Phonetic

Week 2
Phonetics: Vowels
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What are monophthongs?
Are pure vowel sounds when we pronounce them, the organ of speech remains unchanged during the process of pronunciation.
What are they? 12
FRONT CENTRAL BACK
HIGH MIDDLE LOW
Types of English Monophthongs
Vowel Qualities
Position of the tongue
Vertical: high – mid – low
The shape of the lips:
Rounded – Unrounded – Spread
Highest part of the tongue
Horizontal: front – central – back
Length of sounds
Tense/long – Lax/short
You are the dinosaur. Return to your nest by treading only in those adjecent footprints (horizontally or vertically) where the word contains the [] vowel.
Spelling to Transcription
Heart
Yatch
Rhyme
Brake
Women
Plumber
[ht]
[jt]
[ram]
[brek]
[wmn]
[plm]
Write the spelling of the following transcription
More than three hundred and thirty thousand of Britain’s poorest
children will lose their right to free school meals when social security
changes come into effect tomorrow.
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