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JSS2 ENGLISH STUDIES THIRD TERM WEEK FIVE

CONTENT

  1. Speech Work: Types of Vowels (Monophthongs, Diphthongs, Triphthongs)
  2. Comprehension: Do you have a goal?
  3. Structure: Tenses (Present, Past, Future)
  4. Composition: Narrative Essay (A Village Market)
  5. Literature: Figures of Speech – Irony, Paradox and Oxymoron

 

ASPECT: Speech Work

TOPIC: Monophthongs, Diphthongs, Triphthongs

Introduction to Monophthongs, Diphthongs and Triphthongs

All languages have monophthongs and many languages have diphthongs, but triphthongs are relatively rare. English has all three types: the vowel sound in “hit” is a monophthong /ɪ/, the vowel sound in “boy” is a diphthong /ɔɪ/, and the vowel sounds of “flower”, /aʊə(r)/, is a triphthong.

Monophthongs

A monophthong is a vowel sound whose quality doesn’t change over the duration of the vowel. Monophthongs are sometimes called “pure” or “stable” vowels. e.g. /e/, /u:/, /I/,/ə/, /æ/, /ↄ:/

Diphthongs

A diphthong is a vowel sound that glides from one quality to another. It is also referred to as a two-quality sound. There are eight of them in British English /ei/, /ai/, /ↄi/, /eə/, /ʊә/, /aʊ /, /iә/, /әʊ/

Triphthongs

A triphthong is a vowel sound that glides successively through three qualities.

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