VOWELS /e/ and /ʒ/

ENGLISH LANGUAGE S.S.S2 FIRST TERM

WEEK EIGHT

VOWELS /e/ and /ʒ/

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

Students should be able to;

1. Identify the vowel sound /e/ and /ʒ/
2. Produce the vowel correctly.

CONTENT

This is the e sound. As in the words:

• get /get/
• when /wen/
• then /ðen/
• e sound

 

It is a Vowel sound and its technical name is the ‘Close-Mid Front Unrounded Vowel’.

 

How to Pronounce the e Sound

Remember that the key to pronunciation s physical and the name tells us about how the sound is made physically. In this case, your tongue is high, but not at the top of your mouth, and the front. Unrounded refers to your lips because they are stretched out as if…