Praxis 5362 Practice Question
We play， well girls play volleyball because w-， ah， we love to play volleyball， but boys play baseball. And， eh， uh， over there we never， like， we never wear these type of clothes in school， we wear uniforms. And， eh， children can walk to school. In the underlined portion of the speech sample， the student makes an error by replacing
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: In the speech sample, the error involves the incorrect replacement of the sound represented by [[0]] (a voiced dental fricative) with [t] (a voiceless alveolar stop). This substitution alters the intended pronunciation and meaning.
Option B suggests replacing [θ] (the voiceless dental fricative) with [n], which is not applicable since the original sound is not represented by [θ].
Option C proposes changing [o] to [d], which does not relate to the phonetic error in the context of the speech.
Option D suggests replacing [3] with [w], which is irrelevant to the specific mispronunciation discussed.
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