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Understanding some general concepts of phonology can help an educator when teaching pronunciation in the classroom because intonation, stress, and rhythm allow students of English to learn to manipulate the language and communicate more effectively. A teacher must demonstrate intonation, which is the variation of pitch and volume. This carries a lot of expression when communicating feelings and emotions. Stress is placed on individual words; it has an added emphasis. Certain syllables can also carry the stress such as in the the first syllable of a word, or the last, or second to last (the penultimate). Places of articulation are where phonemes are formed in the mouth and throat, and what parts of the mouth are used when forming these units of sound. How these sounds differ can be explained as the manner of articulation. The English language categorises phonemes by their place and manner of articulation. The productions are represented by the phonetic alphabet, which is comprised of symbols which each represent these small units of sound. For teachers, it is important to know how the words and phrases being taught are formed in the mouth so that the method can be explained and demonstrated to students who are unfamiliar with producing such different and awkward sounds.
