LESSON 2: MORE DIPHTHONGS AND VOWELS

Dr.David Alan Stern

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SECTION I: DIPHTHONGS {Counter #.......}

[LANGUAGE NOTE: Diphthongs (also know as double vowels) are significantly different in American English than in almost any other language or dialect in the world. So it doesn't matter what language you come from, you must learn to produce these sounds with the "quick downward glide" and the rear tongue these sounds with they possess in standard American speech, Practice them here in lesson #2, and go back and review the earlier diphthong lesson in Course # 1, Lesson # 5. Practicing the pronunciations of diphthongs gives you the perfect opportunity to combine pronunciation with the rear-tongue speech impulse that you learned in lesson #1. }

L 2/ S1-A: THE "LONG I" Phonetic Symbol: [ a I ]

Here are more words and sentences for this diphthong which aren't recorded on the tape.

erudite	pylon	shiner	aisle	lice	high
appetite	polite	while	Eliza	flie	icy
skylight	crucify	sideline	fight	icon	eye
baptize	identity	slicing	crime	idle	die
concise	twilight	crisis	crime	Nile	dry
advice	briny	dried	right	fire	side
thrice	China	virus	night	rye	ride
pyrite	myopic	spicy	light	shy	time
pliers	pliable	style	bright	cry	life

- It's the right time to find a gold mine in the sky.
- I transcribed five dialogues, but I don't know why.
- The sight of dry land was exciting for Ira.
- A life of violent crime is a sign of t he times.
- Eliza was the pride of the science fair.
- Fried pike is sliced for Friday night's supper.
- Ivy vines are tied down behind the shutters.
- My guide and I had a fine time on the Nile.
- Please recite ironic rhymes of an iambic kind.
- Blind justice presided at the indictment.
- Dried spice is likely to be appetizing.

L 2/ S1-B: THE "AH-OO"

Now here are lots more words and sentences for this diphthong which are not recorded on the tape:

coward	carouse	crowd	mouse	count	down
powder	confound	crown	douse	round	town
pouch	flounder	cloud	louse	flower	out
amount	abound	shroud	hound	proud	cow
denounce	profound	trowel	mound	about	bow
ounce	allowed	dowel	pound	bound	now
pronoun	round	towel	around	foul	how
mountain	brown	trounce	house	rout	wow
south	shower	pounce	doubt	oust	lout

- The loudest hound in town bow-wowed at the mouse.
- The lout proudly scowled at those in the household.
- The coward found a trowel and plowed into the mound.
- I doubt t hat the louse will pound down the flowers.
- The crowd loudly prowled the streets of the town.
- The cow was doused by a shower out of the cloud.
- I found that I had gained about a pound.
- He counted the hours and vowed to get out of the house.
- The sow, the mouse and the cow sounded a rousing song.
- Wild flowers abound in out-of-the-way mountains.

L 2/ S1-C: THE "AW-EE" Phonetic Symbol:

And here are still more words and sentences for this diphthong which aren't recorded on the tape.

foyer	despoil	moisture	ointment	ploy	Roy
Joyce	Boise	cloister	oyster	poi	joy
rejoice	buoyancy	hoist	choice	coin	Troy
foible	broil	annoy	exploit	coy	boy
recoil	asteroid	soy sauce	enjoy	coil	join
goiter	appoint	soybean	royal	toil	soy
poise	avoid	Lloyd	loyal	foil	oink
vice	voyeur	pointed	noise	loin	oily
devoid	anoint	doily	poignant	oil	soil

- The boy joined in the noise.
- Loyal Lloyd anointed the royal head with oil.
- Boyle put soy sauce on the boiled oysters.
- He coiled around the moist cloister pillars.
- He toiled to hoist the soybeans from the soil.
- The boisterous boy oiled the noisy toy.
- He foiled the exploits of those who were loitering.
- Ointment is the best choice for your aching joints.
- Joyce's poignant remark annoyed Roy Foy.
- The noisy boy lost his voice while rejoicing.
- The royalty exploited their loyal subjects.

