Phon1 20211130_1415 Week 07 Unit 04a
Phon2 20211201_1415 Week 07 Unit 04a

PLAN FOR THIS LESSON (UNIT 04a):

1. Who's here? Whose homework have I forgotten?
	
2. Any technical issues?

3. Where we're at: we've started consonants and vowels

Consonants
Vowels
  Extra Practice
Vowels
Consonants

4. Current problems: 
    a. "difficult" consonants e.g. w/v   ɹ    ð  
    b. some subtle problems of duration with vowels
    
    --- see the two information sheets on these topics!
    difficult_sounds.pdf
    timing_two_problems.pdf
    
5. Sound/spelling difficulties: see Arnold u. Hansen ch 6

6. Pronunciation practice -- I want to hear you reading the standard "lexical sets" words on the vowel grid.

7. We'll sketch out the logic of the English vowel system and compare two forms of RP
    a. conservative RP [staged] (Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie)
    b. old-fashioned RP (Bertrand Russell)
    
8. You can try to imitate both these forms of RP if you like
