English is one of the most difficult languages to learn, especially the written version, owing to the different sounds made by words which look similar, such as "wanted" and "walked." Although both these words end in "ed" one has a "d" sound and one has a "t" sound. As a result in phonology class we had to transcribe a song in order to recognize and improve the transcription of each consonant.
Now I share you a song with the lyric and transcription:
SOMEONE LIKE YOU /səmwən/ /laɪk/ /juː/
I heard that you\'re settled down,
/aɪ/ /hərd/ /ðæt/ /jər/ /setəld/ /dæʊn/,
That you found a girl and you\'re married now,
/ðæt/ /juː/ /fæʊnd/ /ə/ /gərl/ /ənd/ /jər/ /meriːd/ /næʊ/
I heard that your dreams came true,
/aɪ/ /hərd/ /ðæt/ /jər/ /driːmz/ /keɪm/ /truː/,
Guess she gave you things I didn\'t give to you,
/ges/ /ʃiː/ /geɪv/ /juː/ /θɪŋz/ /aɪ/ /dɪdənt/ /gɪv/ /tə/ /juː/,
Old friend, why are you so shy?
/oʊld/ /frend/, /waɪ/ /ɑr/ /juː/ /soʊ/ /ʃaɪ/?
Ain\'t like you to hold back or hide from the light,
/eɪnt/ /laɪk/ /juː/ /tə/ /hoʊld/ /bæk/ /ɔr/ /haɪd/ /frəm/ /ðə/ /laɪt/,
those transcriptions helps us a lot in oreder to understand in best way the sounds of evry single letter.
ResponderEliminaryes¡¡ paty I think the same, English language is very difficult to learn but with this type of exercises we can improve a lot. I like your reflexion because you include a song with the transcription, and I could practice when I read it.
ResponderEliminarwith this transcription we practice how identify the consonant sounds in context, if we learn them, we can say that we know the 80% of the pronunciation. Good job Patty!
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