English Pronouncing Skills Training Format
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Ningmareo Shimray *
Ningmareo Shimray,
Lecturer,
Ukhrul Higher Secondary
School, Ukhrul, Manipur, India.
Recipient of National Award to Teachers 2021
Introduction:
Concept of Sub-syllables (in English language).
A sub-syllable is defined as an alphabet/letter or group of alphabet which forms a part of a syllable (if the word is multi-syllable)/monosyllable. The possible sounds of every sub-syllable are finite and that the sound of every sub-syllable depends on the meaning (including the parts of speech), structure and origin of a word. The sub-syllables include all the sounds of vowels (short/long/diphthongal/triphthongal) and consonants (voiced and voiceless).
The Concept of Sub-Syllables is a new system for learning English pronunciation efficiently. It has enabled to pronounce every word in an English dictionary correctly and easily, indicates and explains the silence of sounds when pronouncing some words, identifies different words having the same pronunciation and different words with similar pronunciations, has enabled to pin-point the differences between the British and American English pronunciations.
By applying, Mathematics and the Concept of Sub-Syllables, I have formulated the general rules of English pronunciation which give a single pronunciation to every word in an English dictionary without giving any specific preference to British or American accent. It has paved a new way to non-native speakers to learn English pronouncing skills without strictly following the British or American accent, which can be understood by the native speakers.
Significantly, it has enabled to write the spellings of all the IPA reflected in English language. The Concept of sub-syllables is applicable to any existing language in the world and could herald the beginning of learning foreign languages in a new way. The applications of the concept are reflected in this article.
The main objective of this article is to enable both the students and teachers learn to pronounce all the sounds of IPA related to English language correctly and easily.
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* Ningmareo Shimray wrote this article for e-pao.net
The writer is from Ukhrul and is a Recipient of National Awards to Teachers 2021
and can be contacted at sningmareo(AT)gmail(DOT)com
This article was webcasted on March 13 2023.
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