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In today’s English Language class, We will be learning about the Vowels \ ɒ \,\ɔː\ and \ ʌ \. We hope you enjoy the class!
CONTENT
Vowel \ ɒ \ is described as a rounded open back vowel and it is vowel no 6 in English.
Vowel \ ɔː \ is known as a rounded half-open back vowel and it is vowel no 7. It is the long counterpart of vowel no 6. Vowel \ ʌ \ is described as a short neutral half-open central vowel and it is vowel no 10. Each of these vowels is represented by different letters of the English alphabet.
Consider the following examples:
\ ɒ \
‘au’ as in laurel, because
‘ow’ as in knowledge
‘ou’ as in cough, trough
‘a’ as in want, what
‘o’ as in cot, pot
\ ɔː \
‘a’ as in talk, water
‘oar’ as in board, roar
‘au’ as in laud, caught
‘aw’ as in law, hawk
‘ou’ as in bought, fought
‘or’ as in door, north
‘our’ as in court, bourdon
‘ar’ as in warm, war
\ ʌ \
‘o’ as in brother, mother, love
‘oe’ as in does
‘ou’ as in double, tough
‘oo’ as in flood, blood
‘u’ as in just, much, but
EVALUATION
identify the sounds represented by the underlined letter (s) in words below.
watch colour daughter
sausage country hot
awe laud money
hoard wharf floral
REFERENCE
Standard speech: An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology by S.A Fatusin.
READING ASSIGNMENT
Read page 145 (vowels) of Exam Focus.
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