GLOBAL ENGLISH TRAINING Handout 1 Accent - combination of three main components: 1. Intonation (speech music) 2.

Liaisons (word connections), 3. Pronunciation (the spoken sounds of vowels, consonants, and combinations). ense !owels Symbol " & ' ) ( +o La- !owels ./mbol # i 1 2 3 .emivowels ./mbol 3r 3l Sound #i ee (i ooh ah +,o .ound eh ih ih, uh ou uh .ound er ul Spelling take eat ice smooth cau*ht down .pellin* *et it took hope some .pellin* her dull Example $tak% $et% $is% $smuth% $k(t% $d+on% 0-ample $*#t% $it% $t1k% $hop% $s3m% 0-ample $h3r% $d33l%

.ound 4roups: PRACTICE the following words. 1. all, lon*, cau*ht 2. cat, matter, lau*h 3. take, sa/, fail 5. *et, e**, an/ 6. ice, 78ll, sk/ 9. it, milk, sin :. eat, me, seen ;. work, *irl, bird <. come, front, indicate 1=. smooth, too, shoe 11. took, full, would 12. told, so, roll 13. out, house, round 15. bo/, oil, to/

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