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June 21, 2022
How to Pronounce NEED & KNEAD – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce the words NEED & KNEAD with this American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson. These words are homophones and are pronounced exactly the same way.
Definitions:NEED: to require
KNEAD: to mix dough
Pronunciation:/nid/
Sentence:You need to knead the dough more.
This may be helpful:Silent Letters 🤫 English Pronunciation Lessons – Improve Your Accent and Speak Clearly
Transcript:Hi everyoneJennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday. We have two words today:
need to require and
knead to mix dough
To say these words correctly – three little sounds!
Let’s start with that n. Touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth. To be super specific the spot where your teeth meet the roof of your mouth, the skin part there, and the air will move through your nose. Next smile. Nice high flat tongue for that long e and then touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth again for that d. D. And your tongue pulls down while the air puffs out for that d.
Let’s put it all together
need need need
knead knead knead
And now for a sentence you need to knead the dough more.
Give it a try people are going to notice the difference. If you found this helpful please share with your friends and give us a like and don’t forget to subscribe. If you need help check out our products at Tarle speech.com.
Thanks so much everyone have an amazing week!
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June 20, 2022
Coffee Break Catch Up – Week in Review: June 13, 2022 – Tarle Speech English Pronunciation
Tarle Speech English Pronunciation Lesson Review
Catch up on missed lessons from last week. This pronunciation practice takes less than 10 minutes. Try it! People will notice a difference.
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June 14, 2022
How to Pronounce MITE & MIGHT – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce the words MITE & MIGHT with this American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson. These words are homophones and are pronounced exactly the same way.
Definitions:MITE: a tiny bug
MIGHT: could or possible or physical strength
Pronunciation:These words are pronounced exactly the same way!
/maɪt/
Sentence:I might move the rocks but I am afraid there might be mites.
This may be helpful:Silent Letters 🤫 English Pronunciation Lessons – Improve Your Accent and Speak Clearly
Transcript:Hey everyone Jennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday.
Two words that are pronounced exactly the same but they have different spellings and different meanings. Our homophones for today are:
mite which is a tiny bug and
might meaning could possibly or physical strength
So to say these words correctly three little sounds. Start with the m m. Lips together, air moves out of your nose.
Move to the long I and to do this open your mouth wide, tip of the tongue is very low, back of the tongue is pulled high up, and then close the mouth to a smile, and your tongue will be high and flat. I.
End with the t. Do this by touching the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth and pulling it down.
Let’s put it all together
might might might
mite mite mite
And now for a sentence.
I might move the rocks but i am afraid that there might be mites.
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Thanks so much everyone have a great week!
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June 13, 2022
Coffee Break Catch Up – Week in Review: June 6, 2022 – Tarle Speech English Pronunciation
Tarle Speech English Pronunciation Lesson Review
Catch up on missed lessons from last week. This pronunciation practice takes less than 10 minutes. Try it! People will notice a difference.
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June 10, 2022
How to Pronounce MESSAGE & MASSAGE – American English Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce the words MESSAGE & MASSAGE with this American English Pronunciation Lesson.
Definitions:MESSAGE is a verbal or written or recorded communication
MASSAGE is kneading of muscles
Pronunciation:MESSAGE: /ˈmɛsɪʤ/
MASSAGE: /məˈsɑʤ/ or /məˈsɑʒ/
Transcript:Hello it is Jennifer from Tarle speech with your question of the week. Two words today:
message a verbal written or recorded communication and
massage kneading muscles
Let’s take a look at our words. We have message and massage. First things we are going to have a stress shift here for the words. For message syllable one is going to be stressed. That means it’s going to be a little bit louder, a little bit higher in pitch, and the vowel will be a little bit longer. Most of my students miss that vowel length one. So um, you know who you are out there, if that’s you, make it a little longer. And then we are going to stress syllable number two in massage and you actually have two options um for the ending there. I do hear both so i’m going to teach both of those.
