Intonation: Why? A. It shows the relationship of words within and between sentences; B. It tells something about the feeling of the speaker

Types of English Intonation Intonation: Why? Falling Tone Rising Tone Fall-rise Tone

A Practical Course for Students of English By Wang Guizhen Faculty of English Language & Culture Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

1. Definition of tone Tones are pitch variations, which are caused by the differing rates of vibration of the vocal cords. 声调是由于声带振动的速率的不同而引起的音高变化

Part Two Sounds in Connected Speech 1. Strong and Weak Forms 2. Assimilation and elision 3. Liaison 4. Length of a sound 5. Word stress 6. Sentence stress 7. Rhythm 8. Sense groups and Pause

Unit Two: Stops What are stop consonants? How to discriminate and pronounce stop consonants correctly? Introducing yourself Learning Objectives

English vowels & vowel classification The English pure vowels can be classified according to the height of the raised part of the tongue the part of the tongue raised the position of the lips

English Nasals, Approximants & Lateral(s) The English consonants can be classified according to place of articulation manner of articulation

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

中国社会科学院大学：外国语学院《英语语音》课程教学大纲