English Pronunciation

VOWEL SOUNDS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

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ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION

The lips are relaxed and the central/front area of the tongue is in the central/high area of the mouth for this sound.

/ɪ/

it / ɪt

lip / lɪp

To create the 'other u' /ʊ/ sound, the back of the tongue is raised to a mid-high position, the sides of the tongue may touch the top teeth toward the back of the mouth.

put/ pʊt

full/ fʊl

/ʊ/

In thi case your tongue is in the middle and the centre of your mouth, to produce the /ə/ sound put your tongue in the middle and in the centre of your mouth and make a short voice sound

/ə/

under/ undər

never/ nevər

SHORT VOWELS

Is called a relaxed middle vowel sound. That’s because the lips and jaws are relaxed when pronouncing the sound, rather than wide open or rounded. When saying the Short E sound, the middle of the tongue rounds upward

bed/ bed

hen/ hen

/e/

The vowel /a:/ is a long vowel because its pronunciation extends into the last vowel; the position of the mouth is different from [æ], normally the pronunce /a:/ the mouth is more open.

hard/ hɒrd

/ɒ/

park/ pɒrk

The body of the tongue is relaxed and set low in the mouth. The sides of the tongue lightly touch the bottom teeth during the formation of the sound.

duck/ dʌk

us/ ʌs

/ʌ/

This is a sound is technical name is near-open front unrounded vowel Its sound is low; the tongue should be low front the mouth should be relaxed but open, the vocal chords vibrate to make the sound, we have words with this sound.

cat/ cæt

/æ/

black/ blæ k

/iː/

This is a long sound that we make with the mouth spread, just like if we were smiling.

meet / mi:t

feel / Fi:l

Make the /uː/ sound by lifting the back of your tongue more, your lips should be very rounded and the hole between your lips should be small (see below). It is a long sound.

/uː/

shoe / shu:

cook / ku:k

long VOWELS

In this case your tongue is low and at the back of your mouth, to produce the sound put your tongue low and at the back of your mouth, then make a long voiced sound with you mouth open

part / pɑ:t

start / stɑ:t

/ɑː/

It is a vowel sound, and its technical name is Open - Mid Back Rounded Vowel. This sound is a long "o." To produce this sound, our lips have to be rounded like U or O also the jaw moves down a little and the vocal cords vibrate.

/ɔː/

Also /ɔːlsəʊ

Talk /t ɔːk

It is a vowel sound; its technical name is “open mid central unrounded vowel,” or long schwa, so its sound is long and difficult to pronounce it. The tongue is low, but in the center of our mouth, our lips should be smiling, not rounded.

Bird /bɜːd

Learn /lɜːm

/ɜː/

This is a diphthong; its sound is like the name of the letter A. It’s the mix of two sounds of the e sound and the i sound. To pronounce this diphthong, we only pronounce ei. When we are making the sound, our vocal cords vibrate, and our lips will be smiling

Same - /Seɪm

/eɪ/

Take - /Teɪk

Mature /mə’t ʃ ʊə

This is a diphthong sound; it is the mix of two sounds of a: sound and the ɪ sound. To pronounce this diphthong, our mouths should be a bit open to begin with the sound a: and then our mouths will close a bit and our lips will stretch out a little, so the sound would be aɪ.

By - /Baɪ

/aɪ/

I - /aɪ

Tourist /‘t ʊə.rist

This is a diphthong sound, which is a mix of two vowel sounds that is produced within the same syllable. The ɔi sound, with the combination of ɔ: and ɪ sound, our vocal cords will vibrate making this sound.

/ɔi/

Point - /p ɔi nt

Boy - /b ɔi

This is a diphthong; it is the combination of two sounds of the ʊ sound and the schwa ə sound. Our mouths will move, but first our mouths will be almost closed, our lips will be rounded /ʊ/ and then our mouths will become more relaxed /ə/

This is a diphthong sound; it is the mix of two sounds of the ə and u: sounds our mouth should be rounded, this diphthong would sound like ou.

/əʊ/

Know - /nəʊ

Go - /gəʊ

This is a diphthong sound; it is the mix of two vowel sounds of a sound and the U sound, imagine if someone hits us and we say, Au, this is the sound we need. First, our mouths should open, and second, our mouths should be closed but rounded.

/aʊ/

About /əbaʊt

Out /aʊut

/ʊə/

This is a diphthong long sound; it is the combination of two sounds. To pronounce this sound, our mouth will move a bit, like in a smiling position, and then our mouth should be relaxed, our tongue should be back and down, and our lips should be less flexed.

Year /jɪə

Hear /hɪə

/ɪə/

diphthongs

This is a diphthong; it is a combination of two vowel sounds of e sound and the schwa ə sound. Our mouths move with this diphthong, so our lips are stretched out a bit, and then they are relaxed.

/eə/

Bear /beə

Rare /Reə

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