[j]

Hielo, yo

/r/

carro

Voiced alveolar trill.

[ɾ]

Pero

Voiced alveolar tap. An allophone of /r/.

[h]

Mismo, mujer

DESCRIPTION

Voiceless dental fricative. Only in Spain. Also for words like “Cecilia” Voiceless post-alveolar fricative. A Rioplatense allophone of /ʝ/

Voiced palatal approximant. An allophone usually found in Santiago del Estero “yo”

Voiceless glottal fricative. An allophone of /s/ and sometimes /x/. A central American variant of /x/.