A vowel is determined by the position of the tongue, lips, and lower jaw, and the resulting size and shape of the mouth and pharynx. Vowels are classed as close or open and high and low according to whether the tongue is held close to the roof of the mouth or low in the mouth. They are classed as front or back. They are classed as rounded or spread according to the shape of the lips: for example, the /iː/ in sheep is a close front spread vowel, the /ɪ/ in ship a semihigh front unrounded vowel.
There are many different vowel sounds, so we have to practice a lot in order to recognize each vowel and improve the pronunciation of each them. Here are some links that help us to practice vowel sounds.
http://www.esltower.com/PRONUNCIATION/interactive/Vowel%20sounds%20phonetic%20exercise%20-%20output/quizmaker.html
http://www.fonetiks.org/engsou2am.html
using your chart is so easy understand how do the sounds, thanks for your input
ResponderEliminarAs you said Patty vowels sounds are hard to produce in our mouth, so we need to practice a lot if we want to speak well. Also the chart that you posted is very useful because it is a guide that shows us how we need to place out tongue inside our mouth.
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