WEEK EIGHT (8)
LESSON ONE: SPEECH WORK
TOPIC: CONSONANT AND VOWELS SOUNDS DIFFERENTIATED
INTRODUCTION: There are forty-fair sounds segments in English, comprising twenty vowels and twenty-four consonants. The production of the vowels takes place as the airstream flows from the lungs to the mouth without any obstruction. In consonant, there is always some kind of interruption of the airstream from the lungs. When a consonant like /m/ is produced, the flow of air interrupted by the lips. But when a vowel is produced, there is no obstruction to the airstream. If you pronounce /e/, you will notice that the air flows but freely from the lungs. Although the tongue can be raised when the vowel is produced, it is not raised to make contact with any other articulator as to obstruct the free flow of the airstream.
The vowel in English are classified into two main groups: pure vowels (also are called monothongs) and diphthongs. The pure vowels are sub-classified into short and long vowels. IN doing classifying English vowels, it is from the lungs that the airstream for the production of speech sounds as it flows.
The consonant differ from the vowels in are important way: when a vowel is produced, air flows from the lungs without any obstruction but when a consonant is obstruction but when a consonant is produced, the flow of air from the lungs is interrupted in the mouth. A consonant is therefore a speech sound which is produced with the obstruction of airstream. The obstruction could be “partial” or “total”. The important thing about the production of a consonant, therefore, is that there is always a degree of obstruction of the airstream from the lungs.
Just as vowel sounds are classified into short and long sounds, so also consonant sounds are classified basically into the following:
There are (i) place of articulation”
(ii) “manner of articulation” and
(iii) state of the glottis.
Assignment
Write out 20 vowel sounds and 24 consonant sounds in English.
LESSON TWO: GRAMMAR
TOPIC: REVIEW OF PREFIX AND SUFFIX
REVIEW OF PREFIX AND SUFFIX
A prefix is a letter or group of letters placed in front of another word to change its meaning. Example Un place in front of happy becomes unhappy. More examples:
ab + solve = absolve
ab + normal = abnormal
super + power = superpower
Uni + lateral = unilateral
Uni + form = uniform
Pro + active = proactive.
Negative prefixes give the opposite meaning to words.
dis – disappear
in – not inexperience
mis – misfortune
non – without nonsense
un – unhappy
im – immoral
u – opposite of illegal
Suffixes – A suffix is a letter or group of word to change its meaning. When a suffix is added to a word, it can change the word from one part of the speech to another.
a. Some suffixes make new words with adjective.
they include – any, eny, -en, –ish, -less, -ly, -our, -ic, -like, -y, -ful. e.g dangerous, unless.
b. Those which make the words verbs include, – ing, -ed, -ude, -em, -ure, -ise, -ize, yse, e.g nationalize. Lighten.
c. Suffixes which turn word into nouns include –er, -or, -ar, -re, -ship, -hood, -ness, -ment, -ance, -ism, -dom, -tion, ity, – -ure, e.g punishment, friendship, childhood etc.
Assignment
Reference: Progressive English
(An Elaborate Coverage of Grammar) Exercise 26A (page 181) No 20 – 30
and Exercise 26B, No 1- 10.
LESSON THREE: COMPOSITION
TOPIC: THE RICH ALSO CRY
There lived a rich man, who had only one child called Ade. Mr. Alabi Ade’s father has a friend called Ojo. Ojo is from a poor background who hardly feed his family, but he struggled to make sure in all ramification he trained his children to school from the little income from his farm product.
Ade Mr. Alabi son felt riches is everything man needs to survive life. Sometimes, Ojo seeks help from Alabi, who in turn insulted him and asked him to get a better job to train his children. Ade enjoyed his father’ wealth to the university level and successfully guaranteed, so also the first of Mr. Ojo struggled with his father and graduated as supposed.
Ade being wild in spending from on set, couild not managed the employment he secured after the university and joined the gang of armed-robber, who robbed a bank one afternoon and were caught by the Police, Tunde was unlucky and died by the gun-shot of the Police while others was arrested and sentenced to life jailed.
Mr. Alabi wept, as no man business over the lost of his son this is as a result of my parental negligent said Mr. Alabi as he sobbed with his wife.
Assignment
Write a story that end with this saying “The Rich Also Cry”)
(200 words long)