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WEEK 6
CONTENT
SPEECH WORK: Vowel Contrast (/ͻ/, /ͻ:/, /æ/and /a:/)
COMPREHENSION: Exercise. (NOSEC. Pg. 75)
SUMMARY: Exercise. (NOSEC. Pages 76-77)
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT: British and American spellings
STRUCTURE: Verbs (forms and functions)
WRITING SKILLS: Articles for Publication in the national magazine (Use WAEC/NECO past questions)
ASPECT: SPEECH WORK
TOPIC: Vowel Contrast (/ͻ/, /ͻ:/, /æ/and /a:/)
The vowel sounds /ͻ/and /ͻ:/ are vowel sounds. The sound /ͻ/is a short, back, open rounded vowel sound while /ͻ:/ is a long, back, half open, rounded.
Examples:
| /ͻ/ | /ͻ:/ |
| not | naught |
| shot | Short |
| spot | Sport |
| cod | Cord |
| pot | Port |
| taught | Tot |
| don | dawn |
/ͻ/and /a:/: The vowel sounds /ͻ/and /a:/ are vowel sounds. The sound /ͻ/ashort, back, open, rounded, vowel while the sound /a:/is a long, back, open, neutral vowel sound.
Examples:
| /ͻ/ | /a: / |
| clock | clerk |
| dot | dark |
| God | guard |
| hot | heart |
| lost | last |
| pot | part |
| shock | shark |
EVALUATION: From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound(s) as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.
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