Reflective Journal

 Day 2 Date 22/09/2017

·                      Things I learned and did today: I analyzed phonetic phenomena   in the song, practiced fortis consonant sound by repeating the tongue twister “Peter Piper” with different emotions, and did the ear training.

·                      For today, my English speech has the following features of Russian accent: I pronounce diphthongoids in a wrong way: they should be slightly changed in the end. Also, I should pay more attention on “clear/dark L”, weak forms and fluency.

·                       I would give 5 points out of 10 for my pronunciation today because of features of Russian accent that were mentioned before.  

·                       For today, English speech of my partner has the following features of Russian accent: the pronunciation of “fleece” and “kit” vowels, lack of aspiration, problems with “clear/dark L”, fluency and intonation (stressed words).

·                        I would give 3 points out of 10 for my partner’s pronunciation today, because she made a lot of mistakes in vowels, didn’t use fluency and put the stress on unstressed syllables.

·                        Impressions for today’s lesson: the lesson was productive because we discussed some phonetic phenomena in the song and now I know how to use them correctly.

·                      To improve my results, I should do the following task at home: practicing my pronunciation with a help of the song 'Lemon Tree"  and reading the dialogues.