Now let's learn about the back vowels and all of the back vowels, the back of the tongue is angled upward toward the back of the mouth. Also, all of the back vowels will have a rounded lips. The tense back vowels like long u and long Oh will have tightly rounded lips with the lips protruding. Ooh. Oh, notice that my lips push forward when I make those sounds. Ooh.

Oh, the short back you is slightly lower than the long you and it will have gently rounded lips. The short vacu is on the same jaw height as the short eye. Watch me go back and forth between the short buy and the short back you my jaw height doesn't change It Oh, yeah. Oh, both of them have very relaxed lips but the short back you does have slightly rounded lips. The long Oh has a mid height and it will be on the same chin level as the long a. Watch how I go back and forth without my chin moving a Oh, a Oh, make sure for this long Oh, that your lips are protruding forward and tightly rounded and that the sound is resonating in the back of your mouth with lots of space in the back of your mouth as though an apple could fit there.

Oh, finally the short back oh is very low. It's as low as the short over the short a. Now only about 50% of Americans use the short back And those who don't simply use the central vows short Oh, in its place. Let me show you the difference between the short back. Oh, and the central vows short. Oh, the short back.

Oh, we'll have an oval shape to the lips. Ah, and here's the central bow. Aah Aah Aah. Aah Aah.