English Vowel Sounds
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).