The Invisible Y: A Case for Spelling in Pronunciation Learning  

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Dickerson, Wayne B.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: TESOL Quarterly (Full Text; vol 1-16 ada di JSTOR) vol. 19 no. 2 (Jun. 1985), page 303-316.
Fulltext: vol 19 no.2 pp.303-316.pdf (397.81KB)

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/TES/19 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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What can a teacher say to help the student whose rendering of community sounds like come-moon-ity and whose ridiculous rhymes with tickle us? One possibility is, "Go to a dictionary and look up the pronunciation of these words." Another, more helpful possibility is, "Let me show you where to use the Invisible Y in English." The Invisible Y is the unwritten /y/ that is required in continue, omitted in construe, optional in continuity, and, in issue, combines to make /š/in American English speech but remains /sy/ in some British English speech. Its apparent erratic behavior is a point of frustration for ESL learners, for whom there is virtually no guidance. This article 1) shows that the learner's mistakes in this area ordinarily arise, not from a lack of articulatory skill, but from a lack of information about the system; 2) presents the simple rules governing the use of the Invisible Y, rules accessible to learners through standard orthography; and 3) discusses how standard orthography can be used as a pronunciation resource for learners.

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