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Communication: Spoken English | 191

Today, to be able to communicate effectively in English is the most powerful
resource for success in both professional and personal life.
In India the standard Indian English is a non-native variety. There are
also a number of regional varieties of Indian English. This is because of the
multilingual set up that is present in India and because we Indians tend
to learn the English language based on the rules of our respective mother
tongues. We need to wean ourselves from the interferences of our mother
tongues so that our English sounds intelligible.
The English language does not maintain the correspondence between
the written form and the spoken form. There is absolutely no one-to-one
correspondence between sound and symbol. English is a non-phonetic lan-
guage. Therefore it is necessary for Indian students to make a systematic
study of the English sound system known as the Phonetics of English, and
avoid any prejudices arising out of their study of written English.

The Sounds of the English Language

The English language has 26 letters but 44 sounds. Therefore, obviously some
letters must account for more than one sound.
For example:
The letter C corresponds to two sounds /k/ and /s/.
/k/ curtain
c
/s/ certain
The letter S corresponds to the following sounds.

/s/ soon
s /z/ house
/Ʒ/ measure
/∫/ censure
The letter E corresponds to the following sounds.

/e/ egg
/I/ repeat
e /iː/ complete

/ɪə/ serious
/aI/ eye
The letter I corresponds to the following sounds.

/aI/ survive
i /ɪ/ glitter
/Ʒː/ bird

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