The English sound system

The vowels

- are sound produced when movements  of the speech organs are not obstructed by the breath system.

Classification of vowels:

1. Front vowels - it is the front part of our tongue  that it most affected and does most of the movement.
2. central word - it is the central part of the tongue that does a lot of movement with the coordination of the lips.
3. Back vowels - are those that are produced  with the back of the tongue doing a lot of movement either raised or pulled back.

[ i ] & [ I ] Sound:

- they are front, unsound vowels.

•  position your tongue in front of your mouth.
•   produced the [ i ] sound while spreading your lips side ward with tensed muscle.

for example:

- even

- people

-recieve

• produced the [ I ] sound with unspread lips & relaxed muscles.

for example:

- thrill

- curtain

- English

[ e ] & [ æ ] Sound:

• [ e ] Sound - it's pronounce -ey-

for example:

- May

- Day

- Face

• [ æ ] Sound - it's pronounce -a-

for example:

- cat

- black

- apple