E-03.07 Review How to Distinguish & Produce 24 Voiced/Voiceless Consonants in All Word Positions

Accent Activities: Pronunciation Supplement to Speaking. Part Seven: Voiced & Voiceless Consonant Sounds, pages 69-78 (+ pages 89-90 of Answer Key for Text Exercises) 10 + 2 = 12 pages  Who It’s For: Intermediate & Above English (as a Second Language) Teachers, Helpers,  & Learners Wanting to Pay Reinforcing Attention to Consonant Sounds & Spellings Why It’s Useful: Vowels, the core of words, are probably more essential to speech clarity  than consonants. Even so, as speakers polish their developing accents, mastering the consonants can contribute to comprehensibility, too.  The topics addressed in Part Seven are: where & how 24 consonants are produced in the mouth;  3 pairs (6 sounds) of voiced / voiceless “stops” in all word positions; 5 pairs of “continuants” distinguishable by voicing (or not); 2 “liquids” ( /r l /); 3 “nasals” ( / m n ng / ); 2 “semi-vowels” / w y /; / h /; consonant-sound clusters & combinations.  The Download also contains plenty of Char