English Vowels /oʊ/ no and /ɔ/ saw - American English Pronunciation - American Accent

Hi. I’m Denise. Thank you for watching my video. Today I’m going to talk about the vowel sound /oʊ/ as in ‘no’ and /ɔ/ as in ‘saw.’ Both of these are back vowels. That means that there is some movement in the back of our tongue and both of these have rounded lips when we make the sounds. The biggest difference between these two sounds is that the mouth is more closed for /oʊ/ and more open for /ɔ/. This one is /oʊ/ /oʊ/. Notice my lips protrude or stick out /oʊ/ and I make a circle with my lips, but there is a little bit of an opening. /oʊ/ /oʊ/. And that sound ends in a bit of a ‘w’ sound or a /w/ sound /oʊ/ /oʊ/. With this sound, my lips are still rounded but my mouth is open more, so the lips don’t protrude as they do with this sound. So this sound is /ɔ/ /ɔ/. Notice my lips are still a bit rounded /ɔ/. Contrast that with a different vowel sound /ɑ/ which does not have rounded lips. The one I just made was /ɑ/ as in ‘not.’ So let’s compare this one /ɔ/, I have rounded lips, with this one /ɑ/. /ɔ/ /ɑ/ /ɔ/ /ɑ/. So with /ɔ/ you should be able to see my lips rounded. Back to /ɔ/ and /oʊ/ you should be able to see a difference in how much my mouth is open or how much it is closed for /oʊ/. So these are both back vowels. With /oʊ/ the back of my tongue rises a bit in the back of my mouth but doesn’t touch the back of my mouth. The back of my tongue rises to about the middle of my mouth. It does not go all the way up to the top of my mouth. It does rise, so if we pretend this is my tongue, the back of the tongue rises in my mouth for this sound /oʊ/. For this sound, the back of my tongue stays low in my mouth. Because my jaw is opening, my tongue is remaining lower. /ɔ/ /ɔ/. Let’s practice saying some words using these sounds. We’ll start with show. go. know. coat. cold. own. home. soap. rope. although. /oʊ/ /oʊ/ no. Let’s do these again. show. go. know. Notice that my lips are protruding. coat. cold. own. home. soap. rope. although. Let’s look at some of the different ways we can spell this sound. We have ‘o-w’ so the word show and similar words grow, blow end in ‘o-w.’ This sound can be made with just the letter ‘o,’ also with ‘o-a.’ Here’s ‘o-w’ again in a different position. ‘o-a’ How about this one? ‘o-u-g-h’ Actually, the ‘g-h’ is silent but all of these letters together make /oʊ/. although. Let’s practice some words with the /ɔ/ sound. This is /ɔ/ as in ‘saw.’ Again my lips are rounded and my mouth is open more than it is for /oʊ/. So this sound is /ɔ/ saw. Let’s practice some of these. law. long. wrong. tall. talk. thought. caught. cost. cough. sauce. Let’s try those again. law. long. wrong. tall. talk. thought. caught. cost. cough. sauce. And we can spell this sound in different ways. We can spell it with‘a-w,’ with just the letter ‘o,’ with the letter ‘a,’ with ‘o-u,’ with ‘a-u.’ Here we have ‘o-u’ making the /ɔ/ sound. This time, however, the ‘g-h’ is not silent. It makes a /f/ or ‘f’ sound. Here the ‘g-h’ was silent. So here, this word is ‘although.’ These letters make an /oʊ/ sound. Here the ‘o-u’ makes an /ɔ/ sound. The ‘g-h’ make a /f/..cough. Another word that does have a silent letter is this word ‘talk.’ In this word, the letter ‘l’ is silent. We do not pronounce the letter ‘l’ so this word is ‘talk.’ Okay. No ‘l.’ Now let’s practice saying some similar-sounding words that differ only in the sound of the vowel. The words on this side have the /oʊ/ vowel sound. The words on this side have the /ɔ/ vowel sound. Remember /oʊ/ has a smaller opening. /oʊ/. /ɔ/ has a wider opening, a larger opening. Both have rounded lips. Let’s try these words. This is bowl. bowl. ball. ball. no. gnaw. no. gnaw. We don’t pronounce the ‘g’ in this word. cold. called. cold. called. woke. walk. woke. walk. pose. pause. pose. pause. Good job. So these are similar words but they do differ in the sound of the vowels. Now let’s practice saying some sentences with the /oʊ/ vowel sound and the /ɔ/ vowel sound. We’ll start with /oʊ/. I sold my old boat at the coast. I sold my old boat at the coast. There is a goat with a note in the road near my home. Silly sentences. There is a goat with a note in the road near my home. He soaked his toe with soap in a bowl of cold water. He soaked his toe with soap in a bowl of cold water. Let’s practice the individual /oʊ/ words. sold. old. boat. coast. goat. note. road. home. soaked. toe. soap. bowl. cold. Let’s try the sentences with the /ɔ/ sound. The dog caught the small ball. The dog caught the small ball. I taught her to walk, talk, and pause for the cause. I taught her to walk, talk, and pause for the cause. Paul bought the wrong sauce for his boss. Paul bought the wrong sauce for his boss. Let’s try the individual words now. dog. caught. small. ball. taught. walk. talk. pause. cause. Paul. bought. wrong. sauce. boss. That’s it right now for the /oʊ/ and /ɔ/ vowel sounds. Thanks for watching. Bye.

Channel: Coopos

Views: 47,638

Keywords: English pronunciation, American accent, improve accent, English vowel, vowel pronunciation, learn English, English lesson, English classes, esl, native speaker, denise, speaking, pronunciation, English, lessons, school, الإنجليزية, 英語, Anglais, Englisch, अंग्रेज़ी, Inglese, 영어, ingles, อังกฤษ, Anh, אנגלית, английский, język angielski, Αγγλικά, ingilizce, Inggris, angol, Engleză, Angličtina, phonetics, pronounce, listening, how to say, toefl, como pronunciar mejor el ingles, aprenda ingles, mejora tu acento

Id: YBQFEPjUQfE

Length: 12min 34sec (754 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 14 2015