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WEEK 2
SPEECH WORK: Diphthongs
STRUCTURE–Tenses (Present, Past, Future).
COMPREHENSION/VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT: (NOSEC. Pages 89-90) Reading for Speed; Politics
SUMMARY: Introduction to summary writing
COMPOSITION: Argumentative Essay (Arguing a Position)
LITERATURE: Introduction to Drama: (Element of Drama)
ASPECT: SPEECH WORK
TOPIC: DIPHTHONGS
CONTENT:
Diphthong is a Greek word which means “double sound”. The articulation of diphthongs involves a glide from one vowel quality to the other. A diphthong is therefore a vowel which changes its quality in the process of its articulation.
/ei/ e.g. gate, cake, take, place, date, gauge etc.
/əᴜ/ e.g. home, go, owl, own, etc
/ai/ e.g. buy, five, rice, write, kite, fry, price etc.
/au/ e.g. how, cloud, out, house, blouse, browse etc.
/ oi / e.g. boy, joy, toy, oil, toil coin, boil etc .
/ iə / e.g. here, ear, idea, fear, beer, rear etc.
/ eə / e.g. air, their, where, hair, fair etc
/ᴜә/ e.g. during, pure, sure, tour…
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