REFLECTION ON ENGLISH PHONETICS &

PHONOLOGY COURSE (16.2A)

* Required

A. PRIOR PRONUNCIATION ANALYSIS

Students analyse and self-evaluate their prior pronunciation through the first recording in
the first week. YOU CAN CHOOSE MORE THAN ONE ANSWER CHOICES FOR
ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION. Sinh vin phn tch v nh gi pht m ban u
ca mnh thng qua bi ghi m tun 1. C TH CHN NHIU HN 1 CU TR
LI CHO TT C NHNG CU HI TRONG PHN NY.
1. Which short vowel phonemes DID you have problem with? *
o 1. // (Example: sit, fill, ship, hill, fit ...)
o 2. /e/ (Example: bed, bend, dead, head...)
o 3. // (Example: bad, band, dad, had ...)
o 4. // (Example: bug, but, cup, cut, hut...)
o 5. // (Example: cough, dock, hot, box ...)
o 6. // (Example: full, pull, good... )
o 7. // (Example: ahead, ago ...)
o 8. None of the above
2. Which long vowel phonemes DID you have problem with? *
o 1./ i/ (Example: seat, feel, sheep, heel, feet...)
o 2. // (Example: dark, heart, glass, car, half ...)
o 3. // (Example: bird, curl, her, stir, world ...)
o 4. // (Example: born, court, dawn, four, pork ...)
o 5. /u/ (Example: fool, pool, food ...)
o 6. None of the above

