Pronunciation and Vocabulary Towards Improving Spoken English

English Pronunciation for Malaysians What is the difference?

Manner of articulation English Consonants (unvoiced phonemes) Place of Articulation Front → ------------------------------------------------------------------------→ Back bilabial Labio-dental dental alveolar palato-alveolar palatal velar glottal Manner of articulation plosive p b t d k g affricate tʃ dʒ fricative f v ɵ ð s z ʃ ʒ h nasal m n ŋ lateral l approximant (w) r j w

Manner of articulation B M Consonants (unvoiced phonemes) Place of Articulation Front → ------------------------------------------------------------------------→ Back bilabial Labio-dental dental alveolar palato-alveolar palatal velar glottal Manner of articulation plosive p b t d k g ʔ affricate tʃ dʒ fricative f v ɵ ð s z ʃ ʒ x h nasal m n ɲ ŋ lateral l approximant (w) r j w

English Vowels and Diphthongs Low ← ------------------------ → High Tongue Vowels Diphthongs Front Back End at front → End at back i: ɪ ʊ u: ɪə ʊə eə eɪ ɔɪ aɪ oʊ aʊ   e ə ɜ: ɔ: æ ʌ ɑ: ɒ Lips can be: Spread Neutral Rounded Closing Centring

BM Vowels and Diphthongs Low ← --------------- --------- → High Tongue Vowels Diphthongs Front Back End at front → End at back i u oi ai au   e ə o ɑ Lips can be: Spread Neutral Rounded Only in open syllables - ?

Stress and Intonation

Speak clearly to be understood Incorrect stress can cause misunderstanding just as much as incorrect sounds. Getting word stress wrong can cause a lot of misunderstandings. (For example … )

Stress and Unstress Louder Longer Higher What does STRESS sound like? So what do we mean by “stress”? The stressed syllable in a word is: longer, louder, and at a higher pitch. What does STRESS sound like? Louder Longer Higher

What does UNSTRESS sound like? /ə/ er ar or ure teacher collar doctor measure a e i o u What does un-stress sound like? Besides being shorter, quieter, and lower in pitch, unstressed vowel sounds often (but not always) tend to be pronounced as a ‘schwa’. This, of course, can cause spelling difficulties. zebra garden fossil lion circus

English Pronunciation Intonation Sentence Stress Word Stress Learning the phonemic sounds of English is only the beginning. We need to also master the syllable stress in words, the word stress in sentences, and the intonation that is linked to the word stress. Phonemes English Pronunciation

So what’s the difference? How does stress and intonation work in BM? Is it the same? How is it different? (In BM the word order is altered rather than changing intonation – so I hear.) Does BM have stress and intonation?

OK! Let’s learn some words! Quokka Quoll Australian native animals

Australia and Papua New Guinea

Marsupial snout pouch joey spotted tail

vegetation grasses and sedges tuft succulents Jarrah forest Mallee shrublands

Diet carnivorous meat vegetarian vegetables and fruit water moisture

North … Northern West… Western East… Eastern South … Southern

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Recipe for Banana Fritters popular fried crispy golden perfect porous

Ingredients baking powder Paper towel batter deep-fry a pinch self-raising flour deep-fry a pinch

Let’s play BINGO!

Do not write on your card Use sunflower seeds as markers