Whether you teach young children, non-native English speakers, or adult learners, vowels can present interesting and unique challenges.Make sure your students know what a vowels is.Help them read different types of vowels, such as long and short vowels.The lesson can be made more educational with games, songs, and other activities.
Step 1: Define the difference between vowels and consonants.
Tell your students that a vowels is a sound made by blowing air out of the mouth.Explain that a sound is made by moving parts of the mouth, tongue, and teeth.You can use examples to show the difference.Ask your students to say "e" together.Explain that their mouth, tongue, teeth, and lips did not move.Ask them what they did with their mouths.They should say that they temporarily closed their lips.If your students are young, it may take a few tries to understand the concept.Provide lots of different examples.
Step 2: There are 5 vowels in the English language.
A, E, O, U, and I can be written on a piece of paper or a whiteboard.Tell your students that the 5 letters can be combined to make different sounds.Ask the class or student to repeat after you as you show each letter.This will help them with pronunciation.Repeatedly reinforce the lesson on different days.
Step 3: Tell the students that they can sometimes act like vowels.
Students learning vowels can be challenged by the letter y.Sometimes y is a letter and sometimes not.There is a long i or long e at the end of words.Boy, pay, fly, busy, many, and my are all examples of this.When it comes at the beginning of words such as yacht, yellow, or yes, it's a Y.Some older words are not usually found as vowels at the end of words.This also includes myth and hymn.
Step 4: Do you know what vowel digraphs and diphthongs are?
There are 2 vowels written together.You make a single vowels sound when you say these 2 letters.There are 8 diphthongs in the English language, but there are 18 different digraphs to spell them.There are different digraphs.You can show each digraph written on a card with a picture of a word that uses it.You can show "B" on a card with a picture of a boy.The lesson can be grasped by visual learners.The end of words are where digraphs come from.Some words have 2 vowels in a row.Chaos and violet are included.Your students are not diphthongs because they don't sound the same.
Step 5: In the English language, every word has at least one vowels.
If your students are learning how to write, this is helpful.If they are spelling a word, remind them that they need a vowel.
Step 6: The students should repeat the vowel after you.
At a time.Say the sound of the vowels.Students should repeat it after you.Until your students have mastered the sound, do this many times.Speak slowly.This is important for non-native speakers who may not be able to tell the difference between vowels.On different days, repeat this exercise over and over again to reinforce it.
Step 7: The vowels in the word should be isolated.
Say a single word.In front of the students, write it down.The students should only say the vowels in the word.They should not use any vowels.Ask your students to say the letter a in the word "cat", which is a short a.It might take students a few tries before they start doing it on their own.Help them out if they are struggling by saying the word.It is important to both write and say the word in order to connect the letter to the sound.
Step 8: There are examples of short vowels.
Short vowels can be found at the beginning of words or in the middle.Give your students words that have short vowels.Short a: map, pal, cat, dad Short i: pin, mint, still, fill Short o: con, lot, dot, hop Short U: pun, nut, bun, hub
Step 9: Once they have mastered short ones, introduce long vowels.
To help students remember the difference, tell them that there is a long vowels in the name.A long a is similar to the letter a in tape or lake.Long a: bake, fake, date, state Long i: fine, mine, shine Long o: rope, dote, note Long U:mute, cute, rude, dune Long e: me, he, she, theme
Step 10: There is a silent e at the end of a word.
Students may struggle with the difference between words.Make sure they understand that an e at the end of a word means that the first vowels are long.Hat and hate, cap and cape, dot and dote, and ball and bale are examples.Try to give the students words other than tap, bat, and far once they understand the concept.If you added an e at the end, how would it be pronounced?
Step 11: Introduce diphthongs 1 at a time.
It is best to teach the diphthongs and digraphs separately since there are so many of them.In groups, teach diphthongs that sound alike.On different days, teach each group of diphthongs.Show your students examples of correct usage.You can teach oi and oy together.oy is used at the end of words while oi is in the middle.To show the difference between the 2 digraphs, use examples like toil and toy.For diphthongs that sound the same, use words and pictures.Help students remember the difference between meat and reeds.
Step 12: Practice using vowels.
There is a word highlighted on each card.If the student can read the whole word, ask them to say the vowels.Ask them to sound out the letters in the word if they are struggling.Write down words on note cards to make your own flash cards.Simple vowels, such as cat and dad, should be used like neat and read.Students will remember vocabulary if pictures are added to the flashcard.There are bookstores where you can buy school supplies.Students can practice with flash cards.If you have a mixed class, be sure to put non-native speakers in groups with native speakers to help them learn more quickly.
Step 13: Students can record their pronunciations.
You can use a phone, computer, or tape recorder.The student should listen to how they sound.If they are having trouble pronouncing the vowels, state the correct way to say them.Before listening to their own recordings, let non-native English speakers listen to a recording of a native speaker.Ask them what they notice between the vowels of the native speaker.
Step 14: Ask students to play a game on a computer.
These games are fun.Students may be asked to match vowels with similar sounds.There are some great games.
Step 15: Show the students a chart.
A chart shows words according to their vowels.The words are put together in a chart.Simple words with 1 or 2 syllables are what these words are.You can find a premade chart online.Ask the students to make their own chart.They should be given several words with different vowels.The students should organize their words by their vowels.
Step 16: Sing songs to help non-native speakers.
The singer has to shorten the vowels as they sing.Singing can help your students with their pronunciation.Old MacDonald Row, Row Your Boat Where is Short E? is a great song for this exercise.There are apples and bananas.