Topic: Principles of classification of vowels; Principal features of vowels Level: Intermediate Materials

LECTURE 3


Course title: Communicative- Normative Phonetics
Topic: Principles of classification of vowels; Principal features of vowels
Level: Intermediate
Materials: Martin Hewings. Pronunciation Practice Activities. A resource book for teaching English pronunciation. Cambridge, 2004;
Frederika Gebhardt. English pronunciation. 2011
Aim: To raise the awareness of the difference between monophthongs and diphthongs and classifications of English monophthongs:
Time: 80 min

Activity	Objective	Procedure	Time	Mode of interaction	Materials
Warm up activity	Introduce the focus of the lesson	Teacher asks students to describe the difference between the articulatory-acustic feartures of the given vowels	15 minutes	Whole group	Warm up handout
Pre – activity	Introduction to the topic of the lesson	Students share their opinions on the articulatory-acustic feartures of vowels	15 minutes	Individual work	Handout 1
While activity	Derivation of the rules	Students study given information	20 minutes	Individual work	Handout 2
Post activity	Consolidation of the given material	Students described the mentioned vowel from its articulatory-acustic point of view.	20 minutes	Pair work	Handout 3
conclusion	The revision of the topic	Home task: learning the articulatory-acustic features or vowels.	10 minutes	Whole group

Warm up
Materials: Warm up handout
Objective: Introduce the focus of the lesson
Procedure: Teacher asks students to

Describe the difference between the articulatory-acustic feartures of the given vowels: /i/, /e/, /æ/, /a:/, /ɔ/, /ɔ:/, /u/, /ʌ/, /з:/, /ә/, /i:/, /u:/; /ai/, /oi/, /ei/, /eә/, /iә/, /uә/, / әu/, /au/. T. explains shortly the difference between the monophthongs and diphthongs.

Activity 1
The articulatory-acustic feartures of vowels
Handout 1 Main principles of vowel classification.

1. 
   According to the position of the tongue
   
2. 
   According to the position of the lips
   
3. 
   According to length of the vowel
   
4. 
   According to the degree of tenseness