WELCOME BACK DEAR KIDS TO THE PHONETICS CLASS AFTER SUMMER VACATION!

DEAR CHILDREN!


                       I AM GLAD TO WELCOME YOU ALL BACK TO THE PHONETICS CLASS AFTER A WEEKS GAP TO MAKE YOU ENJOY YOUR SUMMER VACATION!

I HOPE STILL YOU ARE IN VACATION MOOD ONLY!  NO PROBLEM!



             




I HOPE YOU CAN REVISE THE LESSONS WHICH WE HAD DONE SO FAR.  TWO DAYS YOU LEARN THE OLD LESSONS AND THEN YOU CAN START THE NEW LESSON WHICH WE ARE GOING TO SEE TODAY!


AFTER GOING THROUGH A NEW LESSON YOU WILL BE DOING A TEST WITHIN A FEW DAYS TO TEST YOURSELF HOW MUCH YOU HAD LEARNED SO FAR! I AM SURE YOU ALL WILL GET FULL MARKS!


TOPIC: VOWEL SOUNDS (SHORT AND LONG VOWELS)



AS YOU KNOW THERE ARE ONLY   5 VOWEL LETTERS  BUT THE SOUND PRODUCED BY THE VOWELS ARE 20 !  IMAGINE!


SO FAR YOU HAD COME ACROSS ONLY SHORT AND LONG VOWEL SOUNDS!

NOW WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE DIPHTHONGS! THEY ARE ALL TOGETHER 8 IN NO.


WHAT IS A DIPHTHONG?

READ THE BELOW CAPTION.








IT IS A VOWEL SOUND PRODUCED WHEN THE TONGUE CHANGES ITS POSITION TO PRODUCE THE SOUND OF TWO VOWELS.


LOOK at this chart.  

Vowels in the English Language

Vowels are speech sounds  pronounced so there are no “obstacles” to airstream (unlike the way consonants are pronounced, for example). This post lists English vowels (21 in this case, although some sources list 22), both monophthongs and diphthongs. They are grouped into the long and short ones. There is also a vowel diagram showing vowels at their approximate positions.

The vowels sounds of the English language are listed below:

1 i:  see, unique, feel
2 ɪ  wit, mystic, little
3 e  set, meant, bet
4 æ  pat, cash, bad
5 ɑ:  half, part, father
6 ɒ  not, what, cost
7 ɔ:  port, caught, all
8 ʊ  wood, could, put
9 u:  you, music, rude
10 ʌ  bus, come, but
11 ɜ:  beard, word, fur
12 ə  alone, butter
13 eɪ  lady, make
14 əʊ  go, home
15 aɪ  my, time
16 ɑʊ  now, round
17 ɔɪ  boy, noise
18 ɪə  here, beard
19 ɛə  fair, scarce
20 ɔə  more, board
21 ʊə  pure, your

Gimson (Introduction 90) sorts English vowels into three groups: short, long “relatively pure” and long “diphthongal glides, with prominent 1st element”.

Short and long monophthongs in English
short   ɪ e æ ɒ ʊ ʌ ə
long    i: u: ɑ: ɔ: 

LET US STOP TODAY HERE! TOMORROW WE WILL SEE IN DETAIL.