Series
2 - Topic 2 |
Units 2/1 & 2/2 will also be a
useful source of data for the introduction to or revision of
the inventory of contrastive sounds in English, using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
These two units have been incorporated into
the 2nd edition of “From Old English to Standard English” (Macmillan 1998)
Unit 2/1 Spelling I: English spelling today
Aim: |
To discover the relationship between letters and sounds in present-day English spelling. |
Method: |
The principles of an alphabetic system of writing are discussed in relation to vowels and consonants. The Unit provides extensive data which illustrates the variety of spellings - same sound, different spellings and same spelling, different sounds. |
19 pp £5.70
Unit 2/2 Spelling II: Sound changes & the development of English spelling
Aim: |
To find out how our spelling system began and developed into its present form. |
Method: |
The alphabet and sound-spelling relationship of Old English are discussed first, and the principal sound and spelling changes through Middle and Early Modern English are then followed, with reasons for the inconsistencies and anomalies in our present system. |
20 pp £6.00
Unit 2/3 Dialects & accents (with cassette tape)
This Unit collates all the material on dialects in “A Course Book in English Grammar”, 2nd edn.
Aim: |
(i) To discover the principal differences
between Standard English and the regional dialects of present-day English. |
Method: |
(i) Nonstandard grammatical features of
spoken dialectal English in widespread daily use are identified and described. |
26 pp £13.80 (includes cassette tape @ £6.00)
Unit 2/4 Describing accents of English (with cassette tape)
Aim: |
To provide students with a framework for the description of differences in accent. |
Method: |
Easily recognisable regional accent samples are used as a basis for exercises in sound mimicry and description. |
12 pp £9.60 (includes cassette tape @ £6.00)