The vowel sounds can be classified in five items. We classify the vowels by tongue position, area, lips shape, quality and length. Also we can say that there are single vowel sounds unlike diphthongs. I know that a good way to give the vowels their characteristics is making the vowel sound by ourselves. In the vowel chart we can see where are the vowels produced. I think is important lo learn how the vowels sound in words and transcribe the sounds. It is a little difficult at the beginning but when you catch the idea, it is going to be simple for me.
There are many books, videos and web sources in order to practice and understand better the vowel sounds.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vowel, video from youtube bbc pronunciation.
Well to tell you the truth I found the vowel sounds difficult to recognize also to produce the correct sound, it’s a little hard in my point of view because some vowels don’t have the same sound and the way to recognize and pronounce are very different. But follow your advice I was reviewing and seeing some web pages that you suggest and there are some clues to identify each sound. thank you for your adds.
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