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October 15, 2015
FREE CLASS: How to say the LONG E and SHORT I sounds
Thanks for attending my live YouTube class. You can get the handouts and recorded video with the following links:
Long E or Short i sounds 10_15 YouTube
How to say Thought & Fought
Learn how to pronounce the words THOUGHT and FOUGHT. These words are commonly confused since many ESL speakers mispronounce the TH sound.
This lesson targets the following sounds:
The TH Sound
The Short o 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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October 10, 2015
How to say RECORDED and REPORTED
Today’s question is from our YouTube channel from a Spanish speaker:
“could you help me how to pronounce recorded, reported,? thanks in advance.”
Each of these words has three syllables or beats. The first syllables are pronounced the same way R+Long E: RE. The last syllables are pronounced the same way D+short i+D: DID. These words differ in syllable two only. CORE and PORE.
For RECORDED, start by saying RE. Add the word CORE. Be sure to move you mouth for the long OR vowel from a pucker to rounded lips. End with the word DID. The D is a voiced sound so make sure your voice is on.
For REPORTED, start by saying RE. Add the word PORE. Be sure to move you mouth for the long OR vowel from a pucker to rounded lips. End with the word DID. The D is a voiced sound so make sure your voice is on.
RECORDED: re-core-did
REPORTED: re-pore-did
http://www.tarlespeech.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2015-10-10-14-48-10.056.wma
October 7, 2015
How to say SHEEP, CHEAP, SHIP, and CHIP
The question today is a very common mistake! “
Sheep, cheap, and ship are difficult. How do I say them?”
SHEEP has 3 sounds: SH-Long E-P
CHEAP has 3 sounds: CH-Long E-P
SHIP has 3 sounds: SH-Short i-P
CHIP has 3 sounds: CH-Short i-P (had to add this)
SH is made with rounded lips. The air continuously moves OUT of the mouth. The tongue does NOT touch the teeth.
CH is made with rounded lips. The air puffs OUT of the mouth. The tongue starts by touching the teeth, the pulls back into the middle of the mouth (near the roof of the mouth).
Long E is made with smiling, tense lips. It is LONG.
Short i is made with relaxed lips. It is SHORT.
Check out the short video for examples:
http://tarlespeech.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2015-06-10-16-13-17.264.wmv
October 4, 2015
How do I read the letters SH?
English spelling is quite confusing for most of my clients. Today during a session, a client read the word SHOE as S-H-EW. Seeing two letters, S and H, it makes sense that it would be spoken/read S+H. However, this is not the case. When the letters SH are together in a word, we read and pronounce them as ONE sound, SH. To make the SH sound, pucker your lips and blow. This is quite different than saying S+H. For that sound combination the lips would smile then relax.
There are other two letter combinations like SH. Read about them here.
October 3, 2015
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September 7, 2015
How to say KEYS and KISS
“I’ve lately watch many of your videos. Your content is very helpful for us all. I want to thank you for what you’ve done and I want also make a video request about the difference between the word KEYS and KISS, one friend once taught me the difference which I forgot, so I wish you read this and assist me. So, that’s it, thank you again and goodbye. :D”
Thanks for the kind words. I am always so happy to help!
KEYS has three sounds: K-long E-Z
KISS has three sounds: K-short i-S
Spanish speakers typically make the long E too short and the short i too long which makes these words sound similar.
To pronounce these words differently make the long E LONGER. Make the short i SHORTER. Also, be sure to use your voice, make sure your voice box vibrates, for the Z sound. This will make the vowel sound longer to your listener.
Best of luck!
