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WEEK 6
ASPECTS:
Speech Work: Vowels /eǝ/ and /iǝ/;
Comprehension/Summary: The Case for Building Wooden Houses in Nigeria.
Vocabulary Development (words associated with profession- Advertising)
Structure: Introduction to auxiliary verbs
Writing Skills: Argumentative Essay – Child Abuse, who is to be blamed –Government or Parents? (Oral.)
ASPECT: Speech Work
TOPIC: Vowels /eǝ/ and /iǝ/
The starting point of the diphthong /eǝ/ is the same vowel sound as the /e/ of ‘ten’. It glides to ǝ as in the beginning of ‘along’ and is pronounced ‘air’.
Letters keyword
| ae | Aeroplane, aerial, anaerobic, aerate, etc | |
| are | Care, bare, pare, fare, dare, mare, spare, share, tare, etc | |
| ay | Mayor, etc | |
| ere | Compare, where, there, etc | |
| ey | Eyrie, etc | |
| air | Pair, fair, air, chair, hair, stair, etc | |
| ear | Tear (verb), bear, wear, pear, etc | |
| eir | Heir, their, etc | |
| A scarce, Mary, Sarah, vary, malaria | ||
| Note: “tear” or “tears” which means a drop of salty water that comes from the eye when one cries, etc is pronounced /iǝ/. | ||
Vowel /iǝ/:
To produce this sound, begin with /i/ sound as in ‘tin’ and immediately change to ǝ as in the beginning of ‘along’. It is pronounced “ear”.
| letters | Keywords |
| ie | Pierce, fierce, tier, pier, brazier, etc |
| eu | Museum |
| io | Curious, serious, savior, idiot, idiom, etc |
| ere | Here, mere, revere, sincere, etc |
| e | Zero, serious, hero, period, serious, query, etc, |
| ear | Clear, fear, rear, ear, sear, hear, beard, gear, tear, (noun) etc |
| eo | Gaseous, theology, theory, etc |
| eer | Queer, beer, cheer, steer, peer, seer, veer, deer, sheer, etc |
| ey | Eyrie |
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