English Teacher
Lesson#2
Pronunciation
Today we’ll discuss on Pronunciation. You know all the English alphabets are divided into to parts: consonant and Vowel. In this class we’re going to talk about Vowels.
I can divide the vowel sounds into four classes.
1. Pure Vowels.[Numbering 12: A, At/It, Av, Av, Avt, A¨vt B, C, G,G¨v, D, E,]
2. Diphthongs. [Numbering 8: AvB, GB, AD, AvD, BAv, GAv, DAv,]
3. Triphthongs.[Numbering 5: GBAv, AvBAv, ABAv, AvDAv, AvDAv,]
4. Semi Vowels.[Numbering 2: W,Y/ AšÍ¯Í-e, q/ IA, B.]
So we see that total vowel sound in English is 25.
I’ll try to make the matter clear to you all by discussing the vowels comparing with Bengali vowels.
The pure (12)vowels can again be divided into two parts:
1. Short Vowel: [ A, Av, Av, B, D, G, G¨v, ]
2. Long Vowel: [ At, Avt, A¨vt, C, E,]
The mark colon (:) denotes the length mark of the sound followed by.
Table Of English Pure Vowels.
No Pure Vowels Examples in words and transcription
1. i/B Bit, fill, hill, mill, sick, sing, ship.
2. i:/C beat, feel, heel, meal, seek, Seen, sheep,
3. e/G Men, pen, said, bed,
4. æ/G¨v Man, pan, sad, bad,
5. A Hot, pot, fox, cot,
6. At Halt, port, forks, caught,
7. D Foot, full, pull, would/wood.
8. E Boot, fool, pool, wooed.
9 ә/Av Ago, against, above, adjust,
10 Av hut, , cut, cup, but,
11 Avt Heart, cart, carp, march,
12 A¨vt Heard, bird, burn, turn.
Rule-1: If there comes two or more vowels together they generally make long sound.
Rule-2: If there is a consonant after r, the r is not pronounced. And the vowel before the r will be long.
Vowels In Contrast
Short A Long At Short Av Long Avt/A¨vt Short D Long E Book Shoot
Bon Born Bun Barn, burn Foot Boot
Cod Cord Ton Turn Full Fool
Dock - Duck Dark Good Rude
Fox Forks Cup Carp Look Loot
Hot Halt Hut Heart Pull Pool
Lock - Luck Lark Would/wood Wooed
Lost - Lust Last Put. Adieu
Not Naught Cut Cart Bosom Blue
Pot Port Hush Harsh Brook Crude
Shot Short Shut Shirt Bull
Pronunciation
Today we’ll discuss on Pronunciation. You know all the English alphabets are divided into to parts: consonant and Vowel. In this class we’re going to talk about Vowels.
I can divide the vowel sounds into four classes.
1. Pure Vowels.[Numbering 12: A, At/It, Av, Av, Avt, A¨vt B, C, G,G¨v, D, E,]
2. Diphthongs. [Numbering 8: AvB, GB, AD, AvD, BAv, GAv, DAv,]
3. Triphthongs.[Numbering 5: GBAv, AvBAv, ABAv, AvDAv, AvDAv,]
4. Semi Vowels.[Numbering 2: W,Y/ AšÍ¯Í-e, q/ IA, B.]
So we see that total vowel sound in English is 25.
I’ll try to make the matter clear to you all by discussing the vowels comparing with Bengali vowels.
The pure (12)vowels can again be divided into two parts:
1. Short Vowel: [ A, Av, Av, B, D, G, G¨v, ]
2. Long Vowel: [ At, Avt, A¨vt, C, E,]
The mark colon (:) denotes the length mark of the sound followed by.
Table Of English Pure Vowels.
No Pure Vowels Examples in words and transcription
1. i/B Bit, fill, hill, mill, sick, sing, ship.
2. i:/C beat, feel, heel, meal, seek, Seen, sheep,
3. e/G Men, pen, said, bed,
4. æ/G¨v Man, pan, sad, bad,
5. A Hot, pot, fox, cot,
6. At Halt, port, forks, caught,
7. D Foot, full, pull, would/wood.
8. E Boot, fool, pool, wooed.
9 ә/Av Ago, against, above, adjust,
10 Av hut, , cut, cup, but,
11 Avt Heart, cart, carp, march,
12 A¨vt Heard, bird, burn, turn.
Rule-1: If there comes two or more vowels together they generally make long sound.
Rule-2: If there is a consonant after r, the r is not pronounced. And the vowel before the r will be long.
Vowels In Contrast
Short A Long At Short Av Long Avt/A¨vt Short D Long E Book Shoot
Bon Born Bun Barn, burn Foot Boot
Cod Cord Ton Turn Full Fool
Dock - Duck Dark Good Rude
Fox Forks Cup Carp Look Loot
Hot Halt Hut Heart Pull Pool
Lock - Luck Lark Would/wood Wooed
Lost - Lust Last Put. Adieu
Not Naught Cut Cart Bosom Blue
Pot Port Hush Harsh Brook Crude
Shot Short Shut Shirt Bull