Phonetics is the study and identification of speech sounds. The phonetic alphabet is not the same as the English alphabet, although there are many of the same characters. In the phonetic alphabet, there are 14 vowels sounds and 24 consonant phonemes. When speech-language pathologists use the phonetic alphabet for transcriptions with their clients, they are able to use the transcriptions to plan therapy lessons according to their speech and language disorders.
Without the use of the phonetics, speech-language pathologists would have a difficult time keeping track of how their client is speaking. It would simply not be efficient to use the English alphabet as it only has 26 letters. As stated above, the phonetic alphabet consists of a total of …show more content…
Knowing this about each sound made allows for a clinician to plan an accurate and beneficial lesson plan for the therapy session. It is especially important for speech-language pathology students to learn the phonetic alphabet early on, as it requires practice and constant use to be able to use the alphabet in a conventional manner without having to stop and think about each sound.
When practicing phonetic transcriptions in class, it progressively got easier as the semester went on. At the beginning, I had to stop and think about each sound in a word and hear each word more than once before I could get it right. But now, I can hear a whole sentence and transcribe it with no trouble. At first, if I was asked to transcribe a word spoken by someone with an accent or any other abnormality that I was not used to, I had trouble deciding what to transcribe. But now, I have come to be fairly successful at transcribing nearly any sort of speech and even catch myself transcribing my notes in …show more content…
Louis and the northeast do not have speech disorders, but our differences in speech are rather from where they grew up and how those around them spoke. However, I believe that my sister’s inability to say ‘r’ is a disorder rather then a geographical variation. She has been to speech therapy before, but was never able to learn how to say her ‘r’ correctly.
When it comes to phonetics and transcribing, I would consider myself right between being a practitioner, I get it most of the time, but occasionally get stuck, and an expert, can teach someone else how to listen and transcribe. I feel as if I could certainly teach someone else phonetics, I have actually already tried to teach a friend and feel I did fairly well. However, I still consider myself a practitioner because I do get stuck on a few sounds here and there when transcribing.
In order for me to become even better at transcribing, I need to constantly practice. In order to be truly successful in phonetic transcriptions, you have to constantly practice and use it. Phonetics is all about training your ear rather than learning the symbols. If you don’t have a trained ear, you will never be able to accurately transcribe. You also have to be able to trust your ear and believe in what you hear. If you doubt what you hear or what was said, then you won’t get the best possible
Without the use of the phonetics, speech-language pathologists would have a difficult time keeping track of how their client is speaking. It would simply not be efficient to use the English alphabet as it only has 26 letters. As stated above, the phonetic alphabet consists of a total of …show more content…
Knowing this about each sound made allows for a clinician to plan an accurate and beneficial lesson plan for the therapy session. It is especially important for speech-language pathology students to learn the phonetic alphabet early on, as it requires practice and constant use to be able to use the alphabet in a conventional manner without having to stop and think about each sound.
When practicing phonetic transcriptions in class, it progressively got easier as the semester went on. At the beginning, I had to stop and think about each sound in a word and hear each word more than once before I could get it right. But now, I can hear a whole sentence and transcribe it with no trouble. At first, if I was asked to transcribe a word spoken by someone with an accent or any other abnormality that I was not used to, I had trouble deciding what to transcribe. But now, I have come to be fairly successful at transcribing nearly any sort of speech and even catch myself transcribing my notes in …show more content…
Louis and the northeast do not have speech disorders, but our differences in speech are rather from where they grew up and how those around them spoke. However, I believe that my sister’s inability to say ‘r’ is a disorder rather then a geographical variation. She has been to speech therapy before, but was never able to learn how to say her ‘r’ correctly.
When it comes to phonetics and transcribing, I would consider myself right between being a practitioner, I get it most of the time, but occasionally get stuck, and an expert, can teach someone else how to listen and transcribe. I feel as if I could certainly teach someone else phonetics, I have actually already tried to teach a friend and feel I did fairly well. However, I still consider myself a practitioner because I do get stuck on a few sounds here and there when transcribing.
In order for me to become even better at transcribing, I need to constantly practice. In order to be truly successful in phonetic transcriptions, you have to constantly practice and use it. Phonetics is all about training your ear rather than learning the symbols. If you don’t have a trained ear, you will never be able to accurately transcribe. You also have to be able to trust your ear and believe in what you hear. If you doubt what you hear or what was said, then you won’t get the best possible