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How to Pronounce PROJECT & PROJECT – American English Heteronym Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words PROJECT & PROJECT with this American English heteronym pronunciation lesson. Heteronyms are words that are spelled exactly the same. They just have a different pronunciation and a different meaning.

Pronunciation:

Noun: /ˈprɑʤɛkt/ PROH-ject

Verb: /prəˈʤɛkt/ pro-JECT

Definition:

Noun: a task

Verb: to show something on a screen; to make an estimate

Transcript:

Hey Jennifer from Tarle speech with another heteronym lesson. Heteronyms are words that are spelled the same but they have different meanings and different pronunciations. Yes super confusing, I know. Our words today are a super duper duper duper common mistake that I hear a lot of my students say. And the words are project which is to show something on a screen and project a task.

So we have project which is the task the noun and project which is the verb. Let’s get this out of the way common rule: in heteronyms if it’s a noun and a verb, syllable number one will be stressed in a noun and syllable number two will be stressed in the verb. So to say these words correctly let’s start with that syllable number two because it’s the same sounds in syllable number two. ject ject ject.

We’re going to start with that J J. To do this rounded lips, you’re going to touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth, where the teeth meet the skin on the roof of your mouth, then you’re going to pull that tongue back into the middle of the mouth while air puffs out.

JJJ

My tongue is doing this J j j

Next we’re going to add that eh sound. To do this your mouth is slightly open. You’re just going to see the tip of your tongue between your top and your bottom teeth. EH. Move to that k- tip of the tongue is down back of the tongue is pulled high up air puffs out then you’re going to flip the tongue touch the tip of the tongue to the teeth for that t

ject
ject
ject ject ject

Hope that little hand movement wasn’t too confusing for you.

Now for the beginning of both of these words we’re going to start with that p r. My tip is get your tongue where it needs to be for that R: tip of the tongue down or flipped back, back of the tongue pulled high up. Put your lips together say that P, and then your tongue is already there for the r : per per per.

For project you’re gonna open your mouth wide for that oh. Tip of the tongue is low, back of the tongue is pulled high up for oh. We’re gonna move from open to a pucker for that long o sound. Tongue is going to move from low in the front to just flat.

Let’s put these all together:

project project project project project

project project project project project

project project
project project

And now for a sentence:

Please project your project on the screen.

Give it a try people will notice the difference. If you found this helpful please give us a share, a like, leave us a comment, and if you need help, check us out at Tarle speech for classes and products.

Thanks so much everyone have a great weekend!

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Catch Up – Lessons from November 2022 – Tarle Speech English Pronunciation

Lessons from November 2022 – Tarle Speech English Pronunciation Lesson Review.

 

Two for Tuesday Homophone Lesson

How to Pronounce FIND & FINED – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson

How to Pronounce CLICK & CLIQUE   American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson

How to Pronounce SOLE & SOUL – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson

How to Pronounce HOSTEL & HOSTILE – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson

 

Viewer Question of the Week – Heteronym Lessons

How to Pronounce  RECORD & RECORD  American English Heteronym Pronunciation 

How to Pronounce MINUTE & MINUTE – American English Heteronym Pronunciation How to Pronounce MODERATE & MODERATE – American English Heteronym Pronunciation How to Pronounce REFUSE & REFUSE – American English Heteronym Pronunciation 

 

 

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How to Pronounce FIND & FINED – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words FIND & FINED with this American English Homophone pronunciation lesson.  These words are homophones and are pronounced exactly the same way.

Definitions:

FIND to discover

FINED punishment for breaking the law via payment of money

Pronunciation:

These words are pronounced exactly the same way!

F-I-N-D or /faɪnd/

Sentence:

Where can I find how much I was fined for returning the library book late.

This may be helpful:

HOMOPHONES – words spelled differently, with different meanings, but are pronounced the same way. 

Transcript:

Hi everyone! Jennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday homophone lesson.

We have words today that are homophones. They are pronounced the same way. They just have different spellings and different meanings. Our words today are find to discover and fined punishment for breaking the law via a payment of money.

So to say these words correctly we have four sounds let’s start with that f. To say the f sound, you are going to touch your teeth to the inside or the outside of your bottom lip air is going to keep moving out of the mouth.

