Teaching Knowledge database N-P

Phonemes are the smallest units of sounds in a language.

Phonemic script is a transcription of the sounds of a word or phrase, using phonemic symbols from the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

Phonemic symbols are the symbols used to represent individual phoneme sounds in transcription, e.g. in a dictionary.

Phonetics is the study of human speech.

Phonics is a method of teaching young learners how to read which focuses on how letters make sounds, and how these sounds make words.

Phonology, also known as phonemics, is the study of the particular sound units (phonemes) in languages.

Pitch movement is the way the quality of the voice changes as a speaker communicates.

A plenum in language teaching means the whole group, so an activity in plenum / plenary will involve all learners and the teacher.

Polysemy refers to the quality of some words having several related meanings.