Let’s start with the m super easy breezy. Put your lips together. Air moves out of your nose. Very easy. For meh your mouth is going to be slightly open for that eh sound.
You can see the tip of my tongue just between my top and bottom teeth. eh. It’s peeking out there. So make this vowel a little more relaxed, meaning it’s not super tense. You’re not saying a a a its eh eh eh.
My tongue is relaxed in my mouth. There’s a slight little cup in the middle of my tongue. If you want to get super specific. And my tongue is not touching anywhere in my mouth. If you struggle with differentiating these vowels, it’s not e in me, it’s not mih as in mitten. It’s eh a little bit lower just peeking out of your mouth there. So we have meh meh meh. I just noticed I’m going to erase that h there because some of you will get a little bit confused because this is not the way I normally write it. And let me do my little short little u on the top there. Okay so we have meh. And then for muh for massage, super relaxed vowel uh. My mouth is open. My tongue is very neutral. It’s just in the middle of my mouth. It’s just that short uh.
Now let’s move to syllable number two. Syllable number two in both of these words starts with the s sound. For that s sound air is going to move out of your mouth continuously. Tip of the tongue is either pointed down or just behind the top front teeth. It’s not touching anywhere. Then we’re going to add that short i sound. Again let me add that. I’m on the struggle bus with my spellings here today. Sorry everyone! And for that IH we talked about that slightly. The tongue is going to be behind the top front teeth and a little more relaxed. It’s just behind the bottom part of your top teeth and you don’t really see it when you’re saying this sound, sih sih sih
Then we’re going to end with the j j. To do this touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth. Start at that same spot where you would make a d sound and then pull the tongue back into the middle of the mouth.
message message message
If you’re struggling with this a little bit, check out that my mouth is a little tiny bit more open for this part, and then it’s a little more closed for this part because of those vowels.
message message message message message
Now for saazh or saaj you actually have two choices here. You know to start with that s sound and then we’re going to move to that open ah sound. Open your mouth wide. Tip of your tongue is low in the bottom of your mouth back of your tongue is pulled up. You can say the j like we did for the top part. ma saj with the j. Or you can just do the zh sound which is rounded lips. Voice box is on and air is just continuously moving out of your mouth and your tongue is sort of in the middle of your mouth. It’s not touching anywhere so we have ma saj with the J or ma sazh with the zh sound that zh sound.
So let’s try these all again.
message message message message
massage massage massage massage massage
That one’s hard for me because I don’t say that. And then with the s the z h there which is the zh sound
massage massage massage
So again
message massage message
massage message massage
If you want to touch your teeth and say that j for massage go for it and you can do that as well. So let’s give it a try in a sentence:
Leave a message at the salon to schedule your massage.
So give it a try i hope people notice the difference. If you found this helpful give us a like and a share. If you have time and if you need help check us out on Tarle speech for our classes and our products. Thanks so much everyone have an amazing weekend!
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June 7, 2022
How to Pronounce OH, O, OWE – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce the words OWE, OH, O with this American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson. These words are pronounced the same way.
Definitions:OH: an exclamation of surprise
O: the letter
Owe: an obligation to pay
Pronunciation:These words are pronounced /oʊ/.
Sentence:Oh! I still owe you for dinner at the O.
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Transcript:Hello it is Jennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday! Today is actually a three for Tuesday. We have three words that are pronounced exactly the same way. They just have different spellings and different meanings.
We have oh an exclamation of surprise
O the letter
And owe an obligation to pay
This is super simple you’re just going to say one sound o. To make this sound you’re going to open your mouth in a wide oval tip of your tongue is super low back of your tongue is pulled way high up; and then you’re going to move your mouth to a pucker. As you move your mouth to a pucker you are just going to let your tongue kind of go along for the ride and it’ll end up in the middle of your mouth: o.
And now for a sentence: Oh! I still owe you for dinner at the O.
