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    1) This document provides an introduction to vowels and diphthongs for a university Spoken English course. 2) It defines vowels and distinguishes them from consonants, noting that vowels are produced without obstruction in the mouth and form the core of syllables. 3) Vowels are then classified based on tongue position and lip shape, identifying monophthongs and diphthongs. Examples of each vowel sound are also provided.

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    1) This document provides an introduction to vowels and diphthongs for a university Spoken English course. 2) It defines vowels and distinguishes them from consonants, noting that vowels are produced without obstruction in the mouth and form the core of syllables. 3) Vowels are then classified based on tongue position and lip shape, identifying monophthongs and diphthongs. Examples of each vowel sound are also provided.

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    WELCOME

    Prof. Belqassem LAGHFIRI


    Cadi Ayyad University
    Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences

    SPOKEN ENGLISH
    SEMESTER 1
    SPOKEN ENGLISH
    SEMESTER 1
    Vowels Diphthongs
    OBJECTIVES

    2 3
    1
    Defining vowels Presenting the
    and showing the way diphthongs
    difference The classification are produced
    between vowels of vowels and presented
    and consonants
    Week 2
    Week 3 Week 4 Week 5

    3 Consonants vs Vowels

    The two major elements embodying English


    speech sounds are ….

    Consonants Vowels
    Consonants are speech Vowels are speech sounds
    sounds which are produced which are produced without
    with a major obstruction in obstruction
    the mouth cavity

    In this lecture, we will tackle the characteristics


    of vowels and their significance in forming the
    syllable in English
    Vowels vs Consonants

    Vowels differ from consonants in two very important ways: they are
    articulated without any kind of obstruction in the oral cavity – i.e., the
    articulators do not form a complete or partial closure or a narrowed
    passage in the way of the exhaled air. Moreover, vowels differ from
    consonants in their behaviour, too: while consonants typically occur in
    syllable marginal positions or at the peripheries of the syllable , vowels
    form the very core of the syllable and occur in syllable central position.
    Vowels Classification

    Vowels can be classified by two major criteria:

    1. The Position of the Tongue


    2. The Shape of the lips
    Vowels Classification

    According to the position of the tongue, some vowels , on the one hand, are
    articulated in a relatively stable tongue position during articulation. These vowels are
    called monophthongs . There are two types of monophthongs in English. First, short
    monophthongs are /ɪ/, /ʊ/,/ɛ/, /ǝ/, /æ/, and /ʌ/. Second, long monophthongs are
    /ɑ:/, /u:/, /i:/, /ɔ:/and /ɜ:/. On the other hand, some vowels are produced with two
    articulations in which the position of the tongue in the beginning differs from the position
    of the tongue at the end of the vowels. These are called diphthongs. Diphthongs are
    similar to long vowels in terms of duration as they can be considered as long. They are
    different from long vowels in terms of quality in the sense that long vowels have one
    quality of production with respect to tongue position, whereas diphthongs have two
    qualities. In English, there are eight diphthongs: [eɪ], [aɪ], [ɔɪ], [au], [ǝu], [eǝ], [uǝ] and
    [ɪǝ] .
    Single vowel sounds (Monophthongs)

    Close i: ɪ ʊ U:
     What’s the position of your tongue?
    need with put you
     What shape are your lips?
    Mid ɛ ə ɜ: ɔ:
    get about her sword
    ɑ
    Open æ ʌ ɑ:
    have but part not
    Classification of sounds (vowels)
    Front central back

    High

    mid

    low
    Vowels Classification

    /ɪ/ : short high front unrounded vowel


    /ʊ/ : short high back round vowel
    /ɛ/ : short mid front unrounded vowel
    /æ/ : short low front unround
    /ǝ/ : short mid central unrounded vowel
    /ʌ/ : short central unrounded vowel
    /ɑ:/ : long low back unrounded vowel
    /u:/: long high back round vowel
    /i:/ : long high front unrounded vowel
    /ɔ:/ : long mid back round vowel
    /ɜ:/ : long mid central unrounded vowel
    Diphthongs

     A complex speech sound that begins with one vowel and gradually changes
    to another vowel within the same syllable, as (ɔɪ) in boil or (aɪ) in fine.

     A diphthong is a single-syllable vowel sound in which the


    beginning of the sound is different from the end of the articulation
    of the sound.

     In English, there are eight diphthongs: [eɪ], [aɪ], [ɔɪ], [au], [ǝu],
    [eǝ], [uǝ] and [ɪǝ] .
    Diphthongs in English words

    [eɪ] can be found in such words as fake/feɪk/, play /pleɪ / or bay /beɪ/
    [aɪ] can be found in such words as fine /faɪn/, sigh /saɪ/, die / daɪ/ and why /waɪ/
    [ɔɪ] can be found in such words as boy / bɔɪ/, toy / tɔɪ/, soil /sɔɪl/ and join / dʒɔɪn/
    [au] can be found in such words as bound / baʊnd/, foul / faʊl/ and mouse /n. maʊs; v. maʊz/
    [ǝu] can be found in such words as boat / bəʊt/, goat/ /ɡəʊt/, go /ɡəʊ/ and low / ləʊ/.
    [eǝ] can be found in such words as fair / /feə(r)/ and bear /beə(r)/
    [uǝ] can be found in such words as cure /kjʊə/, fuel / fjʊəl/ and pure / pjʊə/.
    [ɪǝ] can be found in such words as near / (nɪə(r)/ and fear (fɪə(r)/
    THANK YOU
    Cadi Ayyad University
    Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences

    SPOKEN ENGLISH
    SEMESTER 1

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