RE-ECHO ON

PHONETICS
December 10, 2022

DIAYANARA ROSE S. CACHO

Presenter
 OBJECTIVES
Familiarize some of IPA sounds

Distinguish sounds from each other

Demonstrate the proper pronunciation and

the features sounds discussed
 /au/
/a/ /u/
The diphthong /au/ is produced
when the back of the tongue moves
from a low-lax position /a/ to the
high lax arch for the /U/, the lips
move from an unround to closely
rounded position. All of this is done
in one syllable.
 /aɪ/
/a/ /ɪ/
For the diphthong /aI/, the front of
the tongue starts from a low arch
with the lips unround and the jaws
apart for the /a/ then glides to the
position for the /I/.
 /ɔɪ/
/ɔ/ /ɪ/
For the diphthong /ɔɪ/, the back of the
tongue starts from a midway position
with the lips rounded, jaw apart for
the /ɔ/, then glides to the position for
the /ɪ/ with the lips spread and the
distance between the jaws very little.
/au/ /aɪ/ /ɔɪ/
House Light Boil
Crouch Tile Soy
Doubt Diner Destroy
Couch Quite Loiter
Frown Vice Annoy
Proud Vied Noise
Gown Vital poise

EXERCISE 1: WORDS
1. In a loud voice, the suspect lied about his
presence in the scene of the crime.
2. Mike signed the contract without a sound.
3. Let‘s go down and dine with the guests.
4. Roy doesn‘t like the trout dish because he says
it looks trite.
5. As Imee dries her hair under the hair blower,
she seems to drowse.

EXERCISE 2: SENTENCES
 He climbed up the
candlestick, You've no need to light a
The little mousey Boil! boil! boil! night -light On a light
brown, night like tonight,
To steal and eat fallow,
Cauldron, For a night -light's light's
And he couldn‘t get said the witch. a slight light, And
down. tonight's a night that's
He called for his
Boil! boil! boil!
light.
grandma, And bring out When a night's light, like
But his grandma was in
town,
the toy I‘ll put tonight's light,
It is really not quite right
So he doubled up into a my curse on, To light night -lights with
wheel,
And rolled himself
cried the witch. their slight lights On a
down. light night like tonight.

EXERCISE 3: RHYMES AND

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