Give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference. If you found this helpful please give us a like a share and don’t forget to subscribe and if you need help check us out at Tarle speech.com.
Thanks so much everyone have a great week!
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June 6, 2022
Coffee Break Catch Up – Week in Review: May 30, 2022 – Tarle Speech English Pronunciation
Tarle Speech English Pronunciation Lesson Review
Catch up on missed lessons from last week. This pronunciation practice takes less than 10 minutes. Try it! People will notice a difference.
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June 3, 2022
How to Pronounce SECRET & SACRED – American English Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce the words SECRET & SACRED with this American English Pronunciation Lesson.
Definitions:SECRET: not known or seen by others
SACRED: connect to God or religion
Pronunciation:secret: /ˈsikrət/
sacred: /ˈseɪkrəd/
Transcript:Hey there! Jennifer from Tarle speech. We have two words today. We have secret not known or seen by others and sacred connected to god or religion.
So we have secret and sacred. Okay! I wrote the first part as real words. A lot of people like that. It makes it so much easier to remember. We are going to start with SEE and to do this tip of the tongue is down for that s. Tt can also be behind the top front teeth. Air moves out and then smile nice high and flat tongue for the e. See See like I see you. Say I say a lot of things. Yes I talk for a living and to say that a in say you’re going to open your mouth wide, tip of the tongue is low, back of the tongue is pulled up, and then your tongue moves to flat as your mouth closes. A A A A A
Say. See. Say.
Now let’s look at the ending part of these words. We’re going to start with that k r combination, that blend. There’s no vowel between these two sounds. So your tongue is low in the front, high in the back for the k, and then for the r, er, it just moves a little bit in my mouth K ER as I round my lips into that square tense shape. So KR KR KR
So my tongue is really in the same spot. Tip of the tongue is low back of the tongue is pulled high up. I don’t really move my tongue with the exception of when my mouth closes. There isn’t as much space, so my tongue has to move a little bit as my mouth moves to that square tense shape. So let’s look at that one more time. KR KR KR
Now let’s do krud first for that short u sound uh and then end with the d – d. Touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth. Voice box is on and moving. krud krud krud
Now for krit for that short ih sound, your tongue is going to be just behind your top front teeth. Your mouth is relaxed and your tongue is slightly relaxed in your mouth even though it is high. And then you’re going to end with that t – t. Touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth and air just puffs out. Some people, if you watch my videos you know this, this short i sound and the short u sound are so similar in unstressed syllables that you might be hearing see krut and that’s okay because the key here is – is that is an unstressed vowel in that syllable. And when we have those unstressed vowels oftentimes people will vary whether they’re saying the short i, e, u.because they’re all super short and a little more relaxed.
All right, let’s put these together. I’m going to do the krit for you. Okay see krit see krit secret secret secret. You can also say secret or secret. Totally fine. And then say krud say krud
sacred sacred sacred
secret sacred
secret sacred
And now for a sentence:
There are many times in history where sacred rituals had to be performed in secret.
Give it a try people are going to notice the difference. If you found this helpful please give us a like and share us with your friends.If you need help check out our products and classes at Tarle speech.
Thanks everyone have an amazing weekend!
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May 31, 2022
How to Pronounce TEASE, TEES, TEAS, TS – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce the words TEASE, TEES, TEAS, TS with this American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson. These words are homophones and are pronounced exactly the same way.
Definitions:TEASE means to comb hair to make it bigger, to temp.
TEAS are a variety of the hot drink.
TEES are t-shirts, small pegs in golf, or stands for a ball.
Ts are lots of letter Ts.
Pronunciation:They are pronounced T-long E- Z or /tiz/.
Sentence:We wore short sleeved tees as we drank many iced teas and placed the golf tees along the greens at T’s Golf Course.
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Transcript:Hi everyone Jennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday!
It is like extra double bonus today. You have four words! These are homophones. They are spelled differently, they have different meanings, but they are pronounced exactly the same way.
