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Hello, everyone!. This is your beloved friend, Thaniya . Don ’ t you think I look attractive?. Thank you so much!. I hope you ’ ve had a nice break. Let ’ s continue with vowel sound classification. VOWEL CLASSIFICATION. Four important criteria are used in classifying vowel sounds ?.
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Hello, everyone! This is your beloved friend, Thaniya. Don’t you think I look attractive?
Thank you so much! I hope you’ve had a nice break. Let’s continue with vowel sound classification.
VOWEL CLASSIFICATION Four important criteria are used in classifying vowel sounds?
1. THE POSITION OF THE TONGUE FRONT VOWEL CENTRAL VOWEL BACK VOWEL
JUST LOOK AT THE DIAGRAM BELOW. Front Central Back u i I U e o E Q A a
2. THE HEIGHT OF THE TONGUE CLOSE HALF-CLOSE HALF-OPEN OPEN
JUST LOOK AT THE DIAGRAM BELOW. u Close i I U Half-close e o E Half-open Q A Open a
SOME PHONETICIAN DIVIDE THE HEIGHT OF THE TONGUE AS: HIGH MID LOW
JUST LOOK AT THE DIAGRAM BELOW. u High i I U e o Mid E Q A Low a
BASED ON THE TWO CRITERRIA, HERE IS A MORE COMPLETE DIAGRAM. Front Central Back Close u i I U Half-close e o E Half-open Q A Open a
3. THE POSITION OF THE LIPS ROUNDED VOWELS UNROUNDED VOWELS
THE PICTURES BELOW SHOW ROUNDED AND UNROUNDED LIPS: Rounded Unrounded
4. DEGREE OF TENSION TENSE LAX
TENSE VOWELS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: [i] [u] [a] [o] [e]
NOW, CAN YOU ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS? BASED ON THE POSITION OF THE TONGUE, THE HEIGHT OF THE TONGUE, AND THE POSITION OF THE LIPS, WHAT CLASS DOES EACH OF THE VOWELS BELONG TO?
READY, SAKCHAI [] IT’S HALF-CLOSE BACK ROUNDED TENSE VOWEL.
THAWATCHAI, IT’S YOUR TURN! [] EXCELLENT! IT’S HALF-CLOSE FRONT UNROUNDED TENSE VOWEL.
NOW, THIS IS FOR SUWITCHAN. [] THAT’S CORRECT! CLOSE FRONT UNROUNDED TENSE.
HOW ABOUT THIS ONE, ATJIMA? [] THAT’S RIGHT! IT’S OPEN CENTRAL UNROUNDED TENSE VOWEL.
ARE YOU READY, WEERAYUT? [] EXCELLENT! IT’S CLOSE FRONT UNROUNDED LAX VOWEL.
READY, SIRISUDA? [] IT’S HALF-OPEN FRONT UNROUNDED LAX VOWEL.
MONTIRA, IT’S YOUR TURN! [Q] EXCELLENT! IT’S OPEN FRONT UNROUNDED LAX VOWEL.
ARE YOU READY, MALINEE? [A] EXCELLENT! IT’S CLOSE BACK UNROUNDED LAX VOWEL.
NOW, THIS IS FOR PRANEE! [u] THAT’S CORRECT! CLOSE BACK ROUNDED TENSE.
READY, THERDSAK? [U] IT’S CLOSE BACK ROUNDED LAX VOWEL.
ARE YOU READY, PANNAWALEE? [] EXCELLENT! IT’S HALF-OPEN BACK ROUNDED LAX VOWEL.
HOW ABOUT THIS ONE, CHANAICHON? [] THAT’S RIGHT! IT’S HALF-CLOSE CENTRAL UNROUNDED LAX VOWEL.
PRAPATSARA, IT’S YOUR TURN! [] EXCELLENT! IT’S HALF-OPENBACK UNROUNDED LAX VOWEL.
ARE YOU READY, PATAWEE? [] EXCELLENT! IT’S HALF-OPENCENTRALUNROUNDED LAX VOWEL.
ARE YOU READY, BUTSATRI? [] EXCELLENT! IT’S HALF-OPEN BACK ROUNDED LAX VOWEL.
ARE YOU READY, NATTHANICHA? [] EXCELLENT! IT’S CLOSECENTRAL UNROUNDED LAX VOWEL.
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ALL HAVE DONE A WONDERFULJOB!