Title: Pronuntiation
Course: Learning to learn

TASK 1. Low frequency vocalic digraphs: OW-The most common patterns in this spelling combination

TASK 1. Low frequency vocalic digraphs: OW-The most common patterns in this spelling combination

The normal spelling is in the center of the syllable and at the end of the syllable (or open syllable) as in the examples below:
Low, know, mountain, sound

The most frequent mistake in the sound of words in stressed syllables with spelling . Which of the three sounds do you find more frequent with the spelling .
Most ................... > .......................... > .......................... less

- 1. /au/ as in cow 2. /o/ as in Knowledge 3. /ou/ as in snow
Feedback: WRONG! Write 6 words and try again
- 1. /ou/ as in snow /o/ 2. /au/ as in cow 3. /o/ as in Knowledge
Feedback: Write 6 words and try again CLUE: How would you pronounce these two onomatopeic expressions, /au/ or /Ou/: The sound of a cat: meow! The sound of expressing a positive surprise: WOW!
- 1. /au/ as in cow 2. /ou/ as in snow 3. /o/ as in Knowledge
Feedback: CORRECT! Remember that if spelling reflects sounds, that is the way English speaker associate as the ‘norm’. The estimation of irregularity is very strong in 3-5% of everyday English words. There are some iregularities that do not come out ofteen enough.

Some homographs words can be confusing

EXTRA TASK1. Some homographs (or heteronyms) words can be confusing. Copy them in the right column:
/ou/ and /ou/

bow1 (Verb –bow your head) // bow2 (to shoot arrows)
row1 (about money) //row2 (Verb row a boa)t
Moscow (US) // Moscow (UK)

TASK 2 - Frequent monosyllabic words with –OW

TASK2. Frequent monosyllabic words with –OW tend to be 60% /au/ and 40 % /ou/.
Sort out the comon words into two groups:
Group 1 /au/
Group 2 /ou/

snow, down, brown, slow, how, cow, flow, town, crow, own, renown, bowl, now, below, crown, low

- /au/: now.crown, down, brown, how, cow, town, crow, renown /ou/: own, bowl, ,low slow, below, snow, flow
Feedback: CORRECT!
- /au/ : now,crown down, brown, how, cow, , town, crow /ou/ : flow, own, renown, bowl, ,low, slow, below, snow,
Feedback: You had some doubts on these words. Check the three bold underlined words at HYPERLINK "http://www.wordreference.com" www.wordreference.com perhaps these: flow, crow, own, renown, bowl,:
- /au/ : now, renown, down, brown, how, cow, , town, crow /ou/ : flow, own, crown, bowl, low, slow, below, snow,
Feedback: You had some doubts on these words. Check the three bold underlined words at HYPERLINK "http://www.wordreference.com" www.wordreference.com perhaps these: flow, crow, own, renown, bowl,:

TASK 3. The irregular verbs with spelling -OW

TASK3. One package group, easy to remember, is the irregular verbs written with –OW.
choose the right sound of these past participles:
blown, grown, known, thrown, shown & flown

option a: /ou/ blown, grown, known, thrown, shown & flown
option b: /ou/ grown, known, thrown, shown & flown.
option c: /ou/ blown, grown, known, thrown & shown.

- option a: /ou/ blown, grown, known, thrown, shown & flown
Feedback: TEXT correct! option a: They share the sound with the infinitive of the verbs: blow, grow, know, throw, show & flow
- option b: /ou/ grown, known, thrown, shown & flown.
Feedback: You had some doubts. Check the word/s you are not sure at www.wordreference.com CLUE. One package group, easy to remember, is the irregular verbs witten with –OW. They share the sound with their infinitives! Which is its shared pronunciation, /Au/ or /Ou/ ? ……..
- option c: /ou/ blown, grown, known, thrown & shown.
Feedback: You had some doubts. Check the word/s you are not sure at www.wordreference.com CLUE. One package group, easy to remember, is the irregular verbs witten with –OW. They share the sound with their infinitives! Which is its shared pronunciation, /Au/ or /Ou/ ? ……..

TASK4. Stressed and ustressed syllables.

TASK4. Stressed and ustressed syllables.

Which words have the following sound patterns:
below, borrow, meadow, shadow, allow, yellow

- option a: First syllable stressed: sound /Oo/ as in borrow, meadow, shadow, yellow Second syllable stressed: sound /oO/ as in below, allow,
Feedback: correct! option a: A useful rule (97%) for unstressed syllables is that it sounds /Ou/. Find 12 new words and add them to the list. Use the four from previous task. RAIN-bow, WI-dow, toMOR-row, GLAS-gow
- option b: First syllable stressed: sound /Oo/ as in below, allow, yellow Second syllable stressed: sound /oO/ as in borrow, meadow, shadow
Feedback: You had some doubts. Check the word/s you are not sure at www.wordreference.com CLUE. RAIN-bow, WI-dow, toMOR-row, GLAS-gow Find 4 new words and add them to the relevant list. What is your option now? Try again.
- option c: First syllable stressed: sound /Oo/ as in below, borrow, meadow, shadow Second syllable stressed: sound /oO/ as in allow, yellow
Feedback: You had some doubts. Check the word/s you are not sure at www.wordreference.com CLUE. RAIN-bow, WI-dow, toMOR-row, GLAS-gow Find 4 new words and add them to the relevant list. What is your option now? Try again.
Making majority groups. Copy the following words into the corresponding headings.

now, vow, flower , power,tower , owl (night bird), growl (shout form a bear), fowl (collective name for birds)
powder, crowded , gown, frown, drown,

-OW>
-OWER >
-OWL >
-OWD >
-OWN >

Observe that every line of these words form a group.
Try to memorise them