Fonética da Língua Inglesa

1. English Pronunciation
of Vowel Sounds

2. How do you make English
vowel
sounds?

3. All English vowel sounds are
VOICED
• That means if you take your hand
and place it on your throat, you will feel
vibrations as you say each vowel
sound (we use our voice).
Let’s feel:
// / // / // /

4. The air and the sound flow out of our
mouths when we say vowels
They're not blocked or obstructed
in any way
// / // / // / // / // / // / // / // /

5. English Pronunciation of
Vowel Sounds
Position:
 Lip position;
 Tongue Position;
 Vowel Length (long or short);
 Tense – Relaxed

6. English Pronunciation of
Vowel Sounds
Lip Position:
 Our lip can be rounded – /O /
 Our lip can be spread – /O/
 Our lip can be relaxed – /O/

7. English Pronunciation of
Vowel Sounds
Tongue Position:
 Our tongue can be high inside our mouth – / /
 or it can be low – / /
 or it can be somewhere in the midle – /o/

8. English Pronunciation of
Vowel Sounds
Vowel Length:
Vowels are long or short
 Some vowels are very short – /S/ Sit
 and some vowels are longer – /a/ See

9. English Pronunciation of
Vowel Sounds
Tense versus Relaxed:
Some vowels are more tense than others
 // / – More tense
 // / – More relaxed

10. How many vowel sounds are
there in English?
Notall books and dictionary present the
same number of vowel sound.
In this class I’ll present 17 vowel sounds.
Let’s Start...

11. English Pronunciation of
Vowel Sounds

12. Where’s my mouth more closed,
and where is it more open?
// n/ /aa/ // /
more closed more closed
// / /u/
// /
// / // /
// /
// n/ // n/
// /
// / // /
// /
more open // / // / more open

13. English Pronunciation of
Vowel Sounds
Exercises – Answer the questions:
1. Say “gat” and “get”
Wich vowel sound is longer
 The “a” in “gat” - /geɪt/
 The “e” in “get” - /get/

14. English Pronunciation of
Vowel Sounds
2. Say “spun” and “spoon”
Wich vowel sound is longer
 The “u” in “spun” - /spʌn/
 The “oo” in “spoon” - /spu:n/

15. English Pronunciation of
Vowel Sounds
3. Say “choose” and “cheese
Wich vowel sound makes you round
your lips (like in a circle)
The “oo” in “choose” - /tʃu:z/
The “ee” in “cheese ” - /tʃi:z/

16. English Pronunciation of
Vowel Sounds
4. Say “father” and “further”
Wich vowel sound makes you open
your mouth more?
d.The “a” in “father” - /fɑ:ðər/
e.The “ur” in “further” - /fɝ:ðɚ/

17. English Pronunciation of
Vowel Sounds
4. Say “hey” and “hoe”
Wich vowel sound makes you back of
your tongue rise higher?
 The “ey” in “hey” - /heɪ/
 The “oe” in “hoe” - /hoʊ/

18. Referências Bibliográficas
SILVEIRA, Rosane; ZIMMER, Márcia C.;
ALVES, Ubiratã Kickhöfel. Pronunciation
instruction for Brasilians: Student’s book.
Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009.