1. Phonetics and phonology
Vowels: Diphthongs Talib M. Sharif Omer Assistant lecturer October 29, 2015

2. Quiz -A
A: Find out the phonetic symbol for the first sound in each of the following words:
1.This ,
2.Usual,
3.Church,
4.Thousand ,
5.she,
6.Knee,
7. Hear,
8- genre
9-whiffy
10-judge

3. Quiz-B
B-Find the phonetic symbol for the last sound in each of the following words.
1- hash
2-plough
3- movie
4- Health
5-Dog
6- Ache
7- dye,
8-profiling
9-failure
10- of

4. Vowels Diphthongs Transcriptions Activities
Contents
Vowels
Diphthongs
Transcriptions
Activities

5. Diphthongs
Diphthongs
Diphthongs are produced as the result of a glide from one vowel to another within a single syllable. For example, the diphthong in communicate has a phonemic symbol /e/ to /i/.
This represent of vowel movement. So diphthongs are considered a combination of two short single vowels

6. /ai/
advice,
guide ,
foresight,
like

7. /ei/
advocate
liberation,
game,
play,
bathe.

8. /au/
About
round
Accountants
bow,

9. /ou/ or / /əu/
Post
Hope
Show No
clothe

10. /oi /
Enjoy
soil
coin
boy

11. /iə/
near
here
dear

12. / eə/
There
hair
where

13. /uə/
tourist
tour
cure

14. Activity 2: /ei/ flight, play, fly, flow.
Write the most correct word for the given sound.
/ai/ April, advice, aim, arm
/ei/ flight, play, fly, flow.
/au/ hope, night, height, now.
/ou/ or / /əu/ enjoy, either, explain, soil, hope.
/oi/ oil, envelope, aim, column , annoy
/iə/ clear chair, air, there,
/ eə/ clear, deer, near, there.
/uə/ town, sure, cuisine, rose

15. Put the following words in the corresponding columns:
Activity 3:
Put the following words in the corresponding columns:
( ill, eel, kneel, wheel, way, may, skill, since)
/I /
/I:/

16. Activity 4: Put the following words in the corresponding columns :
(die, dye, , coal, own, down, follow, cry, fly, toy, enjoy,
/ai/
/ou/ or / /əu/
/oi/

17. Activity 4: Transcribe the following words phonetically: Gave, file,
grow,
robe,
oblige ,
labour
modernize
plays ,
edge
how,
person,

18. Activity 5 Transcribe the following words into phonetics Pay five Now
join
Hair
pure
rate
Lake
save,

19. Ends
Comments and Questions

20. Reference
Roach , Petter(2000) Phonetics and Phonology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
O'Connor, J.D (1980). Better English Pronunciation. Cambridge: Cambridge University.
Eka, D. (2014) Introduction to phonetics and phonology of English. Nigeria: Nigeria University Press.

21. Thank You