Auditory discrimination between an English vowel and a Spanish vowel.

1. Activity: Distinguish between English vowel sound // as in <hot, watch,

because> and Spanish vowel sound /o/ as in <oso, mono, coco>
. !isten to the wo"ds in Spanish: < oso, mono, coco>
#. $ow listen to those Spanish wo"ds with a %o"eign accent, as i% they we"e spo&en
by a spea&e" o% '(: oso, mono, coco
). *ompa"e English with Spanish
+. !isten and decide i% the pe"son spea&ing is a %o"eigne" ,i.e. uses the sound //- o"
an .ive" /late Spanish spea&e" i.e. uses vowel sound /o/
0. 1sing a mi""o", loo& at you"sel% while you ma&e the lip position %o" both vowel
sounds and compa"e how they di%%e". 2ne is mo"e 3"ounded4 than the othe" one
,alte"natively, we can say that one is 3opene"4 o" 3mo"e open4 than the othe"
one-. 5hich is which6
7. 8hin& o% English wo"ds that a"e p"onounced with /9/. 5hat a"e the spellings that
co""espond to this sound6
Spellings of //
Common:
All cases o% spelling <o>:%inal consonant. E;amples: dog, hot, top, Bob, hog, rob
All cases o% spelling <oc&>. E;amples: clock, lock, dock
< < < <o>: double consonant. E;: bottle, throttle, topple, hotter,
robbed
Less common:
<a> a%te" <w, wh, =u> as in what, watch, wash, want, quantity, quality
Exceptions:
<au> in because, sausage, Australia
<ow> in knowledge
5hich o% the %ollowing wo"ds a"e p"onounced with // 6
$ought
$ot
Stoc&
Sto&e
.obe
Stal&
spot
*od
spo"t
*o"d
*ot
*ou"t
>s the past tense o% <thin&> p"onounced with //6 5hy/ 5hy not6
5hat about %o"t, lo"d, o"de", %ought, bought6
English vowel r. ! / and Spanish /i/
1. Activity: Distinguish between English vowel sound /i:/ as in <tea, t"ee, g"een,
leave, b"eathe> and Spanish vowel sound /i/ as in <higo, hi?o, %in, lindo>
. !isten to the wo"ds in Spanish: <higo, %in, lindo, diga, mime, tilo>
#. $ow listen to those Spanish wo"ds with a %o"eign accent, as i% they we"e spo&en
by a spea&e" o% '(: <higo, %in, lindo, diga, mime, tilo>
). *ompa"e English with Spanish. 8he"e a"e two ways in which the English vowel
di%%e"s %"om the Spanish one. 5hich ways6
+. !isten and decide i% the pe"son spea&ing is a %o"eigne" ,i.e. uses the sound //- o"
an .ive" /late Spanish spea&e" i.e. uses vowel sound /o/
0. 1sing a mi""o", loo& at you"sel% while you ma&e the lip position %o" both vowel
sounds and compa"e how they di%%e". 2ne is mo"e 3sp"ead4 than the othe" one.
5hich one6
7. $ow listen to these English wo"ds: <st"eet, g"eet, lea%, pea&, peach>. 5hat
di%%e"ence can you notice between the sound o% the vowel in these wo"ds and the
vowel in <tea, t"ee, g"een, leave, b"eathe> 6
@. 8hin& o% English wo"ds that a"e p"onounced with /i:/. 5hat a"e the spellings that
co""espond to this sound6
Spellings of /i:/
Common:
A!! cases o% spelling <ee>:%inal consonant. E;amples: dog, hot, top, Bob, hog, rob
A2S8 cases o% spelling <ea>. E;amples: read, eat
< < < <e>. E;: be, these, complete, delete
French loanwords: police, machine, technique, prestige
<ie> field, piece
<ei> receive,
pelling !"#$: the letter <i< comes before <e> e%cept after <c>& o believe but
receive 'not recieve(
Exceptions:
<ey> key, quay
5hich o% the %ollowing wo"ds a"e p"onounced with // 6
$ought
$ot
Stoc&
Sto&e
.obe
Stal&
spot
*od
spo"t
*o"d
*ot
*ou"t
>s the past tense o% <thin&> p"onounced with //6 5hy/ 5hy not6
5hat about %o"t, lo"d, o"de", %ought, bought6
AbeBa
Ab"oBo
Abuelo
!avaba
Avala"
Aviva"
Abu""ido
AbaBo
8"abaBaba
(lando
Cablando
Embole
Embudo
EmbaBada
bola
Embola
Dame bola
Eeeeeeeee gato
1n gato
'ato