1. Introduction to the IPA
LI Nathalie F. Martin
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2. Outline of Today’s Class
Today’s objective:
Develop an ear for the individual sounds of the English language.
Discover the link between writing and sounds (or sometimes lack thereof ).

3. Phones For You Break up the flow of speech into ________ ________
________(individual ________, aka. speech sounds)
Syllables

4. A Mass of Sounds Listen to these words.
How would you divide them? Into syllables? Into individual sounds?
Cat
Dog
Snoopy
Snoop Doggie Dog
Canine

5. International Phonetic Alphabet
Transcription
Consonants
Vowels
Glides

6. International Phonetic Alphabet
The IPA is a system of ________
Represent each sound of human speech with a ________ ________
Important note: Transcription = ________ ________

7. IPA Consonants Examples

8. Phonetics (continued)
Vowels

9. IPA Vowels (examples)

10. IPA Vowels (Diphthongs)

11. IPA Glides (examples)

12. Let’s Look Into It!