6. CONCLUSION SHORT VS LONG VOWEL SOUND (English&Spanish)

According this webpage http://www.mailxmail.com/curso-introduccion-fonetica-fonologia-inglesa/the-english-vowels In English Vowels are sound in which there´s no obstruction of the air stream. Also, in this website http://www.rocketlanguages.com/spanish/resources/pronunciation_spanish_vowels.php you will find that Vowels in Spanish are pronounced differently from their English equivalents. The vowels a, e, and o are pronounced quite softly, while i and u are pronounced with a strong tone. In conclusion we can say that short and long vowels are so different in English than in Spanish.

5. CHAPTER 4 PLOSIVES

A plosive is a consonant articulation. It is produce when one articulator is moved against another. According this webpage http://tanvirdhaka.blogspot.com/2009/10/english-plosive-sounds.html We have 6 Plosive sounds in English: /p/b/t/d/k/g/. The Plosive consonant sounds are generally described on three bases:1. Manner of articulation, 2. Place of articulation and 3. Voicing. Also, all six plosives can occur at the beginning of a word, between other sound and at the end of a word. Finally, these are formed by the air being completely blocked in the mouth and then suddenly released.

4. CHAPTER 3.2 DIPHTHONGS AND TRIPHTHONGS

Dipthongs are a movement from one vowel to another while a triphthong is a movement or a glide from a one vowel to another and to a third, these are produced rapidly and without interruption. Basically, English has 8 diphthongs: ɪə, eə, ʊə, eɪ, aɪ, ɔɪ, əʊ,and aʊ. Also,English has 5 closing diphthongs with ‘ə’; eɪə, aɪə, ɔɪə, əuə and auə. Lastly, be carefull with the accent to produce dipthongs and triptongs as for example the difference to say "moor" and "more" the accent should be imitating a native speaker.

3. CHAPTER 3.1. LONG VOWELS

According this site http://www.allwords.com/word-long+vowel.html long vowel is a vowel which is normally pronounced somewhat longer than other vowels. Long vowels can be identify by two dots ":". In the first place in this video websitehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY6EZjcDZdA we can see about the five long vowels and some examples. Also, according this site http://www.abcfastphonics.com/long-short-vowels.html Whether a vowel has a long sound, a short sound, or remains silent, depends on its position in a word and the letters around it.

2. CHAPTER 2 THE PRODUCTION OF SPEECH SOUNDS

We have a large and complex set of muscles that are use to produce sound when we speak. Basically, the articulators in the vocal tract are: pharynx, soft palate, hard palate, alveolar ridge, tongue, teeth and lips. According this site"http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articulatory_phonetics#Places_of_articulation" Movement of the tongue and lips can create constrictions and by forming the oral cavity in different ways, different sounds can be produced.Sounds of all languages fall under two categories: Consonants and Vowels. The main difference between them is a differnce in the way they are produced as for example the shape of position of the tongue.At the end of this chapter we can say that all all parts into the vocaltract helps us to speech.

1. CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

In this course the nature of phonetics and phonology will be explained. We are going to identify the phonemes of English. First, Language have different accents as for example in Ecuador the people from the Coast Region differ in their accent from the people from Sierra Region. Second, according this web site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A phoneme is a basic element of a spoken language or dialect. Third, according to this web site http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/features/spelling/ There are 26 letters in the English alphabet but there are many more sounds in the English language. For example,the word 'CATCH' has five letters but still only three sounds. In conclusion, all these information will be explain more clear during the study of this course.