Effective Communication & Soft Skills Development

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• What is accent?• It is the distinctive manner of oral expression.

• In other way accent is the way of speaking a particular language.

• What is neutralized accent?• It is the accent which can be understandable by each

individual and is free from MTI.

• There are 26 letters in English.• 24 consonant sounds• 20 vowel sounds (12 vowels and 8

diphthongs)

The P sound

• This is an unvoiced aspirated sound.• It is pronounced like “ph” with distinct

breath coming out.• Example: • Problem – Phraablem• Past - Phaest

The k sound

• This is an aspirated sound. It has to be pronounced like “kh” with a puff of air thrown out.

• Examples:• Color – Khalar• Contribute – Khantribute• Customer - Khustomer

Practice Exercise

Voiced “TH” sound

• This sound is created by placing the tongue behind your teeth touching the upper palate of your mouth.

• The voiced “th” usually occurs in function words or pronouns and words that end with “the.”

• Examples: this, that, the, these, they, father, brother, mother, and so on.

Unvoiced “TH” Sound

• The unvoiced “TH” sound is created by placing your tongue between your lips and releasing the air through the slit.

• The unvoiced “TH” sound usually occurs in content words.

• Examples: Thin, with, something, thank, north, south, both, thousand, and so on.

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The “V” sound

• This is a voiced sound.• To produce the “v” sound allow your upper

teeth to rest on your lower lip and push the sound through the slit.

• Bite the lower lip and feel the vibration.• Examples: verify, discover, voice…

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The “w” Sound

• This is a voiced sound.• To produce the “w” sound, make your lips

rounded and the tongue drawn back as in the position of “u.”

• Your lips should form a soft circle.• Examples: Work, wedding, Wednesday..

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How will you pronounce these words?

VeryWaryVerseWorseWheelVealWestVestVie

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The “Ch” sound

This is an unvoiced aspirated sound:

1.Church2.Cherish3.Chant4.Chamber

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The “Dj” sound

• This is a voiced sound.• Gin• Ginger

The “Sh” sound

• This is a voiced sound.• Produce the ‘sh’ sound by pressing your

lips in an oval shape, resting your upper teeth straight on your lower teeth and blowing the air through the slit between the teeth.

• Examples: Shell, she, shoot, English…

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The “S” sound

• The ‘s’ sound is a voiced sound produced by placing the tongue towards the upper ridge of your teeth and passing the air through the slit.

• Example: swim, state, start, smoke, strong…

The “zh” sound

• This sound is produced in the same ways as ‘sh.’ The only difference is that of a strong vibration in the throat.

• Example: Pleasure, measure, treasure, leisure, seizure, azure,…

The “Z” sound

• This is a voiced sound.• It is produced by placing your tongue

between the upper ridge of your teeth and gives a buzzing effect.

• Examples: Zebra, zeal, zoo, zip, zest,…

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VOWELS

• Vowels are uninterrupted flow of air coming out.

• We know that these are 20 vowel sounds, but out of these, 7 sounds are basic and we shall concentrate on those:

• Ah, aw, oh, ay, ee, i.

Practice vowel sounds

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