English Pronunciation 👄 Diphthong - /ɪə/ - 'near’, ‘hear’ & ‘weary’
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This is a diphthong - a double vowel sound.
The shape the mouth makes changes from the
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beginning of the sound to the end it's
pronounced /ɪə/. Did you notice how the
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shape of my mouth changed from the beginning
to the end of the sound? Listen and watch:
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/ɪə/. Now you try - listen again and repeat
after me: /ɪə/ /ɪə/. In fact, this is the
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same as the word 'ear' which you hear with. Now
here are some words with this sound in them:
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near - here - weary. Now you try - listen again
and repeat after me: near - here - weary. Good.
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