UNIT 1 Chapter 1 Lesson  1 /æ/

LESSON  1 /æ/

COMMON SPELLING PATTERNS

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a                                  and, perhaps

Source: (Mojsin, 2016)

HOW TO PRONOUNCE /æ/

 
  1. Imagine a BIG “E” sound (smile)
  2. Add a small “a” sound (drop your jaw)
  3. The front part of your tongue moves down
  4. The sound is like “Ea” (エァ)

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COMMON JAPANESE MISTAKE

Students usually pronounce this sound as /ɑ/ (ア).
Students usually drop their jaw too much or they curl their tongue.

MINIMAL PAIRS /æ/ /ɑ/ 

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Read and listen to the differences between /æ/ and /ɑ/. 
Test your listening skill by asking someone to RANDOMLY read a word and try to guess which word was read.
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/æ/

/ɑ/

cat   /kæt/

 cot   /kɑt/

cap   /kæp/

cop   /kɑp/
Pat   /pæt/

pot   /pɑt/
cab   /kæb/

cob    /kɑb/

LET US PRACTICE /æ/

Practice pronouncing the /æ/ sound using the words below. 

HOW TO PRACTICE

  1. LISTEN to the audio file.
  2. COPY how the words are pronounced.
  3. SLOWLY read the words.
  4. LOOK at your mouth and tongue movement using a MIRROR.
  5. ALWAYS practice.
TWO-SYLLABLE WORDS /æ/
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Initial

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  1. anger

/ æ̀ŋgɚ /

  1. actor

/ æ̀ktɚ/

  1. apple

/ æ̀pl/

Medial

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  1. Japan

/ dʒəpæ̀n/

  1. rather

/ ræ̀ðɚ/

  1. latter

/ læ̀tɚ/

THREE-SYLLABLE WORDS /æ/
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Initial

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  1. antidote

/æ̀ntidout /

  1. ancestry

/æ̀nsestri/

  1. alphabet

/ æ̀lfəbet/

Medial

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  1. exactly

/igzæ̀ktli/

  1. example

/igzæ̀mpl/

  1. dramatic

/drəmæ̀tik/

LET US PHRASE IT

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  1. fat cat

/fæ̀t kæ̀t /

  1. Nat’s mat

/næ̀ts mæ̀t /

  1. angry actor

 / æ̀ŋgri æ̀ktɚ/

  1. batting the stamp

 / bæ̀tiŋ ðə stæ̀mp /

TONGUE TWISTER

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Pat, the cop, saw a cat on the cot near the cab.

/pæ̀t ðə kɑ̀p sɔ̀ ə kæ̀t ɔ̀n ðə kɑ̀t nìɚ ðə kæ̀b/

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