Diagnostic Assessment

It is concerned with describing speech, with describing how sounds are articulated. It also has been the called "The Cinderalla of foreign language teaching."

• Syntax

• Phonetics

• Morphology

• Phonology

_______ refers to whether or not vocal folds vibrate while enunciating a segment.

Sounds produced when the vocal folds are apart (relaxed) are called to as _________ sounds.

These are parts of the mouth involved in sound production.

• Voiceless sounds

• Voiced sounds

• Vocal cords

• Articulators

These articulators are the ones that move the most. Some examples are: lips, tongue-tip, the tongue blade, and back of the tongue.

These articulators are also referred as secondary articulators and are all the parts of the upper jaw, from front to back.

These are sounds produced by the lower and upper lips approach or touch each other.

• Labio-dental sounds

• Inter-dental sounds

• Bilabial sounds

• Alveolar sounds

These sounds are produced when the back of the tongue touches the hard palate. For example, words like king and Kansas.

• Post-alveolar sounds

• Velar sounds

• Alveolar sounds

• Labio-dental sounds

These are sounds involving the uvula; they are also produced at the very back of the vocal track.

• Glottal sounds

• Velar sounds

• Palatal sounds

• Inter-dental sounds

These are sounds which differentiate one word from another; for example: pail-tail.