Speech sounds

IPA (International

Phonetic Alphabet)

Vocalizing the vowel sounds

Tongue position –center, back, front

Jaw height – high, mid, lowLip position – unrounded,

roundedTense – tense and laxLength position – short duration,

long duration

Front Center Back

High beat[iy] __ __ [uw] boot

bit [I] __ [ ] Ə ___ [u] book

But

Mid bait [ey] __ __ [ow] boat

bet [ ] ___Ɛ

Low bat [æ] __ __ [o] bought

[a] bock

The Victor Triangle

Critical sounds for

practice

bit-beat hot-hat cup-cap

Drill and exercises for practicing the

English vowel sounds

THE HIGH FRONT VOWEL- era

- eat - eel - eon - eve

THE LOWER HIGH FRONT VOWEL

- it - is -ill - if - in

THE HIGHER MIDFRONT LEVEL

- A

- aim

- ape

- apex

- ate

THE LOWER MIDFRONT

VOWEL - elm - egg - Ed - edge - end

Drill and exercises for practicing the

diphthongs

to

to =

to =

Articulating the

consonant sounds

Consonant

Voiceless

Voiced

Manner of Articulation

Plosives[t][d][k][g]

Nasal

[m][n][ŋ]

Fricatives[f][v][s][z][∫][θ][∂]

Semi-vowel[v][w][y]

Lateralsounds

[l]

Affricatives

[t∫]

Points of Articulation

Bilabialsounds

pbm

Labio-dentalsounds

fv

Dental sounds

θ∂

Alveolar sounds

Dtszn

Alveopalatal sounds

j

Velarsounds

Gkŋ

Glottal sounds

h