Phonetics

1. Is the study of the sounds that all languages use to give a meaning.

1.1. To represent the sound, the letter must be inside this format. /a/.

2. The importance is that learners can comunicate.

3. In English diferent letters can represent diferent sounds.

4. English sounds 25 consonants, 11 vowel sounds, and 3 diphthongs.

5. Some letters have no sound.

6. A sound cn be represented by a combination of letters.

7. Phonetics Division

8. Acoustic Phonetic: vocal properties of the sound.

9. Auditory Phonetics: studies how the sounds are perceived by the ear.

10. Articulatory Phonetics: study of the vocal track.

10.1. Auditory Phonetic: the sound perceived by the air.

11. The Vocal Track Parts: lips, teeth, tongue, alveolar ridge, nasal cavity, hard palate, oral cavity, velum, nasal cavity, pharyx, espiglottis and esophagus, larynx and vocal cords.

12. Teeth: are used to pronounce words such as thank, this and both.

13. Lips: are used to pronounce words such as: mom and flower.

14. Alveolar Ridge: is used to pronounce words such as tomato and darling.

15. Hard Palate: it is the roof of the mouth. (sounds like:young, shine and ear)

16. The Velum: this is sometimes refering to the soft palate. Sound such as: cat and goat.

17. The uvula: it is a movable part at the back of the mouth 's roof (arabic language)

18. The Glottis: is it back in the throat.

19. Vocal Cords: thry oronounce the major varieties of sounds. Sounds can be voiced or voiceless sound.

20. Tongue: words like zipper, lord and mother.