Лекция: Lab work 6 Fricatives and affricates

Exercise 1 Repetition of words containing fricatives

Listen and repeat (words given in spelling and transcription):

Exercise 2 Identification

Write the symbol for the fricative you hear in each word.

a) initial position (1…5)

b) medial position (6…10)

c) final position (11…15)

Exercise 3 Production

When you hear the number, pronounce the word, giving particular attention to the fricatives. You will then hear the correct pronunciation, which you should repeat.

Exercise 4 Repetition of fricative and affricate pairs

Listen and repeat:

a) initial S and C

SPp CPp (shop, chop)

SJt CJt (sheet, cheat)

SHz CHz (shoes, choose)

b) medial S and C

lJSIz lJCIz (leashes, leaches)

wPSIN wPCIN (washing, watching)

bxSIz bxCIz (bashes, batches)

c) final S and C

mxS mxC (mash, match)

kxS kxC (cash, catch)

wIS wIC (wish, witch)

d) medial Z and G

leZq leGq (leisure, ledger)

pleZq pleGq (pleasure, pledger)

lJZqn lJGqn (lesion, legion)

Exercise 5 Discrimination between fricatives and affricatives

You will hear some of the words from Exercise 4. When you hear the word, say “A” if you hear the word on the left or “B” if you hear the word on the right. You will then hear the correct answer and the word will be said again for you to repeat.