The english speech sounds Part 1 The importance of phonetic study 1)Phonetics is the science of speech sounds. It deals with the sound system of a language. A language consists of three important elements, namely, speech sounds, vocabulary and grammar. Speech sound is the material form on which word and grammar rely for existence. Divorced from speech sound, word and grammar are non-existent. So the first step in study ing any spoken language is to determine the phonemes. Basic sounds a basic sounds is the smallest phonetic unit of language . e.g. the word"tea"is composed of two sounds /t/ and /i / Basic sounds are capable of distinguishing one word from another or one grammatical form from another of the same word E.g. bed, bad, bid It is clear from all these examples that basic sounds are distinctive. Any nguage has a number of speech sounds, yet basic sounds are limited in number. English phonetics covers the articulation, classification, and combination of the English speech sounds. It also deals with the laws of their changed the rules of stresses and the intonation in English speech. Therefore, to study English phonetics is also the first step in mastering the theoretical knowledge of the English languag 2)As means of communication by word of mouth, language is used in oral speech and in read ing aloud. Therefore, in order to make oneself easily understood while expressing one's own or other people's thoughts in any language, one must be able to pronounce sentences in that language quite correctly. One must have good pronunciation in order to be able to understand other people easily when they speak or read aloud. This is proved by the well-known fact that the better we pronounce a foreign language, the easier we understand it when we hear it Phonetic transcription In English there is a considerable difference between the pronunciation and the which some letters all stand for the same vowel t ways: pity busy village, in en spelt in a number of d 2)One letter often stands for different sounds in different words: china father bad which the letter a stands for different vowel sounds 3)Many letter are not pronounced at all as in knock doubt comb 4)The same spelling may have two different pronunciations according to different bow and te 5)Words spelt in different way may have same pronunciation. E.g. peace and piece. Know and no In ordinary English spell ing it is not always easy to know what sounds the lettersThe English Speech Sounds Part 1 The importance of phonetic study 1) Phonetics is the science of speech sounds. It deals with the sound system of a language. A language consists of three important elements, namely, speech sounds, vocabulary and grammar. Speech sound is the material form on which word and grammar rely for existence. Divorced from speech sound, word and grammar are non-existent. So the first step in studying any spoken language is to determine the phonemes.(Basic sounds) A basic sounds is the smallest phonetic unit of language. .e.g. the word “tea” is composed of two sounds /t/ and /i:/. Basic sounds are capable of distinguishing one word from another, or one grammatical form from another of the same word. E.g.: bed , bad, bid . It is clear from all these examples that basic sounds are distinctive. Any language has a number of speech sounds, yet basic sounds are limited in number. English phonetics covers the articulation, classification, and combination of the English speech sounds. It also deals with the laws of their changed, the rules of stresses and the intonation in English speech. Therefore, to study English phonetics is also the first step in mastering the theoretical knowledge of the English language. 2）As means of communication by word of mouth, language is used in oral speech and in reading aloud. Therefore, in order to make oneself easily understood while expressing one’s own or other people’s thoughts in any language, one must be able to pronounce sentences in that language quite correctly. One must have good pronunciation in order to be able to understand other people easily when they speak or read aloud. This is proved by the well-known fact that the better we pronounce a foreign language, the easier we understand it when we hear it. Phonetic transcription. In English there is a considerable difference between the pronunciation and the spelling of words 1) One sound is often spelt in a number of different ways: pity busy village, in which some letters all stand for the same vowel /i/. 2) One letter often stands for different sounds in different words: china father bad, in which the letter a stands for different vowel sounds. 3) Many letter are not pronounced at all as in knock doubt comb 4) The same spelling may have two different pronunciations according to different meanings: bow and tear. 5) Words spelt in different way may have same pronunciation. E.g. peace and piece. Know and no. In ordinary English spelling it is not always easy to know what sounds the letters