TEACHING GUIDE: VOWEL SOUNDS

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SUBJECT: English Language

TOPIC: Vowel Sounds

CLASS: S.S.1

DURATION: 45 Minutes

DATE: 2th May, 2020

OBJECTIVES

At the end of the lesson the students should be able to:
a) define vowel sounds,
b)identify long and short vowel sound, and;
c) identify diphthong sound.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL

Card board mounting on the wall showing colourful well arranged vowel sounds with examples.

INTRODUCTION

PRESENTATION

Step 1

what is Vowel sound?

They are sounds produced when there is no obstruction of the airstream along the vocal cord. We have long and short vowel sound.
There are 12 pure vowels and 8 diphthongs. Vowel sounds are conventionally numbered, they are:

/i:/
/ɪ/
/e/
/æ/
/ɑ:/
/ɒ/
/ɔ:/
/ʊ/
/u:/
/ʌ/
/ɜ:/
/ə/

Step 2

Long and short vowel sound.
There are 7 short vowels and 5 long vowels.

Short vowels and transcription of words

/ɪ/

pit /pɪt/
Sin /sɪn/
List /lɪst/
System /sɪstəm/
Busy /bɪzi/

/e/

pet /pet/
Leather |leðər|
Dead /ded/
let /let/
tell /tel/

/æ/

pat /pæt/
atmosphere /ætməsfɪr/
man /mæn/
travel /trævl/
dance /dæns/

/ʌ/

cut /kʌt/
money /mʌni/
Monday /mʌndeɪ/
blood /blʌd/
umbrella /ʌmˈbrelə/

/ʊ/

put /pʊt/
Look /lʊk/
book /bʊk/
sugar /ʃʊɡə/
full /fʊl/

/ɒ/

dog /dɒg/
pot /pɒt/
lot /lɒt/
what /wɒt/
want /wɒnt/

/ə/

about /əˈbaʊt/
alone /əˈləʊn/
comma /kɒmə/
today /təˈdeɪ/
familiar /fəˈmɪlɪə/

Long vowels

/i:/

week /wiːk/
receive /rɪˈsiːv/
read /riːd/
team /tiːm/
eat /iːt/

/ɑ:/

hard /hɑːd/
father /fɑːðə/
drama /drɑːmə/
laugh /lɑːf/
car /kɑː/

/ɔ:/

fork /fɔːk/
pause /pɔːz/
court /kɔːt/
law /lɔː/
saw /sɔː/

/ɜ:/

heard /hɜːd/
word /wɜːd/
flirt /flɜːrt/
work /wɜːk/
learn /lɜːrn/

/u:/

boot /buːt/
food /fuːd/
ewe /juː/
blue /bluː/
June /dʒuːn/

Diphthong vowels

/eɪ/
/oʊ/
/aʊ/
/ɪə/
/eə/
/ɔɪ/
/aɪ/
/ʊə/

EVALUATION

The teacher ask the students questions to ascertain the level of their understanding about Vowel sounds and diphthongs

Assignment

Transcribe the following words:
a) men
b) miracle
c) pool
d) gracious
e) tidy
f) beam
g) ago
h) part
i) art
j) stir
give 3 examples of each sound/i:/, /a/, /a:/ and /e/

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