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Lesson Two
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In today’s English Language class, We will be working on our Speech as we learn about the Vowel sounds /i:/, /I/, /æ/ and /e/. We hope you enjoy the class!
SPEECH WORK
Vowel sounds /i:/, /I/, /æ/ and /e/
Content
- What is a vowel sound?
- Words in which these sounds occur.
A vowel sound is a sound that is produced from the mouth without any obstruction.
A vowel is the nucleus or central part of a syllable. The following vowel sounds /i:/, /I/, /e/ and /æ/ are known as monophthongs, i.e. each of them comprises only one symbol. These sounds are represented by different letters. Consider the examples below:
(i) /i:/
ea: meat, beat, seat, meal, grease, peace
ee: seed, meet, feel, feeble, feet
ei: deceive, seize, ceiling
i: elite, police.
ey: key
eo: people
uay: quay
oe: foetus, amoeba
ie: chief, grief thief, thief brief
(ii) /I/
i: bit, hit, sit
ui: build, quilt, quiz
u: busy, business
e: believe, pretty, retrieve
a: Monday, village Friday
y: symbol, tyranny, lynching
o: women
(iii) /e/
e: best, get, leg, egg
ea: head, death, bread
a: many, any
eo: leopard, jeopardy, Geoffrey
(iv) /æ/
a: back, bat, man
ai: plait
Evaluation: Identify the sounds underlined below:
Chat, bury, English, sheep, ate, chip, plait, quay, leopard, guess
Reference: Oral English by Sam Onuigbo; standard speech, page 11-15
Reading Assignment: Standard speech (Diction in English) page 11-12
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