We have tease which means to comb hair to make it bigger – I did this when I was in high school! Tease can also mean too tempt. Teas which are a variety of the hot drink. Tees are t-shirts, um small pegs, and golf or a stand for a ball. And ts lots of the letter t.
All right here we go. We have tees, tease, ts, and teas. Three little sounds start with a t sound. Touch the tip of the tongue to the back of the top front teeth. Tongues pulls down, air puffs out. Move to the long e – tongue is high and flat behind the top front teeth. Nice and long, smiling lips: E.
Then keep the tongue relatively in the same spot. The tip of your tongue may point down. It does not touch your teeth. And we are going to say that zzzzz sound. And to do this your throat must be moving. Your voice box must be vibrating.
Let’s put it all together:
tees, tease, ts, teas
tees, tease, ts, teas
tease
And now for a sentence:
We wore short sleeved tees as we drank many iced teas and placed the golf tees along the greens at t’s golf course.
Give it a try people are going to notice the difference. Please share us with your friends, give us a like if you are so inclined, and if you are looking for help check us out at Tarle speech. Thanks so much everyone have an amazing week!
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May 27, 2022
How to Pronounce BRIDGE & BREACH – American English Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce the words bridge and breach with this American English Pronunciation Lesson.
Definitions:BRIDGE: a structure to cover an obstacle or a captain’s platform
BREACH: to break the law, relations or a barrier
Pronunciation:Bridge: /brɪʤ/
Breach: /briʧ/
Transcript:Hello everyone it is Jennifer from Tarle speech with your question of the week.
I have two words for you today:
bridge which is a structure to cover an obstacle or a captain’s platform and
breach to break the law relations or a barrier
So let’s take a look at our words today. We have bridge and breach. So let’s get this br out of the way because that’s the same for both of these words. So to say the b your lips are together and air just puffs out. For the r you’re going to think about having square tense lips, the tip of your tongue can either be pointed down, or flipped back. You just want to make sure that your tongue is stable in the same place and it’s not moving at all for that r. So you’re going to get your lips ready, your tongue is going to be in the spot where you make your r sound. Okay and then you’re going to say the b and then the r will be super smooth with no sound in between because your tongue is already prepared in your mouth. Okay so get your tongue set for the r and then we’re going to put the lips together start with the b and then into the r b r br br
Okay I recommend square tense lips for that r sound just so that you don’t pucker your lips too much.
Next let’s go to this short ih sound. You can see my mouth is relatively relaxed the tip of my tongue is going to be just behind my top front teeth and my tongue in my mouth is relaxed. It’s high up but it’s not really tense and stiff it’s just slightly relaxed so I have a nice ih ih ih
My back tongue is anchored on the insides of my back top teeth. So again we have ih ih ih.
The difference between the short i in and the long e in breach is that for this long e my lips are going to be tense in a smile shape and my tongue is going to be very high and flat and tense: e e e. Now to look at the difference between the two we have e ih e ih e ih
My tongue will just pop down slightly there. Next let’s look at that j and that ch the tongue is going to do the same thing as are the lips. The only difference is going to be your voice. So for that j and ch to make these sounds, you’re going to touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth and then it’s going to pull back into the middle of your mouth. Think about you’re starting like with where you say the t sound, t t t, or the d sound, d d d. You’re going to start there and pull the tongue back. The j sound is voiced that means your voice box and your throat is vibrating and on and the ch is unvoiced meaning that your voice box is not moving and not vibrating. So again let’s try this j j j j and ch ch ch
let’s listen again
j ch j ch
Let’s try this all together:
bridge bridge bridge
breach breach breach
bridge breach
bridge breach
And one more time
bridge bridge bridge
breach breach breach
breach bridge
bridge breach
And now for a sentence:
In the movie the soldiers ensured the enemy could not breach the bridge.
So give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference.
If you need some help or you’re interested in some classes check us out at Tarle speech dot com.
Thanks so much everyone have an amazing weekend!
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