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

2. Review

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

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

5. Introductions & Greetings
PERSONAL
PROFESSIONAL

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

7. Spoken Production
Vocabulary: Alphabet

8. Alphabet

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

10. 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?

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

12. Pronunciation: Vowels
Spoken Production
Pronunciation: Vowels

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

14. 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

16. 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

17. BASIC VOWELS
A E I O U
Sometimes Y

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

29. General Rules for Long and Short Vowels

30. 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)

31. 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.

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

33. 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.

34. Questions?

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