Professional Documents
Culture Documents
for Communication
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central
back
u
:
mid-high
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mid-low
low
Listening Exercise
Sound
discrimination
1. fool full
2. cooed
3. pool pull
4. Luke look
5. wooed
6. kooky
cookie
7. caught
8. hawkhock
9. dawn
10. taught
could
would
cot
don
tot
11.
hot
12.
13. carp
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
come
19.
20.
hum
heart
guard god
cop
lark lock
barn bun
dark duck
march much
calm
cart cut
harm
Listening Exercise
Sounds for
information
2.
3.
The speaker was talking about the woman losing her __________.
A. hut
B. heart
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Listening Exercise
Sounds for
information
Unit 7
English Vowels: Diphthongs
Pure vowels : Diphthongs
Is it a pure vowel or a
diphthong?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Is it a pure vowel or a
diphthong?
1. /u:/
2.
3.
4.
5.
/ e /
/
I /
/ /
/ i:/
6. / e /
7. /eI/
8. /aI/
9. / :/
10. / I /
Is it a pure vowel or a
diphthong?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
queues
bear
really
hole
reader
6. shed
7. sail
8. lighter
9. pearls
10.skill
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central
back
i:
mid-high
mid-low
low
English Diphthongs
English Diphthongs
Centring diphthong
Ending in
a
know now
Closing diphthongs
Ending in
eI
ending in
aI
English Diphthongs
Closing Diphthongs & Centring Diphthongs
Listening Exercise
Sound
discrimination
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
peer
pair
tear
tare
dear
dare
fear
fair
sheer share
spear spare
really rarely
steering staring
poor
pull
found phoned
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
town
file
tiles
sell
red
men
less
wet
seal
feel
tone
foil
toils
sail
raid
main
lace
wait
sail
fail
Listening Exercise
Sound
discrimination
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
peer
pair
tear
tare
dear
dare
fear
fair
sheer share
spear spare
really rarely
steering staring
poor
pull
found phoned
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
town
file
tiles
sell
red
men
less
wet
seal
feel
tone
foil
toils
sail
raid
main
lace
wait
sail
fail
Listening Exercise
Sounds for
information
2.
A. queues
B. cures
3.
4.
5.
A. hall B. hole
6.
A. readers
B. raiders
7.
A. shade
B. shed
The speaker was asking whether the man is going to _________ his
boat.
8.
A. sell B. sail
9.
A. lighter
B. later
A. poles
B. pearls
A. a skill
B. a scale
2.
A. queues
B. cures
3.
4.
5.
A. hall B. hole
6.
A. readers
B. raiders
7.
A. shade
B. shed
The speaker was asking whether the man is going to _________ his
boat.
8.
A. sell B. sail
9.
A. lighter
B. later
A. poles
B. pearls
A. a skill
B. a scale
Listening Exercise
Sounds for
information
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
It is an invention.
It was an exciting tour.
POOL.
POOR.
COACH.
COUCH.
Throw it away.
I'll take some pills.
Very easy.
Delicious.
Reading aloud
Pay special attention to the pronunciation of English Diphthongs.
Reading aloud
Identify words that are stressed first.
Pay special attention to the pronunciation of English diphthongs.
Reading aloud
Identify words that are stressed first.
Pay special attention to the pronunciation of English diphthongs.
Pronunciation in communication:
Talking about likes & dislikes
Student A = a Chinese student;
Student B = a tourist from England
Situation:
Assignment
On-line exercises
Presentations
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2.
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Thank
you
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