The following is an .assessment meant for MyEC membersare attending will help them to pronounce all the words .
in .English appropriately. This assessment .covers the .first
six consonant sounds /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/ and /g/
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Voiceless and Voiced Consonants
Study Sessions 3 , 4 and 5 [Click on a number to get an instant access to that study session]
Your task: Do all the audio and text based questions.
A. Write down the phonetic symbol of the speech sound illustrated in each
picture. ( You must check the position of the tongue/lips and also see whether the vocal cords vibrate
before deciding what the phoneme is.)
*The sound wave 
indicates the presence of the vibration of the vocal cords in that speech sound!
1 2 3
1. ____________
2. ____________
3. ____________
4 5 6
5. ____________
6. ____________
B. Record the sound of the phonemes that you have given as your answers. (Mention the number before you make each sound.)
C. The manner of articulation is the same for all these six speech sounds.
What is the term used to call this sounds? (You can find the answer in Study Session 4)
D..The above speech sounds are grouped into three pairs. What are the three
pairs? Also, give sample words for each pair.
Pair No. 1 - / / - / / ............ - ...........
Pair No. 2 - / / - / / ............ - ...........
Pair No. 3 - / / - / / ............ - ...........
Here's a sample answer: / f / - / v / fan - van
(You are not allowed to give the pairs of words used in the study sessions!)
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Attention!
You are eligible to take the assessment only if you have already handed us all the three audio assignments. However, you'll be given the go-head for the assessment if you could post all the three assignments (or those you haven't posted yet) in a day or two. Please don't think that it is impossible. Guess what! Our JayVee started learning the study sessions just about 20 hours ago and posted all the assignments within three hours. And , guys, her work was "EXCELLENT"
.The table on the left shows all those who have posted their audio assignments for Study Sessions 3, 4 and 5
Please .let me know if your name is left out due to my negligence. You could start posting your answers now.
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The closing date is August, 20th. 2012
Thank You and Good Luck!
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THE RESULT
(Number of learners participated in this assessment: 12)
Congratulations! All the 12 of you have proved that you are 
s Excellent Result! Each one of you got all the answers correct!
Amazing achievement! I'm very proud of every one of you!
Wow! 100% Students Passed! Unbelievable talent!
Thank you, guys! You are simply the BEST!____________________________________________
Keys: = Excellent | 
= Good | 
= Poor
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Name \ Question (A) (B) (C) (D) Total Mark Grade
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 Checks %
Galina . . . 
.6 16/16 100
NOTE: 1) The names are arranged in the order I received the answers first!
.2) Ehab Nassif opted to post his answers on my wall!
.3) I'll comment on your answers individually when time permits me!
A Special "Thank You" Message!
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Thank you from the bottom of my heart! I owe you a great debt of gratitude for your endless help towards the virtual class students and me..Without you it would have been impossible for us to come this far! . You are truly an outstanding teacher, sincere friend and positive role model! God Bless!!
P.S. Those who would like to learn how to use the different 'voice recorders' used here by our friends, could check my blog "Make your voice heard!"
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Comments
@ Scrat.......
heyyy...stop your laughing........I can see all your teeth. As I told before, You cannot fight with me. Got it?
Sis, thank you so much for your sweet words. I'm so lucky. I have you and Ha...ya, always beside and encourage me. Love you all....
@ Dear selma,
Many thanks for your encouragement. I know....It's very bad but I promised ...I will try my best...
Have a nice day!
My dear Teacher Galina...
hihihi....very happy....I'm flying with your compliments.....No, I'm very poor...just because of...I promised with you and T. Gabriel then...I must do it.
Yes...the "s"/ð/ /θ/...ya, I know..but my tongue doesn't want to do the same my think/brain...:)
I will practice it as much as I can...Thank you so much for your help.
About my name..oh, maybe you don't know...my name mean is LOVE FOREVER...ya, It's funny. here in my country...people just use my name for their COFFEE'S SHOP or SOUVENIR'S SHOP...lol...
Wow dear my Sis Mitran,
Congratulation for the first step!!!!
You have already got over Shyness and begin to join in all lesson! That is wonderful!!
Happy learning and good luck to you my dear!! ^^
Hi Mitran,
Your English is quite well, congrats !
I applaud your self-confidence :))
Wow! Mitran! You've done it! I'm proud of you! Congratulations! You've done the most important step: the first step! Mitran, I guessed that you exaggerated the situation. Your command of English isn't so bad as you used to say. I understood everything you said. Of course, there're some mistakes in pronouncing words, but we all do them. That's why we're here to improve our pronunciation.
You're lucky, Mitran, that you're just on time to practise the sounds that you fail to pronounce. These sounds are: /s/ mainly in the end of the words, and the sounds /θ/ and /ð/. A lot of people of different nationalities have problems with these sounds. So, now simply try to do all the audio assignments regularly and try to follow the steps in my blog "Some practical steps to acquire good pronunciation". And then everything will be ok.
By the way, I love your real name. I read some fairy-tale about a beautiful princess and her name was Thuong. Good luck!Hope to see you next time with your audio assignment.
ME
And...yayaya.....Yes. You heard my recording and wrote it exactly. lol...I thought, You must "guess" my mean/words, right Teacher?
hihihi...my dear Teacher, I come to the MOON (directly) with your comment. Thank you so much. You make me so happy. Yes, I know, I need to overcome "my fearfulness". I will join your lesson. I promised....
Hi, Mitran,
I could understand your English very well. I'll comment on it later. Thank you!
The following is what you are saying, arent' you?
"Good morning, everyone!
This is the first time I post my voice here. I am very shy now. Hope you all can understand what I am talking about. First, let me introduce about myself. My real name is ‘Thuong’. I’ll spell it… ‘t’ ‘h’ ‘u’ ‘o’ ‘n’ ‘g’. ‘Mitran’ is just my daughter’s name. I am married. I am thirty-six years old. I have two babies; one girl and one boy.
You know, I just want to thank teacher Galina and Gabriel. Hope I read their names correctly. They encouraged me but till now I’m not self-confident about my English. So, I didn’t join their lessons. I feel very sorry about that. This time I just want to test my speaking. Ok! Enough for today. See you next time. Have a nice day! Bye-bye!"
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