THE ARTICULATION OF ENGLISH CONSONANT SOUNDS

ByLuis Carlos Lasso Montenegro

MANNER OF

ARTICULATION How the sound is produced and the way the airstream passes through the

vocal tract.

PLACE OF ARTICULATION

It refers to which speech organs are

involved in the production of

sounds.

VOICINGPresence or absence of voicing

makes a consonant sound voiced or voiceless

Which are the characteristics of consonant sounds?

FRICATIVE When two vocal organs come close enough together for the movement

of air between them to be heard.

PALATO-ALVEOLAR

When the blade of the tongue is used just behind the alveolar

ridge.

VOICELESS VOICED

How can consonant sounds be described?

How are sounds represented in written English?

Ideas for Improving Pronunciation Skills

Finish /ˈfɪnɪʃ/She /ʃi/Shoe /ʃuː/ Sharp /ʃɑːp/Cashier /kæˈʃɪə/ 

Look up in the dictionary words that have in common the same English consonant sound and check their phonemic transcription.

Then write a meaningful sentence using all the words.

Listening to tongue twisters is one way to improve your English pronunciation. It's very difficult to say tongue twisters in English so don't worry if you can't do it very well at first, just have fun!

Using Tongue Twisters

She sells sea shells on the sea shore;

The shells that she sells are sea shells, I’m sure.

So, if she sells sea shells on the sea shore;

I’m sure that the shells are sea shore shells.

Look at the following phrases and read them aloud. Then use them to ask a friend questions about their habits.

Placing words into a context

How often do you do

the washing up at home?

Do you like drinking

coffee with sugar?

Thanks for your attention!