Didactic Perspective on Intersonorant Voicing

Jana Brožová · Digital Repository (National Repository of Grey Literature) · 2013

This thesis aims at a comprehensive analysis of the phenomenon called inter-sonorant voicing which frequently occurs in the speech of Czech learners of English. The theoretical part focuses on a general description and explanation of this problem in the context of the negative interference from learners' mother tongue. The practical part contains a complete list of words prone to inter-sonorant voicing and describes the method of selection of these words. Finally, the results of this analysis were applied in creating teaching materials. KEY WORDS inter-sonorant voicing, Czech English, integration, phonemic awareness

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