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How to Pronounce IND in BIND, FIND, KIND, MIND, RIND, WIND – American English Reading & Pronunciation Lesson

Learn to read and pronounce the letters IND in the words bind, find, kind, mind, rind, wind with this American English Pronunciation Lesson.

These words are an exception to the closed syllable reading rule. If the letters IND followed this rule, then they would be pronounced as a short i. In these words, they are pronounced with a long I sound.

Pronunciation:

/baɪnd, faɪnd, kaɪnd, maɪnd, raɪnd, waɪnd/

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English Spelling and Pronunciation-Improve Your Accent and Speak Clearly

Transcript:

Hi everyone it’s Jennifer from Tarle speech with your pronunciation question!

We have a follow-up to last week’s lesson. And our lesson today is again on that long i sound in the spelling exception here. So we are talking today about i n d and typically when we have a closed syllable, when we’re spelling, we are going to pronounce the vowel as a short i sound, when it’s closed by having one or two consonants after it. This is an exception. So you would think that we would pronounce this ind but we’re not going to pronounce it that way, we’re going to pronounce it with the long i sound, ind.

So to do this, you are going to open your mouth very wide to start. Tip of your tongue is down, back of your tongue is pulled high up, and then you’re going to move to a smile with a high flat tongue behind the top front teeth for the i, i.

Next touch the back of your top front teeth or that n. Air is moving out of your nose and then as you pull your tongue down the air can puff out of your mouth for that d.
ind ind ind

Let’s try it in some words bind

find
kind
mind
rind
wind
bind

find
kind
mind
rind and
wind

So please give me a sentence and give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference. If you found this helpful please share us, and if you need more help, you can check out our products and our classes at Tarle speech.

Thanks everyone have a great week!

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Published on April 08, 2022 05:34

April 5, 2022

How to Pronounce MANNER & MANOR – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson

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

Definitions:

MANNER is the way in which something is done.

MANOR is a large estate.

Pronunciation:

These words are pronounced MAN-ER or /mænər/.

Sentence:

Be sure to use your good manners while dining at the manor.

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HOMOPHONES – words spelled differently but pronounced the same 

Transcript:

And hello! It’s jennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday homophone lesson.

Homophones are words that are spelled differently, have different meanings, but are pronounced exactly the same way. So one pronunciation for two words. It’s a bogo or a by one get one free!

We have two words today. We have:

manner the way in which something is done and
manor a large estate

So to say these words correctly, we’re going to think about two beats in this word: man er

We’re going to say man, just like the way we say man, which is a male. And to do that we’re going to start with an m: m.
Lips are together, air moves out of your nose.

Then move to that ah. Open your mouth really wide for this sound. The mistake that I hear a lot of people say mun because they don’t open their mouth enough. So for that a: wide open circle shape, tip of the tongue is down, back of the tongue is pulled high up. And then we’re going to move to that n by closing the mouth and the tip of the tongue will end behind the top front teeth. Again air is moving out of the nose: man man man

Then we’re going to end with er. To do this, it’s that r vowel. Think about square tense lips. Tip of the tongue is either pointed down or flipped back. It is not moving and it is not touching your teeth. The back of your tongue is pulled high up. er er

Let’s put it all together:
man er
man er
manner manner manner manner manner manner

And now for a sentence:

Be