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What is recasting?

Recasting is a form of corrective feedback.  It is used often in speech and language therapy.   Recasts can be focus on pronunciation, on grammar, or on vocabulary.  After a recast, repetition is not expected.

Recasts may sound like this:

Child:  Wawa.

Mom:  Water, you want water.

Child:  I runned fast.

Mom:  You ran very fast.

Pronunciation difference between TO, TOO, TWO?

What is the difference between the pronunciation of TO, TOO, TWO?

Nothing, these words are all pronounced the same way:  T-long EW.

 

Watch this video lesson to learn how to say these words.

Pronunciation difference between FOR and FOUR?

FOUR and FOR are pronounced the same way.  These words have two sounds:  F-OR.

To say these words, start by saying the F sound by gently biting your bottom lip.  Move to the OR vowel by starting with your tongue tip behind your bottom, front teeth with the back pulled towards the roof of the mouth.  Your lips move from puckered to rounded.

Watch a video lesson here. 

How to pronounce the letter C

Today’s question is a common one from a client:  What different ways can the letter C be pronounced?

It can be pronounced as a K or S sound.  How do you know which sound to use?  Follow these simple rules:

Pronounce the letter “C” as an “S” sound if the letter “C” is followed by the letters “E”, “I”, or “Y”.

This is true in the words “central”, “city”, and “cyst”.

Pronounce the letter “C” as a “K” sound, if the letter “C” is followed by the letters “A”, “O”, or “U”.

This is true in the words “can”, “corn”, and “cut”.

How to pronounce MILLION, BILLION, MILLION

Pronunciation question of the week: How to pronounce MILLION, BILLION, TRILLION – American English Pronunciation

These words have TWO syllables or beats in each word, not three. Be sure to say the beginning syllable then end with yin: mill-yin, bill-yin, trill-yin.

How to Pronounce QUORUM – American English Pronunciation Question of the Week

Pronunciation question of the week: “Now that I know how to pronounce QUARREL, how do I pronounce QUORUM?”

This word has 4 sounds: K-W-OR-M. The difference between the pronunciation of quarrel and quorum is the last sound. L or M.

QUARREL: K-W-OR-L

QUORUM: K-W-OR-M

 

How to Pronounce HOARSE & HORSE

Pronunciation question of the week: What is the difference between the pronunciation of HOARSE and HORSE.

How to Pronounce SOME & SUM

Learn how to pronounce the English words SOME and SUM correctly with this American English pronunciation lesson.

How to Pronounce THERE, THEIR, THEY’RE – American English Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the English words THEIR, THERE, THEY’RE correctly with this American English pronunciation lesson.

How to Pronounce WEATHER and WHETHER

Learn how to pronounce the English words WEATHER and WHETHER  correctly with this American English pronunciation lesson.