Unlock the Meanings Practice the Strategy


OBJECTIVES Students will C read and understand how to use a dictionary’s phonetic respelling and pronunciation key.


C use dictionary skills to answer questions about the pronunciation of vocabulary words.


GUIDE STUDENTS Ask volunteers to read aloud the information at the top of page 130 about using a dictionary to check the pronunciation of a word. Discuss the pronunciation key and the example. Make sure that second-language learners can correctly pronounce the example words in the pronunciation key here. This is the same key they use in the Word Wisdom Dictionary. Point out that occasionally a diction- ary will provide two pronunciations of a word. Both pronunciations are acceptable, but usually the one given first is preferred. As an example, have students look up and discuss equable, a vocabulary word from Part 2 that has two acceptable pronunciations for the initial e.


PRACTICE


Have students complete page 130 independently. You may also wish to look up the words in the Word Wisdom Dictionary as a class and have the students check and discuss their answers.


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Unlock the Meanings


Pronunciation The dictionary uses a special alphabet to show how words are pronounced. Unlike the alphabet used to spell words, letters in this “phonetic” alphabet always stand for the same sound. These sounds and letters are explained in a key like the one shown here.


/≠/ pat /∞/ pay /â/care /ä/ father /är/ far /≤/pet /≥/be /∂/pit /∑/pie /îr/pier


/∏/mop /π/toe /ô/paw, for /oi/noise /ou/ out /∫/look /Ω/ boot /√/cut /ûr/ urge /th/ thin


/th/ this /hw/ what /zh/ vision /≈/


about item pencil gallop circus


/≈r/ butter


Syllables that are stressed, or emphasized, are indicated by a stress mark (' ). Study this example:


am•ple /≠m' p≈l / adj. am•pler, am•plest. more than enough. We took an ample supply of water on the hike. —am•ply adv. —am•ple•ness n.


Practice the Strategy Use your Word Wisdom Dictionary to answer these questions.


Answers will vary.


2 1


Do the words dearth and urge have the same vowel sound? yes


Which syllable of deficient is stressed, and what word does this syllable sound like?


the second; It sounds like fish. 3


The word capacity contains the letter c in two different places. How is the letter pronounced in each place?


It is first pronounced like k and later like s. 4


What words are used to show the sound of ≈ in your dictionary’s pronunciation guide?


Some examples are about, item, and circus. 5 Which word is pronounced /kwπ' t≈/?


quota


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