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The document provides instructions and exercises for practicing vowel sounds in English. It includes: [1] A diagram matching diphthongs to example words; [2] Written transcription exercises identifying tongue positions of vowels and writing vowel symbols in words; [3] Transcribing passages between IPA and English spelling; [4] Writing example words containing different diphthongs. The goal is to help students learn and distinguish English vowel sounds through written and transcription practice.

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The document provides instructions and exercises for practicing vowel sounds in English. It includes: [1] A diagram matching diphthongs to example words; [2] Written transcription exercises identifying tongue positions of vowels and writing vowel symbols in words; [3] Transcribing passages between IPA and English spelling; [4] Writing example words containing different diphthongs. The goal is to help students learn and distinguish English vowel sounds through written and transcription practice.

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STEP 2: Video link:

STEP 3: Diagram:

DIPTHONG WORD
aʊ Brown.

ɪɔ Dear.

aɪ High.

eɔ Square.

Step 4: Written exercises:

TRANSCRIPTION EXERCISES VOWEL SOUNDS

1. Name the tongue position for each vowel. The first one is done for you:
a) /ʌ/ Mid and back of tongue.
b) /ʊ/ Back of the tongue.
c) /ɪ/ Tongue positioned forward.
d) /ɔ:/ Back.
e) /æ/ Anterior part.
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2. Write only the symbols of the vowel sounds contained in the following words,
remember to write each symbol in slashes (//).
 The first one is done for you.
Word Symbols of the vowel sounds
snub /ʌ/
bull /ʊ/
letter /e/
keep /i:/
Gear /ɪə/

3. As you already know consonant and vowel symbols, transcribe from IPA alphabet to
regular English letters the following text:

/westən jʊərəp həd biːn dɪˈskʌsɪŋ kɒnsəpts sʌʧ əz səˈsteɪnəbl ̩ dɪˈveləpmənt fə nɪərlɪ twentɪ

jɪərz ət ðæt pɔɪnt/

Transcription:
Western Europe had been discussing concepts as sustainable development for nearly

twenty years at that point.

4. Transcribe from regular English letter (graphemes) to IPA symbols (phonemes) the
following text.

When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I survived at all. It was, of course, a

miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary

miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish

Catholic childhood. (from Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt).


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Transcription:
wɛn aɪ lʊk bæk ɒn maɪ ʧaɪldhʊd aɪ ˈwʌndə haʊ aɪ səˈvaɪvd æt ɔːl. ɪt wɒz,  ɒv kɔːs, ə mɪzərə

bl ʧaɪldhʊd: ðə ˈhæpi ˈʧaɪldhʊd ɪz ˈhɑːdli wɜːθ jɔː waɪl. wɜːs ðæn ði ˈɔːdnri ˈmɪzərəbl ˈʧaɪldhʊd ɪ

z ðə ˈmɪzərəbl ˈaɪərɪʃ ˈʧaɪldhʊd, ænd wɜːs jɛt ɪz ðə ˈmɪzərəbl ˈaɪərɪʃ ˈkæθəlɪk ˈʧaɪldhʊd. 

5. Write a word that includes each diphthong.


 The first one is done for you.

Symbol Word
a) / aɪ/ Cry
b) /eɪ/ Name.
c) /əʊ/ Old.
d) /aʊ/ Down.
e) / ɪə/ Here.

References:
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