Unit 3

                PHONOLOGY

Personally, I have taken some modules of phonology before so the term phonology refers to the sound features used in language to consolidate meaning and of course communication. This unit is just a feedback because the majority of terminology is already known. I know that a phoneme /ð/ is the smallest unit of sound and from this the other word stress, sentence stress and intonation go further. One important thing is that just one phoneme can change the meaning of a word. Each language has its own phonemic chart but there is an IPA International Phonetic Alphabet created in 188 by Paul Passy. (Ager, 1988)

Based on the phonemic chart of English language phonemes are classified in vowels, diphthongs, consonants which are voiced and unvoiced sounds. If we join vowels and consonants we form a syllable.  Phonolgy is a big field to study and it is applied in teaching when we design a lesson in which the focus will be speaking in terms of accurate pronunciation and intonation.

Here I share the IPA and phonemic chart of English language and a video of the pronunciation of each symbol. 

English language phonetic chart

References

Ager, S. (1988). Omniglot. Recuperado April 20, 2015, from Omniglot: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/ipa.htm

bbclearningenglish (Dirección). (2009). Improve Your Pronunciation with BBC Learning English [Youtube file]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdRmGvmeY1U&list=PL3B9945D36E1FF870