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Tongue Twister 

Mo mi mo me send me a toe,Me me mo mi get me a mole,Mo mi mo me send me a toe,Fe me mo mi get me a mole,Mister kister feet so sweet,Mister kister where will I eat !?

Old oily Ollie oils old oily autos.  Are our oars oak? The owner of the inside inn was inside his inside inn

 with his inside outside his inside inn.

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 Prepared By:

Peñaflorida, Joly Ann

BSEd 3B

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Objectives:A. define vowel;

B. identify the tongue positions in

pronouncing [æ],a, e and i vowel soundsby the use of the vowel triangle table;

C. pronounce vowels clearly and accurately in

isolation and in context; and

D. appreciate the significance of vowel soundsin communication.

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Definition of Vowel Soundrefers to a speech sound that is produced through

an open throat and mouth passage without anyhindrance or obstruction .

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Group ActivityHow much wood could Chuck Woods'

woodchuck chuck, if Chuck Woods' woodchuck

could and would chuck wood? If Chuck Woods'

woodchuck could and would chuck wood, howmuch wood could and would Chuck Woods'

woodchuck chuck? Chuck Woods' woodchuck

would chuck, he would, as much as he could,and chuck as much wood as any woodchuck

would, if a woodchuck could and would chuck

wood.

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Characteristics of Vowel SoundsSonorant.

Can stand alone.

It carries pitch and loudness.Longer or shorter in duration.

Tongue as the chief articulator because of its

mouth position in the mouth and versatilityadaptability to speed and motion.

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The Speech Organ

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Vowel articulation acc. To features:

II. TONGUE POSITION

a. high front vowelb. low front vowelc. mid voweld. high front backe. low front back

II. ROUNDING OF THE LIPS 

a. Roundedb. Unrounded

III. TENSENESS AND LAXNESS

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The Vowel Triangle Table 

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Lip Rounding   Vowels also differ as to whether the lips are rounded or

spread .

ROUNDED LIPS

-The back vowels [ɔː] [uː] [ʊ] and [o](backers) 

 UNROUND LIPS

- The front vowel [ɛ] [ɪ] [ɜː], [ɝː] [ə] [ɚ] [i] or [iː](fronters)

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Tense and Lax Vowel  Tense Vowels

- these are vowels sounds that are produced with a

certain degree of effort and exertion.- [i],[e],[æ] and [u]

Lax Vowels

- these are vowels that are pronounced withrelative ease and relaxation.

- [I], [ɛ] ,[a], [ʊ]

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Vocalizing Vowel Sounds

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 THE VOWEL SOUNDS

[xː] represents a long vowel sound

[æ] and a Drills 

[æ]- is a low front , unround, tense and long vowel sound

[æ] -initial- ask, aunt, ash, Alice, aloe, avid, acne,

anguish, anklet, amber, alpha, Afro… -medial-cat, bad, sad, , land, hand, Math, bath,salary, cab, thank, band… 

Phrases:

 valid answerHam sandwich and salmon saladaction and adventureCatherine and Amanda

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 Sentences

1. Tangerines and tamarinds have sharp and acidtaste.

2. Ann had ham sandwich and salmon salad for

brunch.3. Algebra is a challenging subject.

4. The scandal was in the tabloid.

5.The ship captain in the cabin.

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 [a] sound- is a low central, unround, lax and long sound .

[a]Drills Initial- art, arch, entourage, argue, armor, olive,

octane, oblong, archery, arcade, article… 

 Medial-car, hot,, crave, card, flock, patio, parka, sorry,star, karma, compound, colony, wand, wander,… 

 Final- spa, sonata, bourgeois, baccarat, schwa, patois… 

 PHRASES:

-Cottage in the farm - partisan politics

-Bouffant hairdo - oligarchs in congress

-A hot pot soup - fond of olives

-Cottage cheese and pasta

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[a] Sentences

1.  John’s new car was stopped by the cop. 

2. Obsolete machinery won’t give optimumperformance.

3. The ombudsman cleared the oligarch from theseveral charges.

4.  Aren’t you joining us at the arcade for someshopping?

5.  In his solace, the president wrote a very touchingmemoire.

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[æ] and a Drills[æ] and a  [æ] and a 

hat-hotspat- spot

sad- sod

shack- shock

add- oddblack-block

hack- hockLack-lock

smack-smock

cap-cop

map- moppat-pot

sack- sock

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[e] and [i] Drills[e]sounds

/e/ 

Linguists call the vowel sound/e/ a close-mid front vowel. Itis pronounced in the middleto upper front part of the

mouth. Play the soundrecording* below to get abetter idea of itspronunciation.

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 [e] and [i] Drills Short “e” Words 

Ben, bed, beg, bet, den, fed, gem, get, gel, hen,hem, jet, Ken, keg, led, leg, let, men, met, net, pen, peg,pet, red, set, ten, Ted, vet, yet, wed, wet

Short “ i” Words 

bin, bid, big, bit, dim, did, dig, dip, fin, fig, fit, gin,

gig, him, his, hid, hit, hip, jib, Jim, jig, jip, kin, Kim, kid,kit, lid, lit, lip, nip, pin, pig, pit, rim, rid, rig, rip, sin, sit,sip, tin, tip, win, wit, zip, zit

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Assignment:Create a poem using the vowels [æ],a, e

and i . Place it in a one whole sheet of

paper.

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Thank you!