Unit 1, Lesson 2 Basic English (A1) MAKING FRIENDS Unit 1, Lesson 2 Basic English (A1)

Review

Greeting & Introduction Give a formal business handshake and introduction of yourself. Say your full name.

Greetings & Introductions Give an informal and casual handshake and introduction of yourself.

Introductions & Greetings PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL

Lesson Objectives Correctly pronounce the alphabet and spell my name. I can: Correctly pronounce the alphabet and spell my name. Correctly pronounce vowel sounds.

Spoken Production Vocabulary: Alphabet

Alphabet

Spell Your Name Spell your name letter by letter to another person

Spell Your Name How do you spell your first name? Asking for Spelling How do you spell your first name? How do you spell your last name?

Spell Your Name Ask your classmates to spell their names and write the letters as you hear them.

Pronunciation: Vowels Spoken Production Pronunciation: Vowels

Vowels Basic Phonetic Sounds of American English © 2016 MSV Educational Network

SOUNDS Tongue height—the vertical position of the tongue (high vowels or low vowels) Frontness vs. backness of the tongue—the highest part of the tongue in the horizontal position Lip rounding—lips are rounded (O-shape) or spread (no rounding) Tension—amount of muscular tension around the mouth

VOWELS Vowel—a sound in spoken language Alphabet—five most important letters Every word must have a vowel Open vocal tract—no build-up of air pressure Syllabic—core for all syllables

BASIC VOWELS A E I O U Sometimes Y

a e i o u ape, cake, day, date LONG VOWELS /eɪ/ mid front unrounded vowel

a e i o u eagle, beef, tea, tree LONG VOWELS /i/ high front unrounded vowel

a e i o u bike, ice, kite, pie, tie LONG VOWELS /aɪ/ mid front unrounded vowel

LONG VOWELS a e i o u road, go, home, nose /oʊ/ mid back rounded vowel

LONG VOWELS /u:/ high back vowel use, uniform, fruit, blue a e i o u

apple, cat, sat, pad a e i o u SHORT VOWELS /æ/ low front unrounded vowel a e i o u

a e i o u men, net, pet, test SHORT VOWELS /ɛ/ mid front unrounded vowel

a e i o u itch, sit, hit, skin SHORT VOWELS /I/ high front unrounded vowel

SHORT VOWELS a e i o u clock, pond, lock, hot /ɒ/ low rounded vowel

SHORT VOWELS /ʌ/ mid central vowel cup, bus, luck, truck a e i o u

General Rules for Long and Short Vowels

Rules for Long Vowels Rule #1- When a word has two vowels either together or separated by one consonant, usually the first vowel is long and the second vowel is silent. (Silent e rule)

Rules for Long Vowels Rule #2- If a word has one vowel and it comes at the end of the word, it usually has a long sound. This rule also applies to the end of syllables.

Rules for Long Vowels Rule #3- The vowel i and o sometimes have a long vowel sound when followed by two or more consonants.

Rules for Short Vowels Rule #1- When there is one vowel in a word or a syllable, either at the beginning or between two consonants, it usually has the short vowel sound.

Questions?

Lesson Objectives Correctly pronounce the alphabet and spell my name. I can: Correctly pronounce the alphabet and spell my name. Correctly pronounce vowel sounds.