Tip #2: Pronouncing Vowels in English

Hi ABA friends!

Today we want to share a beautiful video for you to practice your vowels with.

In the English language, we have 5 vowels – A, E, I, O and U. But combining these five letters gives us over 15 vowel sounds! Depending on the dialect there can be up to 27 combinations.

In this video, there are 15 vowel sounds. We recommend that:

1. Read the words
2. Watch the video and repeat 

[i:] Me – Tree – Three – People – V (vee)

[i] Ship – Ticket – This – King – Shilling

[e]
Bed – Pen – Yes – Well

[æ]
Paris – Can – Spanish

[a:]
Past – Dark – Arm – Car – Hard

[o]
Knot – Wash – Song – From – Rock – Coffee

[o:]
All – Small – Ball – Morning

[u]
Full – Look – Good – Foot – Book

[u:]
Who – Move – Noon – Blue – Two

[a:]
Up – Cup – Sun – Sum

[ər]
Her – Thursday – Burn – Work – Under – Father – Address – Servant

[ei]
Saturday – Say – Baby – Train – Plate – Table  – Waiter

[ou]
No – Smoke – Motor – Hotel

[ai]
Ice – Eye – Side

[au]
Flower – Cloud – Hour – Now

[oi]
Boy – Noise – Boil – Voice

Dear – Clear – Beer – Ear

[e]
Chair – Hair – Care

[o:]
Four – Door – Floor

Good job! Practising the vowels and vowel sounds is very important to learn how to pronounce English correctly. It’s not only essential to pronounce the vowel sound well, but also the length of time it takes to say. For example between “ship” and “sheep”, which a lot of non-natives find difficult to differenciate.

Repeat with this video several times to make sure you can hear and pronounce each vowel sound.

And remember, if you have any questions, let us know! 🙂