MGS EL: Oracy (Pronunciation)
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Consonants: voiceless
Vowels: monophthongs
Vowels: diphthongs
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Instructions:
Please watch each of the following videos attentively and verbalise each featured sound. Once you have completed all 12 videos, note which sounds you had difficulty pronouncing.
1. Short vowel /ɪ/ kit, bid, hymn, minute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ7dM_LU9t4&list=PLE2A374AF7E6ADC89
2. Short vowel /ʊ/ "foot, good, put"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ7dM_LU9t4&list=PLE2A374AF7E6ADC89
3. Short vowel /ʌ/ "strut, mud, love, blood"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZwKFFp7V50&list=PLE2A374AF7E6ADC89
4. Short vowel /ɒ/ "lot, odd, wash"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAk-XtHsyzM&list=PLE2A374AF7E6ADC89
5. Short vowel /ə/ "
a
bout, comm
o
n, stand
ar
d" (the schwa)
- the most frequent sound in English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg0P0oYkniE&list=PLE2A374AF7E6ADC89
6. Short vowel /e/ "dress, bed, head, many"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLN1cdSTDo8&list=PLE2A374AF7E6ADC89
7. Short vowel /
æ/ "trap, bad"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVhaIHk88a8&list=PLE2A374AF7E6ADC89
1. Long vowel /iː/ "fleece, sea, machine"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZmGzSb-6OM&list=PLE2A374AF7E6ADC89
2. Long vowel /
uː/ "goose, two, blue, group"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBp_5yKC2OA&list=PLE2A374AF7E6ADC89
3. Long vowel /
ɑː/ "start, father"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-BUlk9im58&list=PLE2A374AF7E6ADC89
4. Long vowel /
ɔː/ "thought, law, north, war"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35rzq87Ck3M&list=PLE2A374AF7E6ADC89
5. Long vowel /
ɜː/ "nurse, stir, learn, refer"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Lfq_CFAQ8&list=PLE2A374AF7E6ADC89
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