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December 29, 2015
All Ears English Interview #2: Three Tips for Consonant Sound Improvement
Listen to Jennifer Tarle on the All Ears English Podcast. Learn three immediate action steps to improve your American English Consonant Sounds.
All Ears English Interview #1: Three Tips for Vowel Sound Improvement
Listen to Jennifer Tarle on the All Ears English Podcast. Learn three immediate action steps to improve your American English Vowel Sounds.
December 21, 2015
What is a voiced sound?
A voiced sound is category of consonant sounds made while the vocal cords vibrate.
All vowels in English are voiced, to feel this voicing, touch your throat and say AAAAH. Feel that movement in your neck? That is voicing.
Consonants can be either voiced or voiceless. Some consonant sounds are made with the lips and tongue doing exactly the same thing but the voice is OFF or ON (vibrating). This leads to many mistakes since the sounds look the same and sound similar. Look at the following sound pairs that are made in the same manner with the tongue and lips but not the voicing. Touch your throat as you say each sound to feel the difference.
Voiceless
Voiced
P
B
T
D
K
G
F
V
S
Z
CH
J
Most ESL speakers really have a difficult time with voicing at the end of words. Which can lead to misunderstanding. For example, if you mean“rise” and you don’t use your voice, it sounds like “rice”. If you mean“crab” and you don’t use your voice, it sounds like “crap”. If you mean“as” and you don’t use your voice, it sounds like “ass”.
December 15, 2015
How to say Won’t & Want
Learn how to say WON’T and WANT.
The video targets the long o and short u vowels. Learn these words to be better understood.
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December 7, 2015
How to say DOUBTER and DAUGHTER
Today’s question is from a new YouTube subscriber:
“Hi Jennifer, I would love that please you mention the difference in the pronunciation of Daughter and Doubter.”
DAUGHTER has 4 sounds: D-OH-T-ER
DOUBTER has 4 sounds: D-OW-T-ER
The difference in the words is the vowel.
The OH, the short o sound, is made with a wide open oval mouth.
The OW is long and is made by moving your mouth from wide open circle to a pucker.
Welcome to the channel and thanks for the question.
December 1, 2015
How to say Word & Worth
Learn how to say WORD and WORTH. Need more help, then buy a sound package with directions on how to say the sound, audio examples, video examples, and practice word and sentence lists.
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November 21, 2015
How to say QUESTION
The question today comes from a YouTube Subscriber: “How do you say question?”
Great question!
This is actually an easy word to pronounce, but the spelling makes it seem confusing. To say question focus on each syllable: kwes and chin.
Kwes-chin.
QU is a common spelling pattern and is typically pronounced KW.
November 15, 2015
How to say the Thermometer
Learn how to pronounce the American English word THERMOMETER. Practice the following sounds to master this word:
The TH (voiceless) Sound
Short er Sound
The M Sound
The short u Sound
The T Sound
Improve your clarity to get your message across and to be more confident in your English skills. People will notice the difference!
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November 7, 2015
How do I pronounce the letters QU?
The letters QU are used together in many words. Pronounce this two letter combination as KW. This is the case in words like quit, queen, quiz, query, quick, quarter, and question.
As always, there is an exception. QU can be pronounced K like in the word conquer.
