HELPING STUDENTS TO PRONOUNCE ENGLISH VOWELS IN THE ENGLISH TEXT 10 CORRECTLY

Experience Initiative 2021 School-year: 2020- PART I: INTRODUCTION I Reason for the study Pronouncing words correctly is very important in learning languages It not only helps us speak accurately, hear one’s speech sound easily but also helps us to understand what people say However, many students are confused and they don’t know how to pronounce some phonemes correctly in the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) because they don’t understand what phonemic transcription is They don’t know when letter A is pronounced as sound / ei /, / æ /, / a: /, / eə / Eg: / ei / Late / æ /Glad / a: / Park / eə / care And how differently vowel sounds /I/ and /i:/ are pronounced [Every speech sound must be identified as one of the phonemes and written with the appropriate symbol.]1 In reality, I notice that 20 vowel sounds are introduced briefly in the textbook of English 10 with a short period of limited time and most of the students in Mai Anh Tuan High School are not familiar with the phonemic transcription From the reasons mentioned above, I have decided to write my own experience initiative on the topic: “HELPING STUDENTS TO PRONOUNCE ENGLISH VOWELS IN THE ENGLISH TEXT 10 CORRECTLY” with a effective way II Aim of the study With this experience initiative, I wish to help my students pronounce the 20 vowel sounds correctly and understand more about the phonemic transcription Besides, through this experience initiative, I hope to contribute some ideas on issues related to phonology to the teaching experience sources for my colleagues to use as a reference in their teaching English III Objective and Scope of the study In this experience initiative, I give a basic chart of phonemic symbols of the vowels, giving some pictures to present how each sound to be pronouced to help students understand easily and practise them with more exercises In this page: - Section I [1] – I consult from English phonetics and Phonology – A practical course, by Peter Roach, Second edition, Cambridge University Press, word for word; I myself write the rest - I myself write contents in Sections II, III Experience Initiative 2021 School-year: 2020- The topic was studied in the English programme at high school level (The basic English textbook 10) It is applied to the grade -10 students at Mai Anh Tuan High School in the school-year 2020-2021 to help them pronounce words correctly when they learn new words and the “pronunciation part” well in the tests and examinations IV Bases of the study: The experience inititative has been studied based on my own practical teaching experiences, referring to documents related to the research topic, observing other teachers’lessons, and consulting