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WEEK 3

Speech Work: Diphthongs – contrasting /∂u/ and /u∂/; Vocabulary Development: Word Modifiers (reddish, greenish, pungent, unsavoury); Reading Comprehension: Reading for implied meaning: ‘Robbers Invade Obioma’s Home’ (NOSEC, pages 93 – 94); Structure: Reported Speech; Writing Skills: Speech Writing (Guided writing) “The impact of HIV/AIDS on the society”; Summary: Exercise: ‘Evil of unemployment’ (NOSEC, pages 96 – 97).

ASPECT: Speech Work

TOPIC:   Diphthong:    Contrasting /әu/ and /uә/

Both sounds are vowels. Meanwhile /әᴜ/ is a closing neutral vowel, whereas, /ᴜә/ is centering rounded –neutral vowel. The sounds do not have similar sounds but their contrasts exist in the spelling occurrences in words.

Contrast

/әᴜ/                                             /ᴜә/

  1. auua

chauffeur                                     continuance

gauche                                              residual

  1. eaueu

plateauEurope

trousseau                                             neural

  1. ew ewer

sew                                                     fewer

  1. ou                  our

shoulder                                                  tourist

soul                                                   duologue

coultercontou

  1. oughuou

dough                                                   arduous

although                                                 deciduous

EVALUATION Show the vowel sounds in these words:

Vowels Phonetic symbols
1. bureau  

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