DESCRIPTION OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PHONOLOGICAL SYSTEM

DESCRIPTION OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PHONOLOGICAL SYSTEM. APPROACHES ANDTECHNIQUES TO PRONUNCIATION TEACHING: PERCEPTION, DISCRIMINATION ANDPRODUCTION OF SOUNDS, RHYTHMS AND STRESSES. PHONETIC CORRECTION.

The aim of this topic is to study the English phonological system. In order to do so, the topic will be divided into four different parts. 

The first part of the topic will describe the phonological system, both segmental (vowel and consonant systems) and suprasegmental features (stress, rhythm and intonation). Next, I will introduce the importance of a model of pronunciation. 

Then, I will focus on how to teach and learn pronunciation, considering, on the one hand, perception and discrimination, and, on the other, production and

assessment. Finally, the importance of phonetic correction is exposed and the main ways to achieve it.

In order to introduce the topic, I will define the concept of phonetics and phonology, and then I will establish the difference between these sciences.

 Phonetics is the science concerned with the study of speech processes, from both an acoustic and a physiological point of view. By contrast, the main aim of phonology is to discover the rules that organize sounds into a language system. "Phonetics gathers raw material, phonology cooks it"

•From a phonetic point of view, vowels and consonants are distinguished by their articulation and the acoustic energy.

•From a phonological point of view, we distinguish vowels and consonants in terms of how these units are used in the structure of spoken language.