DIPHTHONGS AND TRIPHTHONGS

2. DIPHTHONG:

A complex speech sound or glide that begins with one vowel and gradually changes to another vowel within the same syllable, as (oi) in boil or  in fine.

PROPER DIPHTHONG:

A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in rain, eo in people; called an improper diphthong.

IMPROPER DIPHTHONG:

A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in
rain, eo in people; -- called an improper diphthong.

TRIPHTHONG:

is a monosyllabic vowel combination involving a quick but smooth movement of the articulator from one vowel quality to another that passes over a third. While "pure" vowels, or monophthongs, are said to have one target articulator position, diphthongs have two, and triphthongs three.

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PROPER DIPHTHONG	IMPROPER DIPHTHONG	TRIPHTHONG	WORDS THAT ARE NOT DIPHTHONGS OR TRIPHTHONGS
LIGHT	MOON	EMPLOYER	SUN
STAY	CHAIR	LAYER	SEE
MOUNTAIN	PEOPLE	TYRE	READ
POINT	COOK	SOYA	MUSIC
MOUSE	RAIN	PLAYER	RICH
OWL	STOOD	BEAUTY	FLAG
COW	NEAR	SHOWER	WATCH
BOY	SOAP	LOWER	DRESS
MOUTH	GOOD	POWER	PIG
OIL	MEET	LIAR	KING

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4. In this class I could undestand that according to how you write the words, you can qualify  it, if you undestand its meaning you can at the same time improve the pronunciation. 

Long and short Vowels.

WHAT I KNOW ABOUT LONG AND SHORT VOWEL SOUNDS…	WHAT I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT LONG AND SHORT VOWEL SOUNDS…	WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT LONG AND SHORT VOWEL SOUNDS…
I know that there are some words that depend of his pronunciation his meaning can change, but the truth is that I have a little knowledge about the topic.	I want to improve my pronunciation and differentiate the words not only for his meaning so his pronunciation too.	I learned that there are words that need that we extend our pronunciation and this takes the correct meaning, for this reason we must be careful when we say some words that have long and short vowels.

SHORT	SENTENCE	LONG	SENTENCE
stop	The bus stop is near to my house.	Lad	Michael was a lad son of Mr. Pearson.
mud	The house was full of mud.	stain	For Maths my brother is stain.
pie	My mother cooked a delicious apple pie	smile	Edgar has a beautiful smile.
lid	The lid was red.	bone	She has broken his bone.
sun	The sun rises in the East	stay	They stay at the party
pig	The pig’s name is Britney.	pray	Edwin goes to the church every Sunday to pray
pill	She didn’t take the pill	boat	The boat arrived late to the beach
still	I’m still waiting for you.	load	The table has a lot of load.
bug	The bug was in his shirt.	mule	The mule was eating grass in the farm
cat	Samantha’s cat is brown and has a beautiful necklace	rule	Colombia needs more rules.
mug	My favorite Mug has a sun’s picture.	bite	The dog bite his arm.

SHORT WORDS:

1. PILL

2. MUG

3. STILL

LONG WORDS:

1 BOAT:

2. SMILLE:

3. BONE:

MINIMAL PAIRS

MINIMAL PAIRS

WHAT ARE MINIMAL PAIRS?

The minimal pairs are the words which have similar pronunciation but his meaning is different.

WHAT DO YOU THINK MINIMAL PAIR ARE IMPORTANT?

It’s important for our pronunciation, because if we say the wrong word (pronunciation)maybe we say something that we won’t say.

PAIR 1: BLESSED- BLAST

Blessed:  someone who go every day to the church.

 Blast: something that have speed and strong.

PAIR 2: DEFT –DAFT

Deft:  it’s an intelligent person.

Daft: it’s a crazy person.

PAIR 3: LEST – EAST

Lest: it’s a synonymous of because.

East: is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points vest vast.

PAIR 4: LEATHER –LATHER

Leather: it’s a material of some clothes like pants.

Lather:  is the union of water and soap.