Then we’re going to move to that long i. To do this, open wide, tip of your tongue is low in the mouth, back of the tongue is pulled high up. As you move I, you’re going to move to a slight smile, and as you do that, the tip of your tongue is going to move to behind the top front teeth, and it’ll end high and flat in the mouth.

Next, touch the tip of your tongue to the spot where your teeth meet the skin on the roof of your mouth for that n. Air moves out of your nose. Then pull the tongue down and let air puff out while your voice box is on and moving for the d. d.

find
find find
find find find
find find find

And now for a sentence:

Where can I find how much I was fined for returning the library book late.

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How to Pronounce REFUSE & REFUSE – American English Heteronym Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words REFUSE & REFUSE with this American English heteronym pronunciation lesson. Heteronyms are words that are spelled exactly the same. They just have a different pronunciation and a different meaning.

Pronunciation:

Noun: /ˈrɛˌfjus/

Verb: /riˈfjuz/ or /rəˈfjuz/

Definition:

Definitions: Noun: garbage

Verb: to deny

Transcript:

Hi it’s Jennifer from Tarle speech with your heteronym pronunciation lesson. We have one common word today and one word that’s not as common. But um you do hear this word especially with garbage in the United States. So we have refuse which is the verb meaning to deny. And we have refuse which is a noun meaning garbage.

So common rule again we’ve talked about this many weeks in a row, for words that are spelled the same, one is a noun one is a verb, we typically stress most all of the time syllable number one in the noun, and syllable number two in the verb.
So that’s very common in two-syllable noun and verb heteronym pairs.

To say the word refuse we are going to start with that R – R. Tip of the tongue is down or flipped back. Back of the tongue just needs to be high up. Think about square tense lips and not touching your tongue to your teeth. Okay. Then we are going to move, whoops, sorry. We’re going to move to that short e sound. To do that your mouth is slightly open. You’re going to see the tip of the tongue just between the top and the bottom teeth. It’s not touching anywhere. It’s just flat in the middle of your mouth.

This is different than the long e in re. And to do that smile. Your tongue is going to be nice high and tense and flat for that re. Next we’re going to move to that F sound. It’s the same in both words. Gently touch the teeth. Kind of bite either the bottom lip inside or outside with the teeth. Air moves out of the mouth. Then we’re going to move to that ew by puckering. Tongue is just flat in the middle of the mouth for refuse.

We’re going to end in an S sound. The tip of your tongue is either pointed down or just behind the top teeth, air continuously moves out of your mouth, your voice box is off and it is not moving.
fus fus fus

Now for fuse you’re going to move your mouth in the same way. A z is made in the exact same spot where you make an S. Tip of the tongue is down or just behind the top teeth. The difference is the voice box is on and moving.
fuse fuse fuse

When you have a voiceless and a voiced sound after a vowel, the vowels might sound slightly different. Because the vowel before the S which is unvoiced will sound a tiny bit shorter and the vowel before the Z which is voiced will sound a sound a tiny bit longer.

Okay so let’s put these all together. We have:
refuse refuse refuse
refuse refuse refuse

Let’s think about the stress:
number one for refuse refuse refuse
and two for refuse refuse refuse

refuse refuse

And now for a sentence:
If you do not separate your garbage correctly, the refuse collector may refuse all of your garbage and recycling.

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Thanks so much everyone have a great weekend!

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How to Pronounce CLICK & CLIQUE American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words CLICK & CLIQUE with this American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson. These words are homophones and are pronounced exactly the same way.

Definitions:

CLICK: a short sharp sound, to select by pressing a button, or to snap your fingers

CLIQUE: a small group of people with shared interests who do not want others to join them

Pronunciation:

These words are pronounced exactly the same way!

/klɪk/

Sentence:

The clique would click their tongues to show disapproval.

This may be helpful:

HOMOPHONES – words spelled differently, with different meanings, but are pronounced the same way. 

Transcript:

Hi there Jennifer from Tarle Speech with your two for Tuesday.

This is a homophone lesson. Homophones are words that are spelled differently, they have different meanings, but they are pronounced the same.

Two words today: click which means a short sharp sound to select by pressing a button or to snap your fingers and click which means a small group of people with shared interests who do not want others to join them.

