184 Creating Vowels Here are the approximate tongue positions of some English vowels:
Say the following vowels and feel your tongue move from high to low: IPA
Keyword2
Symbol1 iː ɪ
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If you find it challenging to feel your tongue moving, then whisper the vowels or look in the mirror as you make them. If this does not work, then it will help to do some more articulation exercises (see Lesson 2) to gain more awareness of what your tongue is doing.
1 International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols are used to represent vowel sounds. The symbols on this worksheet are those used in the Oxford English Dictionary. Other dictionaries may use different symbols.
2Keywords are used to refer to the vowel in speech, i.e. the FLEECE vowel.