The following are sentences containing all of the diphthongs. Use the proper technique as you repeat them after they are modeled on the tape.

SECTION II: SINGLE VOWELS {Counter #.........}

L 2/ S2-ÚA: THE "UH" Phonetic Symbol: [ ¶ ]

[LANGUAGE NOTE: As you already learned in Course # 1, Lesson #1, this vowel simply doesn't exist in most of the world's languages, Following the instructions on the tape for producing this sound regardless of what language you first spoke.]

And now more drills for this vowel which aren't recorded on the tape.

stubborn	exult	hunter	Ulster	rush	nun
stucco	deluxe	trouble	cover	hush	hut
struggle	discuss	wonder	alone	hull	cut
study	brush	lunch	crush	come	bus
stump	brunt	upper	chuck	bunk	us
ruffle	budget	nothing	above	bump	some
rummage	abduct	unused	slumber	club	of
glutton	mumble	until	slush	dump	up

- This stuntman stumbles and tumbles in the mud.
- A mother's love is above that of another
- Some suds from the supper dishes were in a dull puddle.
- The puppy covered up the other couple's lunch.
- The blood under the bud vase was trouble for Gus.
- The drunk number something into his cup.
- At an upper crust brunch one must wear gloves.
- The drunk mumbled something into his cup.
- The dumb puppet crust brunch one must wear gloves.
- Southern hunters used clubs and lived in huts.
- The glutton lunged for the crumbs of the crusty buns.

L 2/ S2-B: THE "SHORT A" Phonetic Symbol: [ ‘ ]

[LANGUAGE NOTE: As you learned in Course # 1, this is another vowels which doesn't exist in most of the world's languages, Follow the instructions on the tape for producing this sound regardless of what language you first spoke. ]

Now more practice on this vowel with drills you will not hear on the tape:

after	passage	adding	rammed	man	Sam
basket	baggage	halfway	anthill	ask	path
castle	trap	passed	command	as	mass
France	alcove	bashful	disaster	aft	rank
answer	ample	accept	master	Pam	tank
soprano	snack	lamps	absolute	wax	bank
laugh	apples	anthem	ambulance	lad	Alps
shatter	annual	handsome	frank	hand	bass
glass	admiral	sandwich	fabric	bath	math

- The soprano laughed as she shattered the glass.
- The passengers and baggage were trapped in the alcove.
- Pam made an ample snack of the wax apples.
- Lady Aster handed the annual to the wax apples.
- Ask any bashful man in Alabama and accept his answer.
- The huddled masses sang the National Anthem.
- Let's have a lamb and ham sandwich.
- Sam rammed the flag into the anthill.
- During the disaster the master commanded the castle.
- The staff had a rash of bad habits.

L 2/ S2-ÚC: "SHORT O" as "AH" Phonetic Symbol: [ a ]

LANGUAGE NOTE: Even though the AH-vowel does exist in almost all of the world's language, it is usually not spelled with the letter "o" So, everyone, regardless of first language group, should practice not rounding this Short-O. ]

Now practice this vowel on these extra drills which aren't recorded on the tape

rock	response	lock	jalopy
opera	honor	golf	jonquil
obstinate	oxygen	locksmith	common
odd	opposite	confidence	almond
on	obvious	obelisk	fox
bog	occupy	monogamy	plot
pocket	knock	gondola	Adonis
stop	sock	plotted	positive
option	obligate	grotto	constitute
spa	aqua	calm	swamp
Utah	balmy	father	want

- He occupied the gondola of the golf cart.
- The rocket short toward the opposite air lock
- The obstinate opera singer was preoccupied.
- Becket was positive about the honor of God.
- Move the fox from the rocks to the bog.
- He was confident about giving an obstinate response.
- The frog got groggy and hopped away.
- Anonymous l letters commonly dishonor Adonis.
- Oxygen is commonly found in air pockets.
- The rock grotto was obviously on final option.
- I'm obligated to respond with fondest acknowledgments.