Hi guys.
This is Fann-y. Welcome to this English pronunciation video.
In this video, I'm gonna focus on two tricky sounds:
/əʊ/ and /ɔ:/
sounds similar but they are very different
and you need to hear the difference and to pronounce them differently.
Let's take two example words shall we...
the first word is 'so'.
/əʊ/ is the sound. Can you hear it?
'so'
The second word is 'saw'.
The sound is /ɔ:/. Can you hear it?
so /səʊ/ saw /sɔː/
Now I know they sound very similar to most of you.
But they are different and with a little bit of practice,
you will improve your skills.
I promise you by the end of this video,
you will hear and pronounce them differently.
So keep watching.
Let's go guys!
I'm gonna help you make these sounds
/əʊ/ and /ɔ:/ in English.
I want you to hear the difference and to be able to pronounce them correctly.
Also you should know the IPA spelling.
Watch how I move my mouth.
And please try to repeat after me.
I know you can do this so let's get to it.
First, let's make the sound /əʊ/.
/əʊ/ is actually a diphthong.
So it's two vowel sounds /əʊ/.
So as you pronounce it, as you can see,
my mouth is quite round.
It moves and it becomes smaller.
/əʊ/
Let's practice. Repeat after me.
/əʊ/-/əʊ/-/əʊ/
Let's practice now with the word 'so'. Repeat after me.
so - so - so
And now for the sound /ɔ:/.
As you can see my mouth is round as well
but it's doesn't move.
And the sound is a tiny bit longer.
/ɔ:/
Let's practice. Repeat after me.
/ɔ:/ - /ɔ:/ - /ɔ:/
Let's take the word 'saw'.
Please repeat after me.
saw - saw - saw
Good.
Let's now use minimal pairs.
Words that are very similar but the vowel sounds change.
They're a very good way to practice these vowel sounds.
First, let's just practice the sounds.
Watch how my mouth moves and repeat after me.
/əʊ/ - /əʊ/ - /əʊ/
/ɔ:/ - /ɔ:/ - /ɔ:/
/əʊ/ - /ɔ:/
Let's now take our words 'so' and 'saw'. Repeat after me.
so - so - so
saw - saw - saw
so - saw
Excellent guys.
Okay students let's now move on to minimal pairs together.
I'm gonna read them to you you should repeat after me.
And watch my mouth - how it moves.
Let's get started.
boat bought
bode bored
bow bore
code cord
coke cork
cone corn
copes corpse
choke chalk
chose chores
close claws
crow craw
doe door
dome dorm
doze doors
drone drawn
foam form
foe for
folk fork
go gore
goal gall
hone horn
implode implored
Joe jaw
know nor
load lord
low law
moan morn
moaning morning
mole maul
motor mortar
mow more
o or
oat ought
owe or
poach porch
poke pork
sew saw
scone scorn
show shore
show sure
shown shorn
snow snore
stoke stork
stow store
toe tore
tone torn
tote taught
quote quart
Good guys. Let's carry on.
Okay guys. Let's practice further. I'm going to show you a
couple of words I want you to read them with the proper English vowel sound:
/əʊ/ and /ɔ:/
Let's get to.
Let's start with the first word.
Is it stoke or stalk?
It's stoke.
Next word.
moaning or morning?
It's 'morning' of course.
next word
code or cord?
code
Next word.
stoke or stork?
stork. Very nice.
Next word.
poke or pork?
It's 'poke'. Very good.
Then we have boat or bought?
Its 'bought'.
Next word.
poke or pork?
It's 'pork', guys.
Next word.
hone or horn?
horn
Then we have 'code' or 'cord'.
It's 'cord'.
And finally...
boat or bought?
'boat' Very nice.
That was excellent guys.
Let's move on.
Ok guys moving on to sentences containing /əʊ/ and /ɔ:/ sounds.
So pay attention and repeat after me.
The first sentence
I saw four crows fly low.
Second sentence...
Joe chose pork and corn.
And finally...
There's more snow on the low shore.
Great guys.
Let's move on.
Great job guys.
You now have a better understanding of the difference between the English vowel sounds
/əʊ/ and /ɔ:/
But keep practicing.
It takes time and practice speaking and listening
to master these vowel sounds.
But you can do!
So keep practicing and watch my other pronunciation videos.
They're very useful if you want to improve your English skills.
So see you next time.
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