Task 3 Vowel Sounds

Manuel Fernando Tenorio Asprilla Cód. 518014 Group 23

Popayán, april 2021

Tutora: Maria Teresa Salamanca

Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Escuela de Ciencias de la Educación

English Phonetic
Video Link: https://youtu.be/EMusIErfgog

Task 3_Transcription Exercises

Vowel sounds

1. Name the tongue position for each vowel. The first one is
done for you:
a) /ʌ/ Mid and back
b) /ʊ/ Near close and near-back
c) /ɪ/ Near close and near-front
d) /ɔ:/ Mid and back
e) /æ/ Near Open and front

2. Write only the symbols of the vowel sounds contained in the

following words, remember to write each symbol in slashes
(//).
• The first one is done for you.
Word Symbols of the vowel sounds
snub /ʌ/

bull /ʊ/
letter / ɛ/-/ə/
keep /i/
Gear /ɪ/

3. As you already know consonant and vowel symbols,

transcribe from IPA alphabet to regular English letters the
following text:

/westən jʊərəp həd biːn dɪˈskʌsɪŋ kɒnsəpts sʌʧ əz səˈsteɪnəbl ̩

dɪˈveləpmənt fə nɪərlɪ twentɪ jɪərz ət ðæt pɔɪnt/
 Transcription:
Western Europe had been discussing concepts stuffed is sustainable
development for nearly twenty years at tha point

4. Transcribe from regular English letter (graphemes) to IPA

symbols (phonemes) the following text.

When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I survived at all. It

was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly
worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the
miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish
Catholic childhood. (from Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt)

Transcription:
wɛn aɪ lʊk bæk ɑn maɪ ˈʧaɪldˌhʊd aɪ ˈwʌndər haʊ aɪ sərˈvaɪvd æt ɔl. ɪt
wʌz, ʌv kɔrs, ə ˈmɪzərəbəl ˈʧaɪldˌhʊd: ðə ˈhæpi ˈʧaɪldˌhʊd ɪz ˈhɑrdli wɜr
θ jʊər waɪl. wɜrs ðæn ði ˈɔrdəˌnɛri ˈmɪzərəbəl ˈʧaɪldˌhʊd ɪz ðə ˈmɪzərəb
əl ˈaɪrɪʃ ˈʧaɪldˌhʊd, ænd wɜrs jɛt ɪz ðə ˈmɪzərəbəl ˈaɪrɪʃ ˈkæθlɪk ˈʧaɪldˌhʊ
d (frʌm ˈænʤələz ˈæʃəz baɪ fræŋk məˈkɔrt)

5. Write a word that includes each diphthong.

• The first one is done for you.

Symbol Word
a) / aɪ/ Cry
b) /eɪ/ Face
c) /əʊ/ Open
d) /aʊ/ Mouth
e) / ɪə/ Idea
Diagrams

Diphthong: ɪə

Diphthong: eɪ

Diphthong: əʊ

Diphthong: eə
 BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES

Daniel, I. O. (2011). Chapter Three: Articulation of English Sounds.

In Introductory Phonetics and Phonology of English. (pp. 15-20). Cambridge
Scholars
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Pronunciación en Ingles, la fonética y sus símbolos por DAVID FERNANDEZ

tomado de:

https://nosoloidiomas.com/pronunciacion-ingles-fonetica-simbolos/