my colleagues Experience Initiative 2021 School-year: 2020- PART II: PROBLEM SOLVING I INTRODUCTION * Firstly, I introduce the 20 vowel sounds in the IPA with one picture for each sound and the way how to pronounce each phoneme These sounds are presented by native speakers through the videos INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET (IPA) (BẢNG KÝ HIỆU NGỮ ÂM HỌC QUỐC TẾ) Vowels: monophthong and diphthongs (double vowels) (/ˈmɒn.əf.θɒŋ - /ˈmɑː.nəf.θɑːŋ/ and /ˈdɪf.θɒŋ/ - /ˈdɪf.θɑːŋ/) (Nguyên âm: nguyên âm đơn nguyên âm đôi) Monophthong (nguyên âm đơn) /i:/ /I/ /ʊ/ /uː/ seat /si:t/ sit /sɪt/ good /gʊd/ food /fuːd/ /e/ /ə/ /ɜː/ /ɔː/ set /set/ about /ə'baut/ turn /tɜːn/ port /pɔːt/ /æ/ 10 /ʌ/ 11 /ɑː/ 12 /ɒ/ sat /sæt/ front /frʌnt/ After /’ɑːftə(r)/ pot /pɒt/ Experience Initiative 2021 School-year: 2020- Dipthongs (nguyên âm đôi) /ɪə/ /eɪ/ /ʊə/ /ɔi/ hear /hɪə(r)/ take /teɪk/ tour /tʊə(r)/ boy /bɔi/ /əʊ/, /oʊ/ /eə/ /ai/ /aʊ/ no /nəʊ/, /noʊ/ air /eə(r)/ mine /main/ now /naʊ/ II PROCEDURE * Secondly, I introduce each sound seperatedly and let the students practise them through the exercises Monophthong (nguyên âm đơn) Experience Initiative 2021 School-year: 2020- /i:/ /iː/ is a long vowel sound Make your mouth wide, like a smile /iː/ Your tongue touches the sides of your teeth /iː/ It's pronounced /iː/ /iː/ THE WORDS IN UNIT – ENGLISH 10: E LANGUAGE FOCUS AND THE LIKE Heat /hiːt/ Beat /biːt/ Meat /miːt/ Sheep /ʃiːp/ See /siː/ Bean /biːn/ Cheap / tʃiːp/ Key /kiː/ Repeat /rɪˈpiːt / Read /riːt/ Eaten /ˈiːtn / Agree /əˈɡriː/ Complete /kəmˈpliːt/ Receive /rɪˈsiːv/ Believe /bɪˈliːv/ Vietnamese /vjetnəˈmiːz/ Peter’s in the team /ˈpiːtərz in ðə ti:m/ Can you see the sea? /kæn ju siː ðə siː/ A piece of pizza, please /ə piːs əv ˈpiːtsə pliːz/ She received her teaching degree /ʃiː rɪˈsiːvt hər tiːtʃɪŋ dɪˈɡriː/ There are only three people in the museum /ðer ər ˈəʊnli θriːˈpiːpl ɪn ðə mjuˈziːəm/ /I/ /ɪ/ is a short vowel sound Make your mouth a bit less wide than for /i:/ Your tongue is a bit further back in your mouth than for /i:/ It's pronounced /ɪ/ /ɪ/ THE WORDS IN UNIT – ENGLISH 10: E LANGUAGE FOCUS AND THE LIKE Hit /hɪt/ Bit /bɪt/ Kick /kɪk/ Click /klɪk/ Experience Initiative 2021 School-year: 2020- Little /ˈlɪt.əl/ Bin /bɪn/ Fish /fɪʃ/ Him /hɪm/ Gym /gɪm/ Six /sɪks/ Interest /ˈɪn.trəst/ Begin /bɪˈɡɪn/ Minute /ˈmɪnɪt/ Dinner /ˈdɪnər/ Chicken /ˈtʃɪkɪn/ Fifty /ˈfɪfti/ Miss Smith is thin /mɪs smɪθ ɪz θɪn/ Jim is in the picture /dʒɪm ɪz ɪn ðə ˈpɪktʃər/ Bring chicken for dinner /brɪŋ ˈtʃɪkɪn fər ˈdɪnər/ Listen to this ridiculous list /ˈlɪsn tə ðɪs rɪˈdɪkjələs lɪst/ The pretty women are busy in the gym /ðə ˈprɪti ˈwɪmɪn ər ˈbɪzi ɪn ðə gɪm/ THE WORDS IN UNIT – ENGLISH 10: E LANGUAGE FOCUS AND THE LIKE /ʊ/ /ʊ/ is a short vowel sound Make your