What is a Phonetic
Analysis?
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To
effectively teach English speaking skills, it is necessary to
determine your specific areas of pronunciation difficulty. The
Phonetic Analysis is based on the traditional
classification of speech sounds using the International Phonetic
Alphabet (IPA). The IPA is the system commonly used for research
and language teaching purposes and includes symbols for most of the
World's languages.
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CLASSIFICATION EXAMPLES
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AS IN...
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Stops
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peak, bush, pad
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Nasals
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ham, new, knack
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Frictions
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zoo, off, push
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Front Vowels
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eat, sit, back
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Dipthongs
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cow, far, like
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The purpose of this
analysis is
to
summarize the responses and to identify your particular patterns of
speech errors. This is the reason we record your speech.
After the recording is completed, we listen carefully to your speech
sounds and transcribe them into phonetic symbols. Next, we
compare your pronunciations with those of standard American
English. When this comparison is finished, we can see exactly how
your pronunciation patterns differ from standard English.
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Here is an example of what
part of a personal phonetic analysis might look like:
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STOPS
Unvoiced
Voiced
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INITIAL CONSONANTS
Error Sounds Produced
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FINAL CONSONANTS
Error Sounds Produced
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/p/
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Distortion
usually
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/b/
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/p/
usually
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/t/
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omit
always
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/d/
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/t/ or omit
occasionally
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/k/
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/k=/
always
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/g/
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/k/
50%
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The column on the left lists the sound classification that is being
evaluated. The other two columns indicate the client's
production of that sound and how often it occurs (occasionally, 50%,
usually, or always).
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