Pronunciation of vowel A

Oldmead Learning School for Children

PRONUNCIATION Teacher Sari's Class

Do you know that the letter “A” has three different pronounciations?

IT’S CALLED INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABETS

音标

Rubee english

PHONICS AND SPELLING THAT WE LEARNED IN PRESCHOOL ARE NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE OUR PRONUNCIATION RIGHT Rubee english

你知道吗 ? 只学习读 音是不足以让你的英 语会话有准确发音哦 音标才是关键 Rubee english

The letter “A” can be pronounced as ɑ: ARM, FATHER

æ CAT, BLACK ə AWAY, CINEMA

ɑ: long vowel ARM, FATHER Slightly different in American English and British EnglisH

长元音

æ

- CAT, BLACK - diphthong - sounds like two letters together a+e

双元音 听起来像 加起来

ə

AWAY, CINEMA Swcha sound words with r ending

different letters/ words might share the same sound too

This might create confusion

æ -said with wider opened mouth -it’s you drag your voice -it sounds longer than short vowel

ə -said with less opened mouth -shorter sound -relaxed sound -egg, better,doctor,centre ,never,under,American

Pan(æ)

Pen(ə)

mat(æ)

met(ə)

man(æ)

men(ə)

Other words with /æ/ have Activity can apple back As family at hand actually

Other words with /ə/ under never family/’fæməli / Us just other

Reminders For a fun and productive class!

speaking english is like singing a song.

There is Up and down intonation Word stress

Connected speech where you link the words together

Be a good listener.

Word stress If you realise why you always speak like your mother tongue and cant get rid off the way you sound

In Chinese or any otherAsian langauge , we often stress at different syllables as English. this has made us sound like our own mother tongue when we speak English.

WORDS WITH “IR” “UR” “ER” MAKE THE SAME SOUND Rubee english

Bird

surf water

words with “ur”

curly urchin hurt burst

I almost burst in laugthers when she did that.

捧腹大笑

why did you do that to me ? It’s hurt .

干嘛这样做，很疼呃

why did you do that to me ? It’s hurt .

干嘛这样做，很疼呃

words with “ir”

Swirl whirl twirl girl third

I’m sorry. There is some dirt on your face.

不好意思打扰了，你脸上 有些脏了。

Swirl Swirl a little oil over the frying pan

twirl He twirled his umbrella as he walked.

words with “er”

perch The bird is perching on the tree. not stopping on the tree.

perfect how to give compliments when someone tries on a new dress /shirt it’s perfect. you nail it. it looks great on you. you are terrific

What You'll Learn How to tell a simple story

How to describe stories and events

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