Pronunciation vowels

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Today

• recap last week?
• guideline pronunciation
• listening

Two vowel guideline

• Do you know the alphabet in English?
• How about the English vowels... can you name them?
• Correct: a - e - i - o - u - (y)
• guideline: in a word with two vowels we only pronounce the first one 
• second vowel is silent

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Two vowel guideline

• A
• read out: make, bake, fame, same 
• E
• read out: these, please, dream
• I
• read out: like, ice, five, pie 

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Two vowel guideline

• O
• read out: drone, moan, soap
• U
• read out: cute, flute, Sue
• Remember: guideline!

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One vowel guideline

• Look at pad, pen, pit, pot, buss  
• The sound is (generally) shorter.
  

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Listen:

1. ice
2. eyes

Read along

There seemed to be eyes all around her. 

Listen:

1. peace
2. peas

Read along:

Do you want peas, or not?

Listen:

1. knees
2. niece

Read along:

I can't take my eyes of your pretty niece.

Listen:

1. prices
2. prizes

Listen:

1. few
2. view

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