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WEEK 5
SPEECH WORK: Vowel sounds
STRUCTURE: Conjunctions,
COMPREHENSION: The Jolly Good Friends
COMPOSITION: Letter writing
LITERATURE: Folktales introduction to folktales. (NOSEC pages19-20)
ASPECT: Speech work
TOPIC: Vowels / ɒ / and/ʌ/
CONTENT
Vowel /ɒ/
This is a short vowel articulated with the back of the tongue while the jaw is “open”. The lips are rounded in the pronunciation of this vowel and the common spelling symbols are given below:
“a’ as in want
“ou” as in cough
“o” as in dog
Vowel /ʌ/
For the articulation of this sound, the centre of the tongue is raised while the jaw is open. The lips are neutrally shaped. The usual spelling symbols are as follows:
“u as in cut, hut cup
“o” as in come, money
“ou” as in young
“oo” as in flood, blood
“o” as in does
This vowel does not occur in Nigerian languages. Many learners of English language find it difficult to pronounce it properly. Learners generally tend to pronounce /ʌ/ as/ɒ/ but there is much qualitative difference between the two sounds. The set below are used to show the contrast between the two sounds.
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