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Introduction
Vowel sounds present a considerable challenge to nonnative speakers. Spoken English has an unusually high number of vowel sounds - from 5 written vowels (a, e, i, o, u) we produce 19 vowel sounds
A vowel sound is made by shaping the air as it leaves the mouth. There are four types of vowel in English:
Short monothongs (2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 12 in the diagram) Long monothongs (1, 6, 8, 9, 11 in the diagram) Diphthongs (13 - 19 in the diagram)
Vowels
Vowels can be
Pure vowels usually come in pairs consisting of long and short sounds
This is found in the
word tea. The lips are spread and the sound is long.
This is found in the
word hip. The lips are slightly spread and the sound is short
The tongue tip is raised slightly at the front towards the alveolar. In the longer sound the tongue is raised higher.
This sound is made by relaxing the mouth and keeping your lips in a neutral position and making a short sound. It is found in words like paper, over, about, and common in weak verbs in spoken English.
This sound is the long form of the schwa sound. It is found in words like thirteen and bird. The mouth is relaxed and lips are neutral.
u:
Made with rounded lips and tongue slightly raised at the back
This sound is made with the mouth spread wide open. It is found in cat, man, apple & ran
The sound of e is found in wet, left, when & tell. Like the sound for a it is a short sound that has no long version. The vowel sounds we have just reviewed make up the rest of the diphthongs etc. that come next.
Diphthongs are combinations of two soundsEnglish has 8 diphthongs Triphthongs are combinations of three sounds-
Diphthongs are made by sliding the tongue for one position to another - this is know as a glide.
Here two more pure vowels are combined to make a sound. This sound is like saying the letter O. It begins with a er (schwa) and moves towards the oo sound found in good.
Words like cow, down, ground and town all contain this sound.
a:+ I = aI - tie, buy, height & night e + I = eI - way, paid & gate o: + I = oI boy, coin & coy e+
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REFERENCES
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