00:30Hello, my name is Georgia and I'm here at Kensington Gardens in London and this, behind me, is the Round Pond.
00:40Did you notice the sound I just made?
00:43Today we are going to learn the ao diphthong or the double vowel sound.
01:00So let's learn how to pronounce the ao sound. First you need to make sure that your mouth is as wide as you can make it and then it changes throughout the sound.
01:16So you begin with a and it changes to o. So let's try it.
01:23Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow.
01:31It's not a oo. It's ow.
01:53So let's learn to pronounce some words that include the ao sound. Let's choose ones we can find here in Kensington Gardens.
02:07This behind me is the Round Pond. So why don't we try that one first.
02:13Round Pond. Round Pond. Round Pond.
02:21Also, the ducks here are brown. So let's try and practice the word brown.
02:31Brown. Brown. Brown. Brown.
02:37The weather is lovely today, but we can still see a few clouds. Let's try the word clouds together.
02:44Clouds. Clouds. Clouds. Clouds.
03:01So now it's time for some tongue twisters. Repeat after me. The proud crowd was loud. Let's do that again. The proud crowd was loud. The proud crowd was loud. The proud crowd was loud.
03:23And let's do it one last time. Try to keep up with me. The proud crowd was loud. Great. Well done.
03:30So the ao diphthong is really important because you use it every day and you might not even notice.
03:46So, say you hurt yourself. You just say ow. So we try that. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow.
03:56You might also use the our sound in a greeting. You could say how are you when you see somebody. Should we try this word together? How are you?
04:12How are you? How are you? How are you? How are you? How are you? How are you? You might also say how about if you want to start something or if you want to go and do something. For example here in Kensington Gardens,
04:28You might also say how about if you want to start something or if you want to go and do something.
04:39For example, here in Kensington Gardens I might say how about we feed the ducks?
04:46Should we try that together?
04:48How about?
04:50How about?
04:52How about?
04:53If you want to know about something that you didn't know about before, you might find out about it.
05:02So today I found out that the round pond was round.
05:07Find out.
05:08Find out.
05:11Find out.
05:13Great, well done.
05:16So that's the end of our programme today.
05:17We've been here in the round pond in Kensington Gardens to find out lots of information about the dip song, Owl.
