Vowel length
1. An analytical exercise: /ɪ/ vs /iː/
First, attempt to work out what gives rise to the misunderstanding reported in this BBC-article (in addition to French h-dropping). Then listen how speech is first pronounced as [spɪtʃ] ('spitch') at [0:34] and then [spiːtʃ] at [0:41] in this video of the South African parliament. Then listen to this speech by Angela Merkel from 05:00. What would she (at 07:27) have said instead of: 'I have also heard ...' if she had pronounced the vowel before voiced /d/ too short?
First, attempt to work out what gives rise to the misunderstanding reported in this BBC-article (in addition to French h-dropping). Then listen how speech is first pronounced as [spɪtʃ] ('spitch') at [0:34] and then [spiːtʃ] at [0:41] in this video of the South African parliament. Then listen to this speech by Angela Merkel from 05:00. What would she (at 07:27) have said instead of: 'I have also heard ...' if she had pronounced the vowel before voiced /d/ too short?
2. Listen and repeat: minimal pairs and a quiz with long and short vowels
3. Listen and repeat: minimal pairs and a quiz with long and short vowels before voiced and voiceless consonants (respectively)
