Long O Sound. In English, long vowel sounds are usually the easiest vowel sounds to learn. This ESL phonics lesson features an extensive word list introducing the "long o" sound (o-e, oa, ow, o), followed by several sentences to practice reading these sounds.
The katakana o (オ) is only the first half of the English long O sound. show ➡ shoo (ショー). The letter combinations/pairing of: o_e, oa, ow, oe can also make the long "o" sound. Read the words and paste the pictures in the correct.
An ideal video to teach kids pronunciation of "long o sound".
The "long O" sounds like "Oh", while the "short O" sound sounds like "Awe".
Practice recognizing the long O sound with this printable worksheet. Here is the list of the sounds that the vowel o and combinations with o have in a stressed syllable. But long vowels are not a longer version of short vowels.