3. Which of the following minimal pairs DID you fail to make different (to produce
differently)? *
o 1. // - / i/ (Example: ship - sheep, fit - feet, fill - feel)
o 2. /e/ - // (Example: bed - bad)
o 3. // - // (Example: shock - shark)
o 4. // - // (Exampe: shot - short)
 o 5. // - /u/ (Example: full - fool)
o 6. // - // (Example: puck - park)
o 7. None of the above
4. Which dipthong phonemes DID you have problem with? *
o 1. /e/ (Example: cake, date ...)
o 2. /a/ (Example: high, kite ...)
o 3. // (Example: boy,employ ...)
o 4. // (Example: hear, tear ...)
o 5. /e/ (Example: hair, bear ...)
o 6. // (Example: tour, sure ...)
o 7. /a/ (Example: now, foul, crown ...)
o 8. // (Example: coast, coat, code ...)
o 9. None of the above
5. Which consonant phonemes DID you have problem with? *
o 1. /p/ (Example: pen, point ...)
o 2. /t/ (Example: top, teeth ...)
o 3. /k/ (Example: cat, kid, cut ...)
o 4. /b/ (Example: boss, beat ...)
o 5. /g/ (Example: good, get ...)
o 6. /d/ (Example: dark, deal ...)
o 7. /f/ (Example: food, fan ...)
o 8. /v/ (Example: value, verb ...)
o 9. // (Example: think, thumb...)
o 10. // (Example: this, though...)
o 11. /s/ (Example: soap, soup ...)
o 12. /z/ (Example: zip, zoo ...)
o 13. // (Example: shoe, shock ...)
o 14. // (Example: vision, pleasure ...)
o 15. /t/ (Example: choose, chair ...)
o 16. /d/ (Example: June, judge ...)
o 17. /m/ (Example: mind, mean ...)
o 18. /n/ (Example: nail, new...)
 o 19. // (Example: song, thing ...)
o 20. /l/ (Example: length, lost ...)
o 21. /r/ (Example: rumor, risk ...)
o 22. /j/ (Example: young, uniform ...)
o 23. /w/ (Example: wet, window ...)
o 24. None of the above
6. Which of the following INITIAL clusters DID you have problem with? *
o 1. /bl-/ (Example: blue, block ...)
o 2. /br-/ (Example: bread, brick...)
o 3. /dr-/ (Example: draw, drain ...)
o 4. /dw-/ (Example: dwell, dwarf ...)
o 5. /fl-/ (Example: flaw, flock ...)
o 6. /fr-/ (Example: free, front ...)
o 7. /gl-/ (Example: glow, glass ...)
o 8. /gr-/ (Example: grow, grass ...)
o 9. /kl-/ (Example: claw, class...)
o 10. /kr-/ (Example: crow, crash...)
o 11. /kw-/ (Example: quick, question...)
o 12. /pl-/ (Example: play, please ...)
o 13. /pr-/ (Example: pray, prompt ...)
o 14. /sk-/ (Example: sky, skip ...)
o 15. /skr-/ (Example: scrub, scream ...)
o 16. /skw-/ (Example: squall, squid ...)
o 17. /sl-/ (Example: sled, slob ...)
o 18. /sm-/ (Example: small, smash ...)
o 19. /sn-/ (Example: snow, snail...)
o 20. /sp-/ (Example: speech, spot ...)
o 21. /spl-/ (Example: split, splash ...)
o 22. /spr-/ (Example: spray, spring ...)
o 23. /st-/ (Example: stay, sting ...)
o 24. /str-/ (Example: straw, string ...)
o 25. /sw-/ (Example: sway, swim ...)
 o 26. /r-/ (Example: shred, shrimp ...)
o 27. /tr-/ (Example: tree, track ...)
o 28. /tw-/ (Example: twig, twin ...)
o 29. /r-/ (Example: throw, threat ...)
o 30. None of the above
7. Which ending sounds (FINAL phonemes) DID you fail to produce or tend to
skip? *
o 1. /-t/ (Example: but, foot ...)
o 2. /-k/ (Example: cook, book...)
o 3. /-g/ (Example: bag, dig...)
o 4. /-s/, /-z/ (Example: is, hearts, kids...)
o 5. /- / (Example: wash, fish ...)
o 6. /t/ (Example: watch, switch...)
o 7. /d/ (Example: lounge, knowledge...)
o 8. /-l/ (Example: school, small...)
o 9. /- / (Example: sing, strong ...)
o 10. /-kst/ (Example: next, fixed...)
o 11. /-st/ (Example: nest, fist...)
o 12. None of the above
8. Which of the following features DID you have problems with? *
o 1. Word stress
o 2. Rhythm
o 3. Linking
o 4. Intonation/Tone
o 5. None of the above
9. Which short vowel phonems have you made improvement on? *
o 1. // (Example: sit, fill, ship, hill, fit ...)
o 2. /e/ (Example: bed, bend, dead, head...)
o 3. // (Example: bad, band, dad, had ...)
o 4. // (Example: bug, but, cup, cut, hut...)
o 5. // (Example: cough, dock, hot, box ...)
o 6. // (Example: full, pull, good... )
