Consonants: Stops, Consonants: Stops, fricatives and affricatesfricatives and affricatesHuang WanmeiHuang Wanmei Unit Two: StopsUnit Two: Stops What are stop consonants?What are stop consonants? How to discriminate and How to discriminate and pronounce stop consonants pronounce stop consonants correctly?correctly? Introducing yourselfIntroducing yourselfLearning ObjectivesLearning Objectives ConsonantsConsonants What are What are consonantsconsonants??Consonants are made by stopping Consonants are made by stopping the airflow in your mouth, either the airflow in your mouth, either partiallypartially or or completelycompletely.. Stops: /Stops: // // // /t/ // /t/ // // // // /// What are stop consonants?What are stop consonants?The stop consonants are made by The stop consonants are made by completelycompletely stopping the airflow in stopping the airflow in the mouth, and then releasing the the mouth, and then releasing the airflow into the sounds.airflow into the sounds. /// // /// /t/ //t/ /// /// // /// Practice 1: Listening Practice 1: Listening Page 15: Listening Exercise 1Page 15: Listening Exercise 1 What are the differences between What are the differences between stops at the beginning of a word stops at the beginning of a word and those at the end? e. g. pat, lapand those at the end? e. g. pat, lap How to discriminate sounds like How to discriminate sounds like needneed and and neatneat?? Voiceless stopsVoiceless stops At the beginning: strong releasing (At the beginning: strong releasing ( 送气送气 ); ); ppatat At the end: very weak; At the end: very weak; laplap Voiced stopsVoiced stops At the beginning: vibration before releasing; At t...