To say these words correctly, we have four sounds. We’re going to start with that K sound. To say this the tip of your tongue is down back of your tongue is pulled high up. Air puffs out.

Next you’re going to move to that L and to do that the tip of your tongue touches where your teeth meet the skin on the roof of your mouth.

Next we’re going to add that short IH. Your mouth is slightly open and your tongue is behind the top front teeth. You can’t see it, but, it is there, and it’s relaxed ,and it is high in your mouth.

Then we’re going to end with that K. You know that one. Tip of the tongue down, back of the tongue is pulled high up.

Let’s put this all together:
click click click
click click click

One more tip make sure you do not open your mouth too much between that K and the l sound. We do not want two syllables. It is not ka lick. It is just click click click.

And now for a sentence:
The clique would click their tongues to show disapproval.

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How to Pronounce MODERATE & MODERATE – American English Heteronym Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words MODERATE & MODERATE with this American English heteronym pronunciation lesson. Heteronyms are words that are spelled exactly the same. They just have a different pronunciation and a different meaning.

Pronunciation:

Noun: /ˈmɑdərət/

Verb: /ˈmɑdəˌreɪt/

Definition:

Noun: within reason, not excessive, or extreme.

Verb: to preside over.

Transcript:

Hey y’all Jennifer from Tarle speech with your heteronym lesson. Heteronyms are words that are pronounced differently even though they are spelled the same. They also have different meanings. Our words today are moderate which means keeping within reason, not excessive, or extreme. And moderate which means to preside over.

Let’s start with the beginning of these words because the sounds are exactly the same. Let’s start with the first syllable mod. To do this, you’re going to press your lips together for that M. Air is going to move out of your nose. Open wide for that oh. You can see tip of the tongue is super low in my mouth. Back of the tongue is pulled high up. My mouth is in an oval shape. Then you’re going to touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth for that d d.
mod mod mod

Syllable number two: we’re going to move to ER. Square tense lips for this and then the tip of your tongue is either pointed down or flipped back. It’s not touching anything and the back of your tongue is pulled way high up and is tense mod ER mod er

Now for the difference in these last syllables. syllable. The last syllable in moderate is going to be it, just like the word. To do this short I sound ih. You can see my cheeks are somewhat relaxed. My lips are relaxed and the tip of my tongue is just at the back of my top front teeth and my tongue is relaxed in my mouth. ih ih ih

A lot of my students confuse it with the E and so I’ve been using this as a teaching tool the past several weeks. If you say e your tongue is too high and it is two tense. You need to relax and you can see that vowel will just correct itself just like that. Then touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top Front Teeth. it

moderate moderate moderate

Now for the verb moderate, it’s just like the word ate, like I ate dinner. And to do this, you’re going to open your mouth wide a and then you’re going to close it to A Smile. As you do that the tip of the tongue is low the back of the tongue is pulled high up and then the tongue kind of goes along for the ride and it ends up flat in the top of your mouth. a a a

End with a t. You know the drill, touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top Front Teeth. Put these all together.

moderate moderate

There’s also another tiny difference. I know you’ve heard it. We’re going to stress syllable number one in moderate. And to stress a syllable it’s louder, longer, and higher in Pitch. The other syllables must be shorter softer and lower in Pitch. So we are going to stress syllable number one in moderate moderate moderate

And syllable number three in moderate moderate moderate.

moderate moderate
moderate moderate

And now for a sentence:
The moderate news anchor will moderate the debate.

Give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference. If you found this helpful share this with your friends, leave us a comment, give us a like, and if you need help our classes and materials are listed at tarle speech.com.

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How to Pronounce SOLE & SOUL – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words SOLE & SOUL with this American English Homophone pronunciation lesson. These words are homophones and are pronounced exactly the same way.

Definitions:

SOLE: the bottom of the foot or shoe, only one, or a type of fish

SOUL: a spiritual part of a being or something that arouses emotion

Pronunciation:

These words are pronounced exactly the same way!

/soʊl / or s-o-l

Sentence:

She bared her soul and admitted she doesn’t like the red sole on the shoe.

This may be helpful:

HOMOPHONES – words spelled differently, with different meanings, but are pronounced the same way. 

Transcript:

Hello it’s Jennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday homophone lesson!