 o 7. // (Example: ahead, ago ...)
o 8. None of the above
10. Which long vowel phonemes have you made improvement on? *
o 1./ i/ (Example: seat, feel, sheep, heel, feet...)
o 2. // (Example: dark, heart, glass, car, half ...)
o 3. // (Example: bird, curl, her, stir, world ...)
o 4. // (Example: born, court, dawn, four, pork ...)
o 5. /u/ (Example: fool, pool, food ...)
o 6. None of the above
11. Which of the following minimal pairs have you made improvement on? *
o 1. // - / i/ (Example: ship - sheep, fit - feet, fill - feel)
o 2. /e/ - // (Example: bed - bad)
o 3. // - // (Example: shock - shark)
o 4. // - // (Exampe: shot - short)
o 5. // - /u/ (Example: full - fool)
o 6. // - // (Example: puck - park)
o 7. None of the above
12. Which dipthong phonemes have you made improvement on? *
o 1. /e/ (Example: cake, date ...)
o 2. /a/ (Example: high, kite ...)
o 3. // (Example: boy,employ ...)
o 4. // (Example: hear, tear ...)
o 5. /e/ (Example: hair, bear ...)
o 6. // (Example: tour, sure ...)
o 7. /a/ (Example: now, foul, crown ...)
o 8. // (Example: coast, coat, code ...)
o 9. None of the above
13. Which consonant phonemes have you made improvement on? *
o 1. /p/ (Example: pen, point ...)
o 2. /t/ (Example: top, teeth ...)
o 3. /k/ (Example: cat, kid, cut ...)
 o 4. /b/ (Example: boss, beat ...)
o 5. /g/ (Example: good, get ...)
o 6. /d/ (Example: dark, deal ...)
o 7. /f/ (Example: food, fan ...)
o 8. /v/ (Example: value, verb ...)
o 9. // (Example: think, thumb...)
o 10. // (Example: this, though...)
o 11. /s/ (Example: soap, soup ...)
o 12. /z/ (Example: zip, zoo ...)
o 13. // (Example: shoe, shock ...)
o 14. // (Example: vision, pleasure ...)
o 15. /t/ (Example: choose, chair ...)
o 16. /d/ (Example: June, judge ...)
o 17. /m/ (Example: mind, mean ...)
o 18. /n/ (Example: nail, new...)
o 19. // (Example: song, thing ...)
o 20. /l/ (Example: length, lost ...)
o 21. /r/ (Example: rumor, risk ...)
o 22. /j/ (Example: young, uniform ...)
o 23. /w/ (Example: wet, window ...)
o 24. None of the above
14. Which of the following INITIAL clusters have you made improvement on? *
o 1. /bl-/ (Example: blue, block ...)
o 2. /br-/ (Example: bread, brick...)
o 3. /dr-/ (Example: draw, drain ...)
o 4. /dw-/ (Example: dwell, dwarf ...)
o 5. /fl-/ (Example: flaw, flock ...)
o 6. /fr-/ (Example: free, front ...)
o 7. /gl-/ (Example: glow, glass ...)
o 8. /gr-/ (Example: grow, grass ...)
o 9. /kl-/ (Example: claw, class...)
o 10. /kr-/ (Example: crow, crash...)
 o 11. /kw-/ (Example: quick, question...)
o 12. /pl-/ (Example: play, please ...)
o 13. /pr-/ (Example: pray, prompt ...)
o 14. /sk-/ (Example: sky, skip ...)
o 15. /skr-/ (Example: scrub, scream ...)
o 16. /skw-/ (Example: squall, squid ...)
o 17. /sl-/ (Example: sled, slob ...)
o 18. /sm-/ (Example: small, smash ...)
o 19. /sn-/ (Example: snow, snail...)
o 20. /sp-/ (Example: speech, spot ...)
o 21. /spl-/ (Example: split, splash ...)
o 22. /spr-/ (Example: spray, spring ...)
o 23. /st-/ (Example: stay, sting ...)
o 24. /str-/ (Example: straw, string ...)
o 25. /sw-/ (Example: sway, swim ...)
o 26. /r-/ (Example: shred, shrimp ...)
o 27. /tr-/ (Example: tree, track ...)
o 28. /tw-/ (Example: twig, twin ...)
o 29. /r-/ (Example: throw, threat ...)
o 30. None of the above
15. Which ending sounds (FINAL phonemes) have you made improvement on? *
o 1. /-t/ (Example: but, foot ...)
o 2. /-k/ (Example: cook, book...)
o 3. /-g/ (Example: bag, dig...)
o 4. /-s/, /-z/ (Example: is, hearts, kids...)
o 5. /- / (Example: wash, fish ...)
o 6. /t/ (Example: watch, switch...)
o 7. /d/ (Example: lounge, knowledge...)
o 8. /-l/ (Example: school, small...)
o 9. /- / (Example: sing, strong ...)
o 10. /-kst/ (Example: next, fixed...)
o 11. /-st/ (Example: nest, fist...)
 o 12. None of the above
16. Which of the following features have you made improvement on? *
o 1. Word stress
o 2. Rhythm
o 3. Linking
o 5. None of the above