ENGLISH LANGUAGE S.S.S2 THIRD TERM

WEEK SEVEN

THEME: SPEECH

CONSONANT SOUND - NASAL

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE

Students should be able to;

1. Identify the sounds in words
2. Pronounce the words correctly

CONTENT

Nasal, in phonetics, speech sound in which the airstream passes through the nose as a result of the lowering of the soft palate (velum) at the back of the mouth. In the case of nasal consonants, such as English m, n, and ng (the final sound in “sing”), the mouth is occluded at some point by the lips or tongue and the airstream is expelled entirely through the nose. Sounds in which the airstream is expelled partly through the nose and partly through the mouth are classified as nasalized. Nasalized vowels are common in French (e.g., in vin “wine,” bon “good,” and infant “child”), Portuguese, and several other languages..... View More