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6.When is on the screen, press ENTER to see a moving picture.

To stop the moving picture, press any key.

7.To see the picture move again, press ENTER again.8.Press BACK to go back to the text and use to continue reading.You are shown a list of words that use the highlighted sound.

9.Use HEAR , SELF , BOTH , and SHOW

to practice your pronunciation.10.Press or DN until you see .

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11.Press ENTER and use to read a lesson about con- trasting similar sounds.12.Press BACK twice to go back to the original phonetic analysis.13.Press CLEAR when finished.➤Understanding the Interna- tional Phonetic Alphabet

The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA ) provides unique symbols for each speech sound.

To see the phonetic symbol tables of vowels and consonants, first select Sounds of English from the Outline menu and then select Vowel Sounds or Consonant Sounds. Then select Vowel Sounds Table or Consonant Sounds Table from the submenu and press ENTER to see the table.

To highlight a sound, use the arrow keys. Press HEAR to hear an example word containing that sound.

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