This course helps learners build knowledge of some of the most common vowel
sounds in English and draws on various methodologies for teaching phonemic
awareness, such as Key Word awareness.
- This course is suitable for beginner to advanced English Language Learners.
- Each unit is a collection of short lessons that are 2 minutes or fewer. Each unit
takes approximately 15 to 20 minutes to complete. - Designed with reference to national English language standards (CASAS).
Unit 1: See /iː/
Unit 2: It /ɪ/
Unit 3: No /o/
Unit 4: Law /ɔ/
Unit 5: Bus /ʌ/
Each unit features the following structure. Learners…
- Hear the target sound and practice producing it.
- Learn 5 words with the target sound. Repeat and practice words along with a
narrator. - See how the sound is formed by watching a video displaying mouth
movement. - Hear and practice a three word chant with that sound in rhythm
- Identify the sound in sentences
- Learn the most common spelling patterns for the sound
- Increase awareness of resources for pronunciation by seeing an example of
the sound in the dictionary, and in the phonemic alphabet - Differentiate between sounds /iː/ and /ɪ/ (Unit 2); /o/ and /ɔ/ (Unit 4).