Special education of the republic of uzbekistan

THE MINISTRY OF HIGHER AND SECONDARY

SPECIAL EDUCATION

OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

Uzbekistan State World Languages University

M. T. Iriskulov

1. 
   S. Shatunova
   

1. 
   A. Muzikina
   

E N G L I S H

P H O N E T I C S

Recommended by the Ministry of Higher and

Secondary Special Education

of the Republic of Uzbekistan as a manual

for students of higher English teacher

training educational institutions

Tashkent - 2007

Editors-in-chief

Bakiyeva G.

Michael Friel

Reviwed by:

R.A. Alimardanov, Associate Professor of the

University of World Economy and Diplomacy

N.M. Kambarov, Associate Professor of

Uzbekistan State World Languages University

INTRODUCTION





Intonation is the soul

of a language while

the pronunciation of

its sounds is its body.

R. Kingdon

Language can perform its function as the most important means of human intercourse only as a language of sounds, because spoken words in all languages consist of speech sounds, and speech without words is impossible. Letters only serve to represent spoken words in writing.
But words pronounced or written in isolation cannot express complete thoughts. More or less complete thoughts can only be expressed in sentences consisting of several words put together according to the grammar rules of the language and pronounced with the proper intonation.
“English Phonetics” has been written especially for the first and second year students. This program has been designed to help them overcome their particular pronunciation problems in speaking English and to enable them to teach English pronunciation to others.
The manual is written in easy-to-understand terms and is accompanied by cassette tapes to help you to learn to pronounce British English sounds correctly. It consists of two parts:
The first part deals with pure phonetics. It includes three chapters which are divided into units. Each unit follows a specific format and contains the following sections:

1. 
   Hints – a series of rules to help you remember when to produce the sound are provided.
   

2. 
   Exercises – this section has a variety of exercises designed to give you comprehensive practice with the sound as it occurs in words, common phrases and sentences.
   

3. 
   Questions for discussion.
   

4. 
   Self-Tests – this section contains mini – tests to help you evaluate your progress. Your ability to recognize and pronounce the sound in words, sentences and conversational activities will be tested.
   

The second part includes Phonostylistics in order to help students with the correct intonation for different varieties of English. These are styles which are likely to be required in future careers both inside and outside the teaching field.

The manual concludes with a glossary and a section containing poetry and short texts to provide plenty of practice material.

Chapter I

Sound Formation

Unit 1. The Organs of Speech
To understand how speech-sounds are produced students of English must have some knowledge of the organs of speech and their function. The organs of speech are as follows: