Understanding and Teaching the Pronunciation of English.pdf

Stop A sound in which the air stream is blocked completely somewhere in the mouth, air pressure builds up, and then it’s release ...

Stress-timed language A language in which the time between stressed syllables remains fairly steady, and the unstressed syllable ...

Stressed syllable One syllable in a word that is emphasized more than the others. It can be longer, louder, clearer, and higher ...

Substitution When a learner can’t pronounce an unfamiliar sound in a new language, he/she may substitute a similar sound from hi ...

Suffix A word part that is placed after a word root to change its meaning or grammatical category (as in open/opened or nation/n ...

Suprasegmental features of pronunciation Aspects of pronunciation that a"ect more than just one sound segment, such as stress, r ...

Syllabic consonant A consonant that is lengthened so that it becomes a whole syllable, even without a vowel. The consonants /n/, ...

Syllable A rhythmic unit in speech—a unit of sound that gets one “beat” in a word. A syllable must have a vowel (or a syllabic c ...

Syllable-timed language A language that gives each syllable about the same amount of time. Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Spanis ...

Tapped /t/ (or flapped /t/) A sound made when the tongue taps the alveolar ridge very quickly, so that it sounds like a quick /d ...

Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) Teaching English or training teachers to teach English in areas where English is n ...

Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) Teaching English or training teachers to teach English in areas where English is th ...

Teeth Related Glossary Terms Index Section 3 - The Articulatory System Teeth Drag related terms here Find Term ...

TEFL Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Teaching English or training teachers to teach English in areas where English is th ...

Tense and lax vowels A description of whether the muscles of the tongue and mouth are relatively tense or more relaxed when we s ...

TESL Teaching English as a Second Language. Teaching English or training teachers to teach English in areas where English is the ...

Thought group A group of spoken words that form a grammatical and semantic unit. It is often a sentence, a clause, or a phrase—a ...

Tongue Related Glossary Terms Index Section 3 - The Articulatory System Section 3 - The Articulatory System Parts of the tongue: ...

Tongue position A description of where the highest, tensest, or most active part of the tongue is when we pronounce a vowel soun ...

Top-down processing When we listen for the overall meaning of what we hear, using our background knowledge of the topic to creat ...