lip a little rounded Your tongue is not so far back as for /u: / It’s pronounced /ʊ/…/ʊ/ Put /pʊt/ Wolf /wʊlf/ Foot /fʊt/ Should /ʃʊd/ Good /gʊd/ My bag’s full /maɪ bæɡz fʊl/ He would if he could /hi wʊd ɪf hi kʊd/ It should be good wool /ɪt ʃʊd bi gʊd wʊl/ Sugar /'ʃʊgər/ Woman /'wʊmən/ Cooker /'kʊkər/ Cushion /'kʊʃn/ Butcher /'bʊtʃər/ The woman took a good look at the wolf /ðə 'wʊmən tʊk ə gʊd lʊk ət ðə wʊlf/ Look at the cookbook for a good pudding /lʊk ət ðə 'kʊkbʊk fɔːr ə gʊd 'pʊdɪŋ/ Experience Initiative 2021 School-year: 2020- /uː/ /uː/ is a long vowel sound Make a lip into a circle Put your tongue up and back It's pronounced /uː/ /uː/ THE WORDS IN UNIT – ENGLISH 10: E LANGUAGE FOCUS AND THE LIKE School /skuːl/ Too /tuː/ Food /fuːd/ Soon /suːn/ Route /ruːt/ Flute /fluːt/ Afternoon /ˌɑːf.təˈnuːn/ Recruit /rɪˈkruːt/ Lunar /ˈluːnər/ Remove /rɪˈmuːv/ Bamboo /bæmˈbuː/ Music /'mjuːzɪk/ Are you doing anything on Tuesday? /ɑːr juː 'duːɪŋ 'eniθɪŋ ɒn ˈtuːzdeɪ/ You must chew your food /juː mʌst tʃuː jɔːr fuːd/ He proved he knew the truth /hi pruːvd hi nuː ðə truːθ/ The group flew to New York in June /ðə gruːp fluː tuː njuː jɔːrk ɪn dʒuːn/ Who ruined my new blue shoes? /wuː 'ruːɪnd maɪ njuː bluː ʃuːz/ /e/ /e/ is a short and relaxed sound Open your mouth wide It's pronounced /e/ /e/ THE WORDS IN UNIT – ENGLISH 10: E LANGUAGE FOCUS AND THE LIKE Men /men/ Said /sed/ Check /tʃek/ Head /hed/ Scent /sent/ Pen /pen/ Bed /bed/ Member /'membər/ Jealous /'dʒeləs/ Ready /'redi/ Experience Initiative 2021 School-year: 2020- Met /met/ Bell /bel/ Many /'meni/ Breakfast /'brekfəst/ Send his friend a letter! /send hɪz frend ə 'letər/ Let's rent a tent /lets rent ə tent/ Ben never gets upset /ben nevər gets ʌp'set/ Fred said it again and again /fred sed ɪt ə'gen ən ə'gen/ Peg slept from six until ten and then left /peg slept frəm sɪks ʌn'tɪl ten ən ðen left/ /ə/ /ə/ is a short vowel sound Open your mouth very slightly and simply The lips and tongue are relaxed It's pronounced /ə/ /ə/ THE WORDS IN UNIT – ENGLISH 10: E LANGUAGE FOCUS AND THE LIKE Ago /əˈɡəʊ/ Open /ˈəʊpən/ Sofa /səʊˈfə/ Around /əˈraʊnd/ Zebra /ˈziːbrə/ Mother /ˈmʌðər/ Picture /ˈpɪktʃər/ Banana /bəˈnænə/ Famous /ˈfeɪməs/ Accident /ˈæksɪdənt/ I suppose it's possible /aɪ səˈpəʊz ɪts ˈpɒsəbl/ That's an excellent question /ðæts ən ˈeksələnt ˈkwestʃən/ My cousin will arrive at seven /maɪ ˈkʌzn wɪl əˈraɪv ət ˈsevn/ Complete today's lesson please /kəmˈpliːt təˈdeɪz ˈlesn pliːz/ Don’t complain about the problem /dəʊnt kəmˈpleɪn əˈbaʊt ðə ˈprɒbləm/ Experience Initiative 2021 School-year: 2020- /ɜː/ /ɜː/ is a long vowel sound Your mouth and tongue should be relaxed It’s pronounced /ɜː/ /ɜː/ THE WORDS IN UNIT – ENGLISH 10: E LANGUAGE FOCUS AND THE LIKE occur /əˈkɜːr/ early /ˈɜːrli/ thirty /ˈθɜːrti/ journey /ˈdʒɜːrni/ worship /ˈwɜːrʃɪp/ curtain /ˈkɜːrtn/ bird /bɜːrd/ turn /tɜːrn/ first /fɜːrst/ work /wɜːrk/ verb /vɜːrb/ The girl saw the circus first /ðə ɡɜːrl sɔː ðə ˈsɜːrkəs fɜːrst/ My birthday's on Thursday the thirty first /maɪ ˈbɜːrθdeɪz ɔːn ˈθɜːrzdeɪ ðə ˈθɜːrti fɜːrst/ That is the worst journey in the world /ðæt ɪz ðə wɜːrst ˈdʒɜːrni ɪn ðə wɜːrld/ Have you ever heard this word? /hæv juː ˈevər hɜːrd ðɪs wɜːrd/ She has learnt German for thirteen months /ʃi həz lɜːrnt ˈdʒɜːrmən fər ˌθɜːrˈtiːn mʌnθs/ /ɔː/ /ɔː/ is a long vowel sound Put the front of your tongue down Round your lips It’s pronounced /ɔː/ /ɔː/ THE WORDS IN UNIT – ENGLISH 10: E LANGUAGE FOCUS AND THE LIKE ball /bɔːl/ saw /sɔː/ talk /tɔːk/ short /ʃɔːrt/ water /ˈwɔːtər/ daughter /ˈdɔːtər/ corner /ˈkɔːrnər/ before /bɪˈfɔːr/ Experience Initiative 2021 School-year: 2020- door /dɔːr/ autumn /ˈɔːtəm/ It's all wrong /ɪts ɔːl rɔːŋ/ Is Paul's hair long or short? /ɪz pɔːlz heər lɔːŋ ɔːr ʃɔːrt/ How much does coffee cost? /haʊ mʌtʃ dəz ˈkɔːfi kɔːst/ What is the reward for the lost dog? /wɑːt ɪz ðə rɪˈwɔːrd fər ðə lɔːst dɔːɡ/ George talked to Corey at the airport /dʒɔːdʒ tɔːkt tə 'kɔːri ət ði ˈerpɔːrt/ /æ/ /æ/ is a short sound Open your mouth wide It's pronounced /æ/ /æ/ THE WORDS IN UNIT – ENGLISH 10: E LANGUAGE FOCUS AND THE LIKE Cat /kæt/ Bag /bæg/ Black /blæk/ Hand /hænd/ Map /mæp/ Pack the bags! /pæk ðə bæɡz/ Pat's cat is fat /pæts kæt ɪz fæt/ Have a snack, Jack? /hæv ə snæk, dʒæk/ Candle /ˈkændl/ Narrow /ˈnærəʊ/ Latter /ˈlætər/ Captain /ˈkæptɪn/ Manner /ˈmænər/ Sad is the opposite of happy /sæd ɪz ðɪ ˈɒpəzɪt əv ˈhæpi/ There is a man with black pants /ðer ɪz ə mæn wɪð blæk pænts/ 10 Experience Initiative 2021 School-year: 2020- 10 /ʌ/ /ʌ/ is a short, relaxed vowel sound Open your mouth wide Your tongue should rest in the middle of your mouth It's pronounced /ʌ/ /ʌ/ THE WORDS IN UNIT – ENGLISH 10: E LANGUAGE FOCUS AND THE LIKE Cut /kʌt/ Hug /hʌg/ Gun /gʌn/ Some /sʌm/ Dove /dʌv/ Sunny /'sʌni/ Money /'mʌni/ Among /əˈmʌŋ/ Wonder/ˈwʌndər/ Nothing /ˈnʌθɪŋ/ The dust is under the rug /ðə dʌst ɪz 'ʌndər ðə rʌg/ He’s much too young /hiz mʌtʃ tuː jʌŋ/ You’re in love with my cousin /jɔːr ɪn lʌv wɪð maɪ ˈkʌzn/ I’d love to come on Sunday if it’s sunny /aɪd lʌv tə kʌm ɒnˈsʌndeɪ ɪf ɪts 'sʌni/ The mother won some of the money, but not enough /ðə mʌðər wʌn sʌm ʌv ðə 'mʌni bʌt nɒt ɪ ˈnʌf/ 11 /ɑː/ /ɑː/ is a long vowel sound Open your mouth wide Your tongue should rest in the bottom of your mouth It's pronounced /ɑː/ /ɑː/ THE WORDS IN UNIT – ENGLISH 10: E LANGUAGE FOCUS AND THE LIKE Card /kɑːrd/ Start /stɑːrt/ Bar /bɑːr/ Guard /gɑːrd/ Father /'fɑːðər/ Sharpen /'ʃɑːrpən/ Garden /'gɑːrdən/ Artist /'ɑːrtɪst/ 11 Experience Initiative 2021 School-year: 2020- Aunt /ɑːnt/ Tomato /təˈmɑːtəʊ/ It's a farm cart /ɪts