TUTORAIL ACTIVITIES/QUESTIONS for Chapter 2
1. Transcribe the sound underlined in the words and
then describe it.
Example: English [
]
voiceless palatal fricative (答案）
| a) photography | h) charge | o) but |
| b) write | i) yeast | p) food |
| c) thing | j) hurry | q) foot |
| d) doctor | k) beat | r) bird |
| e) psychology | l) bit | s) lot |
| f) worry | m) bet | t) lord |
| g) bridge | n) bar |
2.Write the phonetic symbol that corresponds to the articulatory
description. （答案）
Example: Voiceless Velar Stop [k]
| a) bilabial nasal | k) front high tense |
| b) glottal fricative | l) back low unround |
| c) voiced labiovelar glide | m) central mid lax |
| d) voiced interdental fricative | n) front low |
| e) voiceless palatal affricate | o) front high lax |
| f) voiced labiodental fricative | p) back mid tense |
| g) lateral liquid | q) back high lax |
| h) voiceless alveolar fricative | r) central low |
| i) voiced bilabial stop | s) back mid lax |
| j) palatal glide | t) central mid tense |
3. For each group of sounds listed below, state the phonetic feature(s) they all share.（答案）
Example: [s]
[] [f]
[p] [h] voiceless
a) [
] [z]
[
] [d]
[
] _______________
b) [] [v]
[h] [s] []
_______________
c) [] []
[
] [j]
_______________
d) [m] [p]
[b] [f] [v]
_______________
e) [t] [d]
[n] [l] [s]
[z] _______________
f) [i:] [i]
[u] [u:] _______________
g) [
] [
]
[
] [
]
_______________
h) [
] [
]
[
] _______________
i) [i:] []
[u:] [
]
[m] [n] [l]
_______________
4. What phonetic feature distinguishes the segments in column A from those in column B? （答案）
A B
a) [m] [n]
[
] [p]
[s] [h] [v]
b) [m] [n]
[l] []
[w] [j] [s]
c) [s] [t]
[p] [k] [t]
[z] [d] []
[l] [w]
d) [] [u:]
[u] []
[] []
[]
e) [i:] [i]
[u] []
[]
[] []
[
]
f) [i:] [u:]
[ei] [au]
[e] [u]
[i] []
MINI-PROJECTS
1. Discover English speech sounds that are difficult for your students of English, and explain why they cause difficulty.
2. Observe your students' pronunciation of the English consonant [v] and write a short paper on the problem in the acquisition of [v] and how to solve it.
