Written and oral test assignments

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Intonation differences

Stress differences

Non-systematic differences between GA and RP

1. Many differences involve the pronunciation of individual words or groups of words: vase, either, Asia., tomato.
2. Words data, status can be pronounced with either [ae] or [ei] in GA, but only with [ei] in Rp.

1. In words of French origin GA tends to have stress on the final syllable, while RP has it on the initial one.
2. Some words have 1^st syllable stress in GA whereas in RP the stress may be elsewhere.
3. Some compound words have stress on the1st element in GA and in RP they retain it on the 2^nd element: weekend, ice-cream.
4. Polysyllabic words ending in –ory, -ary, -mony have secondary stress in GA, often called “tertiary”: dictionary, secretary

1. In sentences where the most common pre-nuclear contour in RP is a gradually descending sequence, the counterpart GA contour is a medium Level Head.
2. The usual Medium or Low fall in RP has its rising-falling counterpart in GA.
3. The rising terminal tone in RP in GA has a mid-rising contour.

The fall-rise nuclear tone is different in RP and GA

1. Speak on problems in pronunciation.

2. Why do we use films, radio, records, etc.?

3. What do we mean by a perfect English pronunciation?

4. Speak on letters and sounds.

5. In what way do the vocal cords work?

6. Describe the parts of the palate.

7. Why do we consider the tongue the most important organ of speech?

8. What can you say about various positions of the lips?

9. What consonants of English are known to you?

10. Speak on friction consonantsf,v.

11. Speak on friction consonants θ, ð.

12. Speak on friction consonants s, z.

13. Speak on friction consonants ʃ, ʒ.

14. Speak on friction consonant h.

15. Speak on stop consonants p, b.

16. Speak on stop consonants t, d.

17. Speak on stop consonants k, g.

18. Speak on stop consonants tʃ, dʒ.

19. Speak on nasal consonants m, n.

20. Speak on nasal consonant ŋ.

21. Speak on lateral consonant l.

22. Speak on gliding consonants j, w, r.

23. How do the speech organs work when one stop consonant is followed by another?

24. When does nasal explosion happen?

25. What do you know about the vowels of English? (Give examples).

26. Speak on diphthongs ou, au.

27. Speak on diphthongs ei, ai, ɔi.

28. Speak on diphthongs iə, ɛə (eə), au.

29. What strong and weak forms do you know?

30. What is stress? Speak on word-stress.

31. Speak on word-stress in compounds.

32. Speak on sentence-stress.

33. What do you know about assimilation?

34. What degrees of assimilation do you know?

35. Speak on tonetic symbols (show them).

36. Speak on intonation.

37. What are the methods of indicating intonation?

38. When do we use the falling tone?

39. When do we use the rising tone?

40. When do we use the level tone?

41. Speak on emphatic intonation.

42. When do we use emphasis for intensity?

43. When is contrast emphasis used?

44. When do we use tune 2 with an implication?

45. In what way do we pronounce enumerations?

46. What can you say about tune shapes?

47. Speak on the intonation of disjunctive questions.

48. When is the accidental rise used?

49. Speak on the intonation of parentheses.

50. Speak on the intonation in long sentences.

51. What proverbs and saying do you know?

52. Give examples of complex phonetic drill.

53. What verses are called limericks? Recite six of them.

54. What poems do you now? Recite seven of them.

55. What English songs do you know? Recite seven of them.