ə fɑːrm kɑːrt/ I park the car /aɪ pɑːrk ðə kɑːr/ Are the stars from Mars? /ɑːr ðə stɑːrz frəm mɑːrz/ He carved a large heart in the bark /hi cɑːrvd ə lɑːrdʒ hɑːrt ɪn ðə bɑːrk/ The hard part is to start the car /ðə hɑːrd pɑːrt ɪz tə stɑːrt ðə cɑːr/ 12 /ɒ/ /ɒ/ is a short vowel sound To make this sound, round your lips a little The front of your tongue is low and towards the back of your mouth It's pronounced /ɒ/ /ɒ/ THE WORDS IN UNIT – ENGLISH 10: E LANGUAGE FOCUS AND THE LIKE Dog /dɒg/ Box /bɒks/ Job /dʒɒb/ Cost /kɒst/ Clock /klɒk/ Hobby /'hɒbi/ Coffee /'kɒfi/ Sorry /'sɒri/ Doctor/ˈdɒktə(r)/ Impossible /ɪmˈpɒsəbl/ John’s gone to the shops /dʒɒnz gɒn tə ðə ʃɒps/ Have you got a lot of shopping? /hæv ju gɒt ə lɒt əvˈʃɒpɪŋ/ I took my dog for a long walk in the park /aɪ tʊk maɪ dɒg fə(r) ə lɒŋ wɔːk ɪn ðə pɑːk/ She said the coffee wasn’t very good, but I thought it was /ʃi sed ðə 'kɒfi ˈwɒznt 'veri gʊd bət aɪ θɔːt ɪt wɒz/ Mary took the wrong bus and got lost yesterday /'meri tʊk ðə rɒŋ bʌs ən gɒt lɒst ˈjestədeɪ/ Dipthongs (nguyên âm đôi) 12 Experience Initiative 2021 School-year: 2020- /ɪə/ /ɪə/ is a long vowel sound It starts with /ɪ/ and moves to /ə/ It’s pronounced /ɪə/ /ɪə/ THE WORDS IN UNIT – ENGLISH 10: E LANGUAGE FOCUS AND THE LIKE ear /ɪər/ hear /hɪər/ beer /bɪər/ clear /klɪər/ year /jɪər/ really /ˈrɪəli/ cheerful /ˈtʃɪəfl/ career /kəˈrɪər/ engineer /endʒɪˈnɪər/ superior /suːˈpɪəriər/ We're here /wɪər hɪər/ Have a beer, cheer! / hæv ə bɪər tʃɪər/ Is there a bank near here? /ɪz ðeər ə bæŋk nɪər hɪər/ The meaning isn't really clear /ðə ˈmiːnɪŋ ˈɪznt ˈrɪəli klɪər/ I have these ears a hundred years /aɪ hæv ðiːz ɪərz ə ˈhʌndrəd jɪərz/ /eɪ/ /eɪ/ is a long vowel sound It starts with /e/ and moves to /ɪ/ It’s pronounced /eɪ/ ./eɪ/ THE WORDS IN UNIT – ENGLISH 10: E LANGUAGE FOCUS AND THE LIKE 13 Experience Initiative 2021 H /eɪtʃ/ Eight/eɪt/ Rain /reɪn/ Plane/pleɪn/ Wait /weɪt/ School-year: 2020- Later /ˈleɪtər/ Tasty /ˈteɪsti/ Danger /ˈdeɪndʒər/ Explain /ɪkˈspleɪn/ Exchange/ ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/ He came a day later /hi keɪm ə deɪ ˈleɪtər/ It was the grey day in May /ɪt wəz ðə ɡreɪ deɪ ɪn meɪ/ Is this the way to the station? /ɪs ðɪs ðə weɪ tə ðə ˈsteɪʃn/ We pray the grey day will go away /wi preɪ ðə greɪ deɪ wɪl ɡəʊ əˈweɪ/ Wait at the gate, I'll be there at eight /weɪt ət ðə geɪt aɪl bi ðeər ət eɪt/ /ʊə/ /ʊə/ is a long vowel sound It starts with /ʊ/ and moves to /ə/ It’s pronounced /ʊə/ /ʊə/ THE WORDS IN UNIT – ENGLISH 10: E LANGUAGE FOCUS AND THE LIKE tour /tʊər/ cure /kjʊər/ poor /pʊər/ spoor /spʊər/ doer /dʊər/ He's very poor `/hiz 'veri pʊər/ I served on a jury /aɪ sɜːrvd ɒn ə ˈdʒʊəri/ The dirty water goes into the sewer /ðə ˈdɜːrti ˈwɑːtər ɡəʊz ˈɪntə ðə sʊər/ truer /trʊər/ sure /ʃʊər/ jury /ˈdʒʊəri/ tourist /ˈtʊərɪst/ tournament /ˈtʊənəmənt/ I take a tour to Kualalumpur /aɪ teɪk ə tʊər tə Kʊələ'lʌmpə/ Will we be able to cure him, Doctor? /wɪl wi ˈeɪbl tə kjʊər hɪm ˈdɒktər/ 14 Experience Initiative 2021 School-year: 2020- /ɔi/ /ɔɪ/ is a long vowel sound It starts with /ɒ/ and moves to /ɪ/ It's pronounced /ɔɪ/ /ɔɪ/ THE WORDS IN UNIT – ENGLISH 10: E LANGUAGE FOCUS AND THE LIKE Toy /tɔɪ/ Boy /bɔɪ/ Coin /kɔɪn/ Voice /vɔɪs/ Choice /tʃɔɪs/ Boy's toys are noisy /bɔɪz tɔɪz ər 'nɔɪzi/ Troy’s ploy was foiled /tʃɔɪz plɔɪ wəz fɔɪld/ Those are coins, not toys /ðəʊz ər kɔɪz nɒt tɔɪz/ Noisy /'nɔɪzi/ Enjoy /ɪn'dʒɔɪ/ Destroy /dɪˈstrɔɪ/ Employee /ɪm'plɔɪiː/ Appointment /ə'pɔɪntmənt/ The boy pointed to the poison /ðə bɔɪ pɔɪntd tə ðə 'pɔɪzn/ The spoiled boys destroy Floyd’s joy /ðə spɔɪld bɔɪz dɪˈstrɔɪ flɔɪdz dʒɔɪ/ /əʊ/, /oʊ/ /əʊ/ is a long vowel sound It begins with /ə/ and move to /ʊ/ It's pronounced /əʊ/ /əʊ/ THE WORDS IN UNIT – ENGLISH 10: E LANGUAGE FOCUS AND THE LIKE Go /ɡəʊ/ Road /rəʊd/ Old /əʊld/ Boat /bəʊt/ Joking /dʒəʊkɪŋ/ Shoulder /ˈʃəʊldər/ October /ɒkˈtəʊbər/ Potato /pəˈteɪtəʊ/ 15 Experience Initiative 2021 School-year: 2020- Phone /fəʊn/ Tomorrow /təˈmɔːroʊ/ I don’t know /aɪ dəʊnt nəʊ/ My toes are cold /maɪ təʊz ər kəʊld/ Is the window open? /ɪz ðə ˈwɪndəʊ ˈəʊpən/ She phoned me in October /ʃi fəʊnd mi ɪn ɒkˈtəʊbər/ They showed us their home /ðeɪ ʃəʊd əs ðer həʊm/ /eə/ /eə/ is a long vowel sound It starts with /e/ and moves to /ə/ It’s pronounced /eə/ /eə/ THE WORDS IN UNIT – ENGLISH 10: E LANGUAGE FOCUS AND THE LIKE air /eər/ care /keər/ hair /heər/ share /tʃeər/ wear /weər/ Look at that airplane /lʊk ət ðæt ˈeəpleɪn/ Up there, in the air, of course /ʌp ðeər ɪn ði eər əv kɔːrs/ The fair hair man ran in the sand /ðə feər heər mæn ræn ɪn ðə sænd/ airport /ˈeəpɔːt/ barely /ˈbeəli/ upstairs /ʌpˈsteəz/ fairy tale /ˈfeəri teɪl/ Where are the spare pairs Stan and Dan wear? /weər ər ðə speər peərz stæn ən dæn weər/ They're cramming for their exam over there /ðeər 'kræmɪŋ fər ðeər ɪɡˈzæm ˈəʊvər ðeər/ 16 Experience Initiative 2021 School-year: 2020- /ai/ /aɪ/ is a long vowel sound It starts with /ɑː/ and moves to /ɪ/ It’s pronounced /aɪ/ /aɪ/ THE WORDS IN UNIT – ENGLISH 10: E LANGUAGE FOCUS AND THE LIKE die /daɪ/ like /laɪk/ why /waɪ/ high /haɪ/ night /naɪt/ fighting /ˈfaɪtɪŋ/ surprise /sərˈpraɪz/ childhood /ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/ tour guide /tʊər ɡaɪd/ Drive on the right /draɪv ɒn ðə raɪt/ Why don't you try? /waɪ dəʊnt juː traɪ/ Do you like dry wine? /du ju laɪk draɪ waɪn/ I'm twice your size, Lisa /aɪm twaɪs jʊr saɪz 'lɪzə/ That guy might buy my cycle / ðæt ɡaɪ maɪt baɪ maɪ 'saɪkl/ /aʊ/ /aʊ/ is a long vowel sound It starts with /ɑː/ and moves to /ʊ/ It's pronounced /aʊ/ /aʊ/ THE WORDS IN UNIT – ENGLISH 10: E LANGUAGE