I. CLASSIFICATION OF SOUNDS
II. EVALUATION VIDEO
III. PRINCIPLES OF ORDERING THE SOUNDS
IV. THE FIRST 5 SOUNDS -- substitutions and distortions, how to correct
V. HELPFUL DIRECTIONS & GENERAL DIFFERENCES
VI. FEEDBACK & PROGRESS
VII. BEFORE & AFTER VIDEOS
CLASSIFICATION OF CONSONANTS
I. MANNER
Nasals |
m, n, ng |
Stop-plosives |
p, b, t, d, k, g |
Fricatives |
f, v, s, z, sh, zh, voiced th, voiceless th |
Affricates |
ch, j |
Liquids |
l, r |
Aspirant |
h |
Semi-vowel (semi-consonant) |
w, y /j/ |
II. PLACEMENT
-- m, p, be.g., bilabial
labiodental
-- f, valveolar
-- d, n, llingual-velar
-- k, g, ng
III. VOICING
Voiceless |
Voiced |
TH |
TH |
F |
V |
S |
Z |
SH |
ZH |
CH |
J |
P |
B |
T |
D |
K |
G |
M |
|
N |
|
NG |
|
L |
|
R |
|
Y /j/ |
|
W |
|
H |
HELPFUL DIRECTIONS
I. CONSONANTS
PLACEMENT, MANNER, VOICING
ESPECIALLY, "MORE AIR", "MORE VOICING"
COORDINATION OF AIR & VOICING
II. VOWELS
"OPEN" v. "CLOSED"
LIP POSITION & MOVEMENT
SOME IMITATION, GESTURES, KEY WORDS
GENERAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ENGLISH & OTHER LANGUAGES
ENGLISH:
MORE AIR
MORE MOVEMENT
MORE VOICING
from the student's point of view:
MORE EFFORT!!
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