Spring 2004                                                                                                   TIUA

Prof. Gregory

 

Phonemic Transcription

 

Directions: Listen to track #3 on the CD for the pronunciation of each word in the list below.  Press the pause button on your CD player between each word to make sure you have time to write before you listen to the next word. Then, use your Pronunciation handout to find the phonemic symbols for English vowels and consonants. Transcribe the following English words using the IPA symbols from the handouts you were given. Listen to the CD as many times as you need to in order to complete the activity.

 

 

1.     building

 

2.     clothes

 

3.     birthday

 

4.     river

 

5.     valentine

 

6.     breakfast

 

7.     dictionary

 

8.     information

 

9.     homework

 

10.  conversation

 

11.  university

 

12.  vocabulary

 

13.  registration

 

 

14.  professor

 

15.  pleasure

 

16.  thicker

 

17.  garage

 

18.  characteristic

 

19.  language

 

20.  mistake

 

21.  library

 

22.  incomplete

 

23.  appointment

 

24.  cafeteria

 

25.  Willamette