SCHEME OF WORK FOR OMEGA TERM
CLASS: JS S 1
| WEEK 1: Speech Sounds: Diphthongs and Vowel Sounds |
| WEEK 2: Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Air transport, Air travel and the |
| Kitchen |
| WEEK 3: Active Voice and Passive Voice |
| WEEK 4: Syllable: Monosyllabic words, Bi-Syllabic words, Tri-Syllabic words |
| WEEK 5: Writing Composition- Different Types |
| WEEK 6: More on Types of Pronouns and Making Sentences |
| WEEK 7: Register; The job of Teaching |
| WEEK 8: Diphthongs – Contracting |
| WEEK 9: More on Diphthongs – Grammar Revision, Parts of Speech. |
WEEK ONE
Topic: DIPHTHONG
Definition: – A diphthong is vowel sound that is made up of two speech sounds but there is a glide or movement from one vowel sound to the other and they are pronounced as one. We have 8 diphthongs in English and they are:
/ei/, /ai/, / ɔi/, / ə̯u̯/, /, /au/, /iə̯/, /eə/, /uə̯/,
| / eɪ̯/ /ai/ /ɔi / /ə̯u̯/ |
| Weight lie oil go |
| Veil bye boy sow |
| Vein eye toy show |
| Pay Shy lion goat |
| /au/ / iə̯/ / eə / / uə̯/ |
| out here rare your |
| towel sphere there mature |
| bow theatre air cruel |
| mouse peer pear jury |
What is a consonant sound? A consonant sound is a speech sound which is produced with the obstruction of the airstream. We have 24 consonant sounds. We shall be looking and contrasting these four consonants: /s/ and /z/
/ts/ and /s/
/s/ /z/ /s/ /z/
Sip zip use (noun) use (verb)
Said zed house (noun) house (verb)
Seal zeal place plays
Soon zoom loose lose
/ts/ /s/
Chin sure
Cheap ocean
Cheer nation
Rich rush
EVALUATION:
From the following options A – D, selects the word that has the given diphthong sound in their production.
1. /ei/ (a) Fierce (b) Bow (c) Snow (d) Fail
2. /ai/ (a) Pie (b) Noise (c) So (d) Real
3. / ɔi / (a) Break (b) Slay (c) Choice (d) Cruel
4. / ə̯u/ (a) Their (b) Know (c) Rejoice (d) Ray
5. /au/ (a) Cram (b) boast (c) Pale (d) Grey
ASSIGNMENT:
1. What is a diphthong?
2. Mention all the diphthongs of English
3. Give examples of words that have these vowel sounds in them (2 each) (a) /eə̯/ (b) /iə̯/ (c) /uə̯/