1. Phonetics: Vowels

2. Vowel Qualities TThe placement of the body of the tongue: Vertical: high – mid – low Horizontal: front – central – back TThe shape of the lips: Rounded – Unrounded TThe lowering of the velum: Nasal vowel TThe degree of the vocal tract contriction: Tense – Lax

3. Types of English Vowels  Tense Monophthongs  Lax Monophthongs  Diphthongs

4. Tense Vowels are made with a relatively tense tongue and greater vocal tract constriction

5. [[i]: high front unrounded [[ey]: mid front unrounded [[uw]: high back rounded [[o]: mid back rounded [[ ɑ ]:low back unrounded Beat Bait Boot Boat Bought

6. Lax vowels are made with a placement of the tongue that results in relatively less vocal tract constriction [[ ɪ ]: high front unrounded [[ ɛ ]: mid front unrounded [[æ]: low front unrounded [[ ʌ ]: mid central unrounded [[ə]: mid central unrounded Bit Bet Bat But About

7. Diphthongs  [ ɛ i] = lake, day  [ai] = like, try  [oi] = boil, boy  [ou] = go, hope  [au] = cloud, cow  [iə] = dear, idea  [ ɛ ə] = care, hair  [u ɪ ] = fluent, sure

8. IPA Vowels

9. Transcription to Spelling 1. Whose 2. Calm 3. Deaf 4. Ache 5. Prayer 6. Comb 7. Shove 8. Debt 9. Friend 1. [huwz] 2. [K ɑ lm] 3. [d ɛ f] 4. [ Ɛ ik] 5. [preiər] 6. [kowm] 7. [ ʃʌ v] 8. [d ɛ t] 9. [fr ɛ nd]

10. Spelling to Transcription 1. Heart 2. Yatch 3. Rhyme 4. Brake 5. Women 6. Plumber 1. [h ɑ rt] 2. [y ɑ t] 3. [r ɑ im] 4. [br ɛ ik] 5. [w ɪ m ɪ n] 6. [pl ʌ mər]

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