Pronunciation
Why do you find pronunciation difficult in English?
1. The number of sounds in English is more than the no. of letters
1. Tamil alphabet/ sound English alphabet / sound 247 247 26 44
1. the letter “o” produces multiple sound
J position, police, politician x podium, portico, ponytail, police
A possible, positive, popular
B horlicks, hospital, hostel
E book, look, took
F boon, boost, boot, loot
2. WE TEND TO USE TAMIL SOUNDS INSTEAD ENGLISH SHOUNDS under, water, automatically, cover, pants, canteen
2A. NON TAMIL SYSTEM – in pronouncing certain letters
A a and, apple, aunty
A ei take, date, table, gate, make, bake, cake, lake, fake
Ch ech chicklet, chicken, check, china, chief, chips, chalk
Ex eks example, examination, executive
I eye find, mind, bind, kind, nice
S sugar, measure, treasure, pleasure, asia, visual, casual
Sh she, ship, shell, shame, should, shall, shallow
Sion mansion, vision, tension, mission, commission, revision
Tion shun Prevention, pretention, convention, digestion, question, suggestion, attention, reduction, action, reaction, solution
T Towel, tower, note, daughter,water,try,mental,center,
P Public,parcel,possible,popular,poper,poor,party,parlour
N en went, cement, sent,pants, note, neat,cant,didn’t,
L el Blue, love, club, clue, flame, flag, flash, flat, flaw, flight
R Right, river, firm, first, iron, daughter, water
Ph F phoenix, physics, phase
Z zee zero, zip, zoo
Double tt Butter, better, mutton, button, cotton,
Double ee sheet, meet, feet,
Double oo foot, look, hook
3. NON TAMIL SYSTEM - START OF THE WORD letters Pronounced as
Vowels A,e,i,o,u,
Consonants B,c,d,f,g,h,j,k,l,m,n,p,q,r,s,t,v,w,x,y,z Ib,ic,id,if,ig,ih,ij,ik,il,im,in,ip,iq,ir,is,it,iv,iw,eks,ey,
4. NON TAMIL SYSTEM – SYLLABLE SPLITTING Fa ther, de finite, in definite Photo grapher,
Parti cular, fi
1. The number of sounds in English is more than the no. of letters
1. Tamil alphabet/ sound English alphabet / sound 247 247 26 44
1. the letter “o” produces multiple sound
J position, police, politician x podium, portico, ponytail, police
A possible, positive, popular
B horlicks, hospital, hostel
E book, look, took
F boon, boost, boot, loot
2. WE TEND TO USE TAMIL SOUNDS INSTEAD ENGLISH SHOUNDS under, water, automatically, cover, pants, canteen
2A. NON TAMIL SYSTEM – in pronouncing certain letters
A a and, apple, aunty
A ei take, date, table, gate, make, bake, cake, lake, fake
Ch ech chicklet, chicken, check, china, chief, chips, chalk
Ex eks example, examination, executive
I eye find, mind, bind, kind, nice
S sugar, measure, treasure, pleasure, asia, visual, casual
Sh she, ship, shell, shame, should, shall, shallow
Sion mansion, vision, tension, mission, commission, revision
Tion shun Prevention, pretention, convention, digestion, question, suggestion, attention, reduction, action, reaction, solution
T Towel, tower, note, daughter,water,try,mental,center,
P Public,parcel,possible,popular,poper,poor,party,parlour
N en went, cement, sent,pants, note, neat,cant,didn’t,
L el Blue, love, club, clue, flame, flag, flash, flat, flaw, flight
R Right, river, firm, first, iron, daughter, water
Ph F phoenix, physics, phase
Z zee zero, zip, zoo
Double tt Butter, better, mutton, button, cotton,
Double ee sheet, meet, feet,
Double oo foot, look, hook
3. NON TAMIL SYSTEM - START OF THE WORD letters Pronounced as
Vowels A,e,i,o,u,
Consonants B,c,d,f,g,h,j,k,l,m,n,p,q,r,s,t,v,w,x,y,z Ib,ic,id,if,ig,ih,ij,ik,il,im,in,ip,iq,ir,is,it,iv,iw,eks,ey,
4. NON TAMIL SYSTEM – SYLLABLE SPLITTING Fa ther, de finite, in definite Photo grapher,
Parti cular, fi