Homophones are words that are spelled differently but they have the same pronunciation. So our words today are sole which is the bottom of the foot or shoe, only one, or a type of fish, and soul a spiritual part of a being or something that arouses emotion.

Here are the words. So to say these words correctly three little sounds. We’re going to start with that s. To say this, the tip of the tongue is pointed down, or is just behind the top front teeth. Air is going to move out of your mouth continuously. Next we’re going to move to that long o. And to do that, you’re going to open your mouth in a wide oval, while the tip of your tongue is super low in your mouth, the back of the tongue is pulled way high up. Then you’re going to move to a pucker. As you move to that pucker your tongue just flattens out in the middle of your mouth.

Last end by touching the tip of your tongue to that spot where your teeth meet the roof of your mouth, where they meet that skin part. And then you’re going to hold it there for that sound. Hold it there an extra second. Don’t let go, and make sure that your lips are pulled back into a kind of a smile shape, you don’t want to have them rounded.

Let’s put it all together:
s-o-l
s-o-l
s-o-l
soul sole soul

And now for a sentence: She bared her soul and admitted she doesn’t like the red sole on the shoe.

Give it a try people are going to notice the difference! If you found this helpful, please give us a like, share us with everyone, and don’t forget to subscribe, and if you need help, we have products and classes and they’re all listed at Tarle Speech.

Thanks so much everyone have an amazing week!

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How to Pronounce MINUTE & MINUTE – American English Heteronym Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words MINUTE & MINUTE with this American English heteronym pronunciation lesson. Heteronyms are words that are spelled exactly the same. They just have a different pronunciation and a different meaning.

Pronunciation:

Noun: /ˈmɪnət/

Adjective: /maɪˈnut/

Definition:

Noun: 60 seconds

Adjective: very tiny

Transcript:

Hello it’s Jennifer from Tarle speech with your heteronym lesson. Heteronyms are words that are spelled the same, that they have different pronunciations, and different meanings. Our words today are minute which means 60 seconds and minute which means tiny.

So to say minute which is the noun, we are going to start with the n sound. To do this, lips are together, air is moving out of your nose, then we’re going to add that short i sound. To do that my mouth is relatively relaxed and my tongue is flat and just behind my top front teeth. If you tend to say e you need to, that’s the smiling higher vowel e, just relax your lips and relax your cheeks a little bit and your tongue will pop down and will be right in that correct spot. Then touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth for that n. Air again moves out of your nose. min min min

Then we’re going to end with it again short i sound. Tongue is just behind your top front teeth and it’s relaxed and your cheeks and your lips are relaxed. And then we’re going to add that t. Touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth. For that this is just like the word it. So we’re going to put that all together. minute minute minute.

For minute, which means tiny, that’s an adjective, we are going to start with the word my. Just like me, my, and I wrote it as my the word. But if you’re curious it is the long i sound. To make that i sound, you’re gonna open your mouth wide, and um in a wide circle shape. Tip of the tongue is low, back of the tongue is pulled high up, and then you’re gonna move to a smile. i As you do that your tongue is going to move and it’s going to be high and flat in the mouth.

Next we’re going to move to a new syllable. To start that new syllable we’re going to start with the n sound. Air moves out of the nose, tip of the tongue is touching the back of the top front teeth, then we’re going to add that ew vowel long vowel made with puckered lips ew. Not many places for your tongue to go it’s just sort of flat in your mouth there. It’s not touching anything and then we’re going to end with the t. Touch the tip of the tongue to the back of the top front teeth.

my newt my newt minute

You’re probably hearing a stress difference. Excellent since you’ve been watching a lot of these heteronym lessons. To make the stress in syllables different within a word the stressed syllable must have a longer vowel, be higher in pitch, and be louder. Where the unstressed syllable is softer, lower in pitch, and shorter. We are going to stress syllable number one in minute, and syllable number two in minute.

minute minute minute
minute minute minute
minute minute minute minute

And now for a sentence: Give me a minute and then I will explain the minute differences in the sounds.

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How to Pronounce HOSTEL & HOSTILE – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words HOSTEL & HOSTILE with this American English Homophone pronunciation lesson.  These words are homophones and are pronounced exactly the same way.

Definitions:

HOSTILE: unfriendly, an enemy, or opposed

HOSTEL: lodging that provides inexpensive often shared rooms and bathrooms

Pronunciation:

These words are pronounced exactly the same way!

