Transcription Lesson 1 2025

English Language Transcription

Brief introduction and practice

Why learn phonology and Transcription?

Independence

Professionalism

Reliability

Ambiguity

Correction and needs analysis

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Phonemes

Minimal Pairs

In English the sounds /p/ and /b/ are phonemes because changing one to the other affects the meaning of a word. The sentences I gave him a bat and I gave him a pat are distinguished from each other only by the initial sound in bat or pat. However, the sense of each sentence is very different.

Consonant sounds

Any sounds

Vowel sounds

Dialect?

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Allophones

Transcribing Allophones?

Examples

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Minimal Pairs

Minimal sets?

LIST of minimal pairs

Test yourself!

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Features of pronunciation

Pronunciation Charts

Cambridge Dictionary Online

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Oxford Learner's Dictionary

Online Transcription

Consonants

vowels

let's practice

Learning phonetic alphabet Drilling exercises

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An allophone is any of the various ways to say a phoneme in a language, which do not contribute to distinctions of meaning. In other words, there may be many ways to pronounce a sound, all slightly different, but the differences do not change the meaning. Phonemes are sets of allophones, therefore. All languages have a number of allophones. When we are doing a simple phonemic transcription in English, it is not necessary to transcribe allophones differently because they carry no semantic signals.

Phonetics vs. Phonology

We are concerned with the sounds made within the ENGLISH language.

English spelling is NOT reliable. love vs. move shove vs hove Having a system works

Examples of Allophones

• T sound

• K sound

• P sound

• L sound

• VOWELS

Indicator of professional competence

Even when spelled the same, words may be pronounced differently (homographs)e.g. row minute live ability as teachers to point this out

Allophones are slightly different pronunciations of certain phonemes which do not affect the meaning of what is said (although it may sound odd).

Identify what students produce vs. what they SHOULD produce Young learners: phonics

Ability to quickly read pronunciation in mono-lingual dictionary, freeing oneself from the need to consult online dictionary