FOCUS AND THE LIKE How /haʊ/ Now /naʊ/ Loud /laʊd/ Mouse /maʊs/ Sound /saʊnd/ About /əˈbaʊt/ Aloud /əˈlaʊd/ Counting /ˈkaʊtɪŋ/ mountain /ˈmaʊtn/ British Council /ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈkaʊnsl/ 17 Experience Initiative 2021 Our townhouse has a brown mouse /ˈaʊər ˈtaʊnhaʊs hæz ə braʊn maʊs/ Are we allowed to speak aloud? /ɑːr wi əˈlaʊd tə spiːk əˈlaʊd/ We found our gowns downtown /wi faʊnd ˈaʊər gaʊnz 'daʊntaʊn/ School-year: 2020- Shower the flower for an hour /ˈʃaʊər ðə ˈflaʊər fɔːr ən ˈaʊər/ How’s the loud vowel sound? /haʊz ðə laʊd ˈvaʊəl saʊnd/ Some exercises in tests, exams Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions Question 1: A eleven B elephant C examine D exact Question 2: A work B form C stork D force (University Entrance Examination by Ministry of Education and Training, in 2013) Key A /i'levn/ B /'elifənt/ C /ig'zæmin/ D /ig'zækt/ A /wə:k/ B /fɔ:m/ C /stɔ:k/ D /fɔ:s/ Question 3: A deal B teach C break D clean (University Entrance Examination by Ministry of Education and Training, in 2014) Key A /di:l/ B ti:t∫ C /breik/ D /kli:n/ Question 4: A justice B campus C culture D brush (University Entrance Examination by Ministry of Education and Training, in 2015) Key A /'dʒʌstis/ B./'kæmpəs/ C /'kʌlt∫ə/ D /brʌ∫/ Question 5: A lose B chose C close D rose (Examination for gifted students in Thanh Hoa province, 2012 – 2013) Key A /lu:z/ B /tʃəʊz/ C /klous/ D /rəʊz/ Question 6: A famous B nervous C favourite D mountain (Examination for gifted students in Thanh Hoa province, 2015 – 2016) Key A /'feiməs/ B /'nə:vəs/ C /'feivərit/ D /'mauntən/ 18 Experience Initiative 2021 School-year: 2020- PART III: CONCLUSION I Study results: After I provided the students some rules of phonemic transcription of English vowels and the way how to pronounce them, our students have pronounced the vowel sounds correctly and have known how to resolve “pronunciation part” Below are the results of the study before and after being applied to teach the ways of pronunciation and some rules of phonemic transcription of English language in the classes 10D and 10M at Mai Anh Tuan High School in the schoolyear 2020-2021 + Before applying Number Number of students Number of students give Lớp of give incorrect answers correct answers Total % Total % students 10 D 43 32 74 11 26 10 H 40 34 85 15 10 M 47 38 81 19 + After applying Number Number of students Lớp of give incorrect answers Total % students 10 D 43 0.7 10 H 40 10 10 M 47 0.6 Number of students give correct answers Total % 40 99.3 36 90 44 99.4 The results mentioned above have indicated that a number of students who have had more correct answers to PRONUNCIATION PART in examinations has been gradually increasing and a number of students who have had a few correct answers