VOWEL SOUND (/i/ and /i:/)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE S.S.S2 FIRST TERM

WEEK TEN

THEME: SPEECH WORK

VOWEL SOUND (/i/ and /i:/)

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE

Students should be able to;

  1. Identify vowels /i/ and /i:/
  2. Produce the vowels correctly
  3. Differentiate between the vowels knowing that /i/ is a short vowel and /i:/ is a long vowel.

 

CONTENT

Vowels /i/ and /i:/ are pronounced differently.

As indicated by the /:/ part of its symbol, /i:/ is a longer sound than /ɪ/ and pronouncing it this way can help distinguish between the two in the pairs of words below. You will also notice, however, that /ɪ/ does not have a dot over it, making it a different mouth position from /i:/. The sound /i:/ is said with the mouth much more spread, something.... View More

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