1. Read out each of the compound vowel finals Practise compound vowel finals with tones

3. aaai=aiaaai=ai eeei=eieeei=ei ooou=ouooou=ou aaao=aoaaao=ao ieee=ieieee=ie üeee=üeüeee=üe iaaa=iaiaaa=ia uaaa=uauaaa=ua uooo=uouooo=uo  Slip from one vowel to another swiftly and naturally.  One vowel is more distinct than the other. Withdraw the tongue a little bit and curve the tongue up toward the hard palate but don’t curl tongue back too much.

4. Listen, which vowel needs to be prolonged

5. u+ei = ui i+ou = iu i+ao = iaou+ai = uai Glide from the first vowel to the other two vowel combination swiftly and naturally.

6. dōu 都 both, all duō 多 many běi 北 north dié 碟 saucer duì 对 correct liù 六 six jiā 家 family kāi 开 to open hǎo 好 good tiào 跳 to jump huā 花 flower huài 坏 bad, broken Let’s practise…syllables with compound vowel finals èr 二 two xué 学 to study

7. Watch the video, “vowel finals exercises” where you can test your listening of vowel finals and find out the rules of tone mark position in syllables with compound final Check L197 coursebook session 2,3,4 for ‘compound vowel finals’ Listen to L197 online Pronunciation Guide (Week 1 study Planner)

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