LESSON 12: #3 tracks 5 // #3: AMERICAN VOWEL PRONUNCIATION // LESSON 12: LOWERING THE POSITION OF YOUR TONGUE( #3: Tracks 5)-THE SOUND & STYLE OF AMERICAN ENGLISH
#3: AMERICAN VOWEL PRONUNCIATION
LESSON 12: LOWERING THE POSITION OF YOUR TONGUE
( #3: Track 5)
-THE SOUND & STYLE OF AMERICAN ENGLISH
The "FACE" VOWEL (DIPHTHONG)
(#3: Track 5)
GREAT [ ɡreɪt ]
DAY[ deɪ ]
CAGE[ keɪʤ ]
SAFE[ seɪf ]
MAKE[ meɪk ]
STRANGE[ streɪnʤ ]
CAME [ keɪm ]
SAILING[ ˈseɪlɪŋ ]
AWAY[ əˈweɪ ]
TODAY[ təˈdeɪ ]
THE RAINY PLAINS OF SPAIN [ ðə ˈreɪni pleɪnz ʌv speɪn ]
$${\textit{Try these extra words that aren’t recorded. }}$$$${\textit{Then, use some of them to make up your own drill sentences.}}$$
AGE [ eɪʤ ]
AIM [ eɪm ]
APRIL [ ˈeɪprəl ]
ATE [ eɪt ]
BABY [ ˈbeɪbi ]
BASE [ beɪs ]
BLAME [ bleɪm ]
CHASE [ʧeɪs ]
DISPLAY [ dɪˈspleɪ ]
FACE [ feɪs ]
GAME [ ɡeɪm ]
LAKE [ leɪk ]
MAIL [ meɪl ]
MISTAKE [ mɪsˈteɪk ]
NEIGHBOR [ ˈneɪbər ]
PAGE [ peɪʤ ]
PLAYER [ ˈpleɪər ]
RATE [ reɪt ]
SAME [ seɪm ]
TAKE [ teɪk ]
#3: Track 5
The third double vowel is [ eɪ ] as in the words GREAT [ ɡreɪt ] and DAY[ deɪ ].
So it has many different spellings in English.
Most commonly the letter A [ eɪ ] or the combinations E I, A I or A Y : The sound :
[ eɪ ]
[ eɪ ]
From the starting position, move your mid tongue very slightly forward as the voice begins like this.
Do that :
[ e ]
[ e ]
From there, move it up and forward to finish with the familiar sharp "E[ˈiː]".
Repeat after me :
hey
Not [ ew ] [ ew ], but the sharp "E[ˈiː]".
Once more :
[ eɪ ]
Of course, this difthong also has to get the Guick American Glide. The [ e ] part, last longer than the "E[ˈiː]".
Repeat :
[ ˈeːɪ ]
And the pitch starts moving down just as the E begins.
try it after me :
[ ˈeːɪ ]
Again :
[ ˈeːɪ ]
Now put a GR
GREY [ greɪ ]
before this Glide great
Now a T after it :
GREAT [ greɪt ]
This time put a d before the dip phone :
DAY [ deɪ ]
Now put those two keywords together.
Don't shorten the tongue movement before the final consonant include all of the Glide characteristics.
Repeat after me :
A GREAT DAY [ ə ɡreɪt deɪ ]
(Pause)
Now repeat that same version of the sound on the following words.
CAGE[ keɪʤ ]
(Pause)
SAFE[ seɪf ]
(Pause)
Don't forget the longer first stage and the downward Glide.
MAKE[ meɪk ](Pause)
STRANGE[ streɪnʤ ]
(Pause)
CAME [ keɪm ]
(Pause)
Now continue using American muscularity and the new diphthong style as you repeat these phrases :
SAILING AWAY TODAY[ ˈseɪlɪŋ əˈweɪ təˈdeɪ]
(Pause)
THE RAINY PLAINS OF SPAIN [ ðə ˈreɪni pleɪnz ʌv speɪn ]
(Pause)
Now work through track 5 once more.
Then use the additional list of a words on P. 13 to make up and practice your own sentences.
Before you continue
えーーーっと、先生!そのRが発音できないんですけど・・・
どーしたもんかと思っていたら、YOUTUBE でものすごく useful な動画を発見しました。
まことに、It's awsome! でございます。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62FF3mc_0Iw
なーんだ、そういいうことだったのね・・・
よく、R の発音は、舌の奥を思いっきり持ち上げて、喉を窒息させる勢いで!
とか説明されていることがありますが、
ネイティヴが話している、いろいろな動画を見てみたところ、
私が見る限りでは、そこまで苦しそうではなく、なんだか、
割と、サラっと発音されていて、
(まぁ、ネイティヴだからそれもそうか・・・)とも
思ったりもしましたが、どうにもフに落ちず、
(だって、もし、舌で喉をふさぐのであれば、
歌を歌う時はどーなるんだ、と)
(声、でねなくなくない? と)。
この動画にであって、すっきり腹落ちしました。
ああ、横にカールね、なるほどね・・・。
まさに、That's make sense! でごさいます。
ほんと、ありがたい・・・。
そして、サラにありがたいことに、子音 と 母音まで!!!!!!!!!!!
なんか、ゲラゲラ笑って、動画見ているうちに、自然と発音が整っていくいいい動画だなぁ、と思います。
なんせ、私にとって、発音を練習することとは、自分の動かない舌と口との、長期にわたる格闘なるわけで、ほんと、クッソおもろくもない。
笑えるって、ほんと、大事だ、と しみじみ感じ入りました・・・。
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