PRONOUNCING THE RHYTHM INTONATION SOUNDS AND MELODIES

                                              OF AMERICAN ENGLISH

 

                                               AUDIO INDEX

1:A                                                                Pg.         1:B                                                                    Pg.

1

Vowel Sounds & Symbols

6, 7

1

/æ/, /eI/ & /ɛ/ Contrasts

15

2

/I/ Vowel

8

2

Front Vowel Contrasts

16

 3

/ɛ/ Vowel

9

3

Back Vowel Contrasts

17

4

/^/ Vowel

10

4

Syllable Reduction in Words

18

5

/ə/ Vowel

11

5

Vowel Length & Voicing

19, 20

6

/U/ Vowel

12

6

/aI/ Vowel

21

7

/I/, /ɛ/, and /^/ Contrasts

13

7

/ei/ Vowel

22

8

/I/, /ɛ/, and /^/ Listening Ex.

13

8

/e/ Vowel + /n/

23

9

Listening Ex.- Schwa Ident.

14

9

/a/ and /^/ Contrasts.

24

10

Listening Ex- Hard Vowels

14

 

           

 2:A                                                                            2:B

1

/ɝ/ Vowel,   Primary Syllable

25

1

/i/ Vowel

36

2

/ɚ/ Vowel,   Weak Syllable

26

2

/æ/ Vowel

37

3

/aɚ/ Diphthong

27

3

/a/  Vowel

38

4

/ɔɚ/ Diphthong

28

4

/o/ Vowel

39

5

Additional /r/ Diphthongs

29

5

/oU/ + /n/ Vowel

40

6

Recurring /r/ Vowel Reading

30

6

/I/ - /i/ Contrasts

41

7

Initial /r/ Consonants

31

7

/oU/ & /a/ Contrasts

42

8

/r/ Blends

32, 33

8

Listening Ex.- /I/ and /i/

43

9

/pra/ & /prə/

34

9

/j/ + /u/ Vowel

44

10

Additional /r/ Words

35

10

/aU/ Vowel

45

 

11

/ɔi/ Vowel

46

 3:A                                                      3:B

1

1 & 2 Syllable Stress Patterns

51

1

Compound Words/ Set Phrases

58

2

3   Syllable Stress Patterns

52

2

Adjective + Noun Stress Pattern

59

3

4  Syllable Stress Patterns

53

3

Word Stress Shift Examples

60

4

Listening 1-  Syllable Stress 

54

4

Word Emphasis Listening Ex.

62

5

Listening  2-  Syllable Stress

54

5

Linking-   Vowel to Vowel

63

6

Listening  3- Syllable Stress 

54

6

Linking -  Consonant to Vowel

64

7

Listening -  Phrase Patterns

56

7

Prepositional  Phrases

65

8

Listening -  Syllable Reduct.

57

8

Unreleased Voiceless Stops

66

 

9

Unreleased Voiced Stops

67



4:A                                                            Pg.              4:B                                                                   Pg.

Consonant Sounds /Symbols

68,69

1

/s/ & /z/ Grammar Endings

79

2

Released /p/

70

2

/d/,  /t/ &  /əd/ Grammar Endings

80

3

Released /t/

71

3

Past Tense Ending Exercise

81

4

Released /k/

72

4

/s/, /z/ & /əz/ Ending Exercise

81

5

/p/ - /b/ Contrasts

73

5

Listening Ex.-  Final Consonants

81

6

/t/ - /d/ Contrasts

74

6

Recurring /p/  Reading

82

7

/k/ - /g/ Contrasts

75

7

Recurring /t/  Reading

83

8

Flap /t/

76

8

Recurring /k/  Reading

83

9

Glottal /t/

77

9

Recurring Past Tense Reading

84

 

10

Recurring /s/, /z/ & /ə/ Reading

84

 

 5:A                                                                             5:B

1

Voiceless /s/

85

1

/s/ & /z/  Contrasts 

92

2

Voiceless /ʃ/

86

2

/s/ & /ʃ/  Contrasts 

92

3

Voiceless /tʃ/

87

3

/ʧ/ & /ʃ/  Contrasts 

93

4

Voiced /z/

88

4

/z/ & /ʤ/ Contrasts

93

5

Voiced /ʒ/

89

5

/s/ Blends

94

6

Voiced /ʤ/

90

6

Final Consonant Clusters

95

7

Listening Ex.- Sibilants

91

7

Recurring Friction Readings

96

8

Plural Practice

91

8

Voiceless  /q/

97

 

9

 Voiced  /δ/

98

                                                                                       

 6:A                                                                             6:B

1

Syllabic /l/   Voiced Consonant

99

1

/ŋ/ Consonant

110

2

Syllabic /l/   Voiceless Consonant

100

2

/ŋ/ - /n/ Contrasts

111

3

Vowel + /l/

101

3

Voiced /v/ Consonant

112

4

Alveolar /l/

102

4

/v/- /w/ Contrasts

113

5

/l/ Blends/  Voiced Consonant

103

4

/b/ - /v/ Contrasts

114

6

/l/ Blends/  Voiceless Consonant

104

6

Tongue Twisters

115

116

7

Final /li/ Practice

105

7

Homophones

117

8

/l/ Consonant Clusters

106

8

Homographs

119

9

 /r/ and /l/ Combinations

107

9

Homographs in Sentences

120

10

/l/ Contractions

108

 

 

 

11

Recurring /l/ Reading

109

 

 

 

                                                           ã SR-263-920  1999

 


 

                                 INFORMATION NOT ON AUDIO

 

                                                                                   PAGE

   

 

Introduction/How to Practice                            1 - 3

 Practice Reading                                             3

 Pronunciation Rules for Spelling                      4, 5

 About Syllable Stress                                      47       

 About Syllable Length                                     48

 Syllable Stress Rules with Suffixes                   49

Syllable Stress and Grammar Guidelines            50

 Word & Phrase Stress Similarities                    55, 56

 Two Word Stress Exercise                              60

 Grammatical Ending Rules                                78

 American Idioms                                              117

 Bill’s Window’s Swill                                       121 

Baker Street Lyrics                                            122

 Internet References                                           123

 Recommended Reference Books                       124

 Definition of Terms                                            125, 126