/ˈhɑstəl/

Sentence:

The hostel will not tolerate hostile guests.

This may be helpful:

HOMOPHONES – words spelled differently, with different meanings, but are pronounced the same way. 

Transcript:

Hello Jennifer from Tarle Speech with your two for Tuesday homophone lesson. Homophones are words that are spelled differently, have different meanings, but you pronounce them the same way.

We have two words today:
hostile which is unfriendly, an enemy, or opposed and
hostel which is lodging that provides inexpensive often shared rooms and bathrooms

To say these words correctly two syllables or beats in these words. We’re going to start with haas and to do that start with that h. Open your mouth. It’s relaxed. Air moves out.

Next open wide for that ah. Tip of the tongue is low, back of the tongue is pulled high up, and then add the s. You can either have your tip of your tongue down or behind the top front teeth. It’s just not touching the teeth and the air continues to move out of your mouth. haas

Then we’re going to end with syllable number two tul. And to do this, touch the tip of your tongue to the spot where your teeth meet the skin on the roof of your mouth, and the air is going to puff out for that t. You’re going to pull the tongue down and then pull it right back up and touch in that same spot for the l. tul tul tul.

You don’t have to think about adding a vowel if you just move from top to bottom like I just described, but some people think about that as having an uh vowel in there, and that’s fine.
And then just relax the mouth for that uh and then move to the l.

haas tull
haas tuoll
hostile hostile hostile
hostile hostile hostile

And now for a sentence:

The hostel will not tolerate hostile guests.

Give it a try people are going to notice the difference. If you found this helpful, please give us a like, a share, and a subscribe, and if you need help check us out at Tarle speech for our classes and products.

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How to Pronounce RECORD & RECORD – American English Heteronym Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words RECORD & RECORD with this American English heteronym pronunciation lesson. Heteronyms are words that are spelled exactly the same. They just have a different pronunciation and a different meaning.

Pronunciation:

Noun: /ˈrɛkərd/

Verb: /rəˈkɔrd/

Definition:

Noun: a list

Verb: to write down

Transcript:

Hello Jennifer from Tarle Speech with your heteronym lesson. Heteronyms, as many of you know, are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and different pronunciation.

Our words today are a very common request and are often mispronounced leading to some confusion for my students. And the word is a record: a list and
record: to write down.

General rule of thumb when we have heteronyms that are a noun and a verb we’re going to stress syllable number one in the noun and syllable number two in the verb. That is the case here so we have record record record.

We have a few um differences here, so when you stress a syllable, it is louder, the vowel is longer, and it is higher in Pitch. The opposite is true for the other syllables that are unstressed they’re softer, lower in pitch, and have a shorter vowel. We’re seeing all of that here in this lesson. So I’m loving this. Okay so let’s start with the r because that’s the same in both words. To say the r think about having Square tens lips do not touch your teeth with your tongue tip of the tongue is down or flipped back.

For the re you’re going to open your mouth. Mouth is going to be relaxed. You’re going to see the tip of your tongue just between the top and the bottom teeth. And it’s relatively just flat in the middle of the mouth. eh.

To say the long e in re your mouth is going to be more closed. It’s going to be smiling lips and because your mouth is more closed. The tongue is going to be higher and flatter in the mouth so we have reh and then re reh re

record record

Now the K is the same. Tip of the tongue is down, back of the tongue is pulled high up. D is the same in these endings. D. Touch the tip of the tongue to the spot where our teeth meets the skin on the roof of your mouth, air puffs out, voice box is on and moving. For the vowel, slight difference, we have the ER here. That is a static vowel which means your lips are just going to say in the same spot ER.
or
Our mouth is moving from that o, or, to that ER which is it’s from puckered to square tense lips. Your tongue is going to move from flat, either to point it down or flipped back for that or. So we have ER or ER or

And let’s put this all together:
record record
record record

Stress syllable number one make it louder, longer, higher:record record record

Stress syllable number two for the verb record record record

record record
record record

And now for a sentence: Please record all of the names in your record. Please record all of the names in your record.

Give it a try people will notice the difference. Please share it with your friends, give us a like, leave us a comment, and check us out at tarle speech.

Thanks everyone have an amazing weekend!

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