has been declining This result also makes my students confindent to pronounce English words It also helps my students to develop many Englsish skills II Suggestions: This experience initiative is the result of my private experience collected during teaching period, hence it has some limitations I am grateful to get as many constructive ideas or suggestions as possible from my colleagues, managers to better 19 Experience Initiative 2021 School-year: 2020- the study and to help it become more productive in the English teaching and learning process at high schools in the future I would like to express my sincere thanks! THE CONFIRMATION OF THE HEADMASTER …………………………………………………… …………………………………………………… …………………………………………………… …………………………………………………… …………………………………………………… …………………………………………………… Nga Son, May 17th 2021 I hereby declare that this is my innovative experience and that no parts of the initiative have been copied and reproduced by me from any other’s work without acknowledgement The writer Bui Van Dien TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I: INTRODUCTION I Reason for the study II Aim of the study III Objective and Scope of the study IV Bases of the study PART II: PROBLEM SOLVING I INTRODUCTION Monophthong Dipthongs II PROCEDURE Monophthong Page 01 01 01 01 02 02 03 03 04 04 04 20 Experience Initiative 2021 School-year: 2020- Dipthongs Exercises 12 17 PART III: CONCLUSION I Study results II Suggestions 18 18 19 REFERENCES [1] English 10, by Hoang Van Van, the publisher of Vietnam Education [2] English 11, by Hoang Van Van, the publisher of Vietnam Education [3] English 12, by Hoang Van Van, the publisher of Vietnam Education [4] English phonetics and Phonology – A practical course, by Peter Roach, Second edition, Cambridge University Press [5] An English encyclopaedia for students, by the publisher of the Ha Noi Culture – Information, 2001 [6] Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 8th Edition, Cambridge University Press [7] Examination for gifted students in Thanh Hoa province, 2012 – 2014) 21 Experience Initiative 2021 School-year: 2020- [8] The website tienganh123.com [9] https://www.youtube.com/Oxford online English 22 ...Experience Initiative 2021 School-year: 2020- The topic was studied in the English programme at high school level (The basic English textbook 10) It is applied to the grade -10 students at Mai... School in the school-year 2020-2021 to help them pronounce words correctly when they learn new words and the “pronunciation part” well in the tests and examinations IV Bases of the study: The experience... provided the students some rules of phonemic transcription of English vowels and the way how to pronounce them, our students have pronounced the vowel sounds correctly and have known how to resolve