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ENGLISH PHONOLOGY

LECTURE 9
ENGLISH VOWELS
(PART 1)

BY WIDYA, M.HUM.
IN THIS LECTURE, YOU WILL LEARN…

THE MEANING OF VOWELS


THE NUMBER OF ENGLISH VOWELS
Vowel is a speech sound produced
without blocking the breath channel;
anything that is not a consonant.
HOW MANY VOWELS DOES ENGLISH HAVE?

ARE THE NUMBER OF ENGLISH VOCAL


ALPHABETS SAME AS THE ENGLISH
VOWELS?
Source: https://www.eslprintables.com/grammar_worksheets/phonetics/long_vowels/Phonetics_Long_vowels_104644/
LETTERS VS SOUNDS

IN ENGLISH SOUND SYSTEM, THE LETTER


‘A’ IS NOT ALWAYS PRONOUNCED AS /A/.

LET’S HAVE A LOOK

Source: https://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/english
-pronunciation/forum/one-letter-but-many-sounds
Source: https://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/english
-pronunciation/forum/one-letter-but-many-sounds
Source: https://www.myenglishclub.com/groups/english
-pronunciation/forum/one-letter-but-many-sounds
YOU CAN LEARN FROM THESE
OER (OPEN EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES) TO GET MORE
UNDERSTANDING. WATCH THE
VIDEOS!
ENGLISH VOWELS
HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=69DWH
UG2F7S&T=97S

CONSONANTS VS VOWELS
HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=MWUTI
UIOAVU

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