In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract. In English language there are 24 consonant sounds. In phonology class I learned the exactly pronunciation of each of them, through a chart, when I could see the place and the manner of articulation of every sound. It was very useful for me, because now I can identify the consonant sound when I heard a word, so I can recognize what it means. To learn English is indispensable know the correct way to pronunciation the words, and the consonant sounds is the 80% of the total articulation of them, so, if you recognize all of these sounds, can be said that you almost know how speak this language.
The chart of consonant sounds is very useful, since it is organized according to the place and manner of articulation, p and b sounds caussed me some troubles but now with that chart is easier to me!
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