PBS

LONG VOWELS

Anna Scretching-Cole reviews long vowel sounds. Anna Scretching-Cole reviews long vowel a, e, i, o, and u. Then she explores how to blend open syllables to make words like hero and focus. Anna ...
PBS

Being an Author and the Long u Vowel Sound

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BBC

The Sounds of English: Long Vowels - 3

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript. This is the third of five long vowel programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English. This is the fifth of five long vowel ...
NPR

American Accent Undergoing Great Vowel Shift

Professor William Labov, a University of Pennsylvania linguist and author of the new book Atlas of North American English Phonetics, Phonology and Sound Change, says there is a shift of vowel sounds ...
NPR

Sunday Puzzle: Play The Long (Vowel) Game

On-air challenge: Think of a made-up two-word phrase. Each word has two syllables. The first syllable has a long-E vowel sound. Change that to a long-A sound and phonetically you'll get the second ...
BBC

The Sounds of English: Long Vowels - 5

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript. This is the fifth of five long vowel programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English. This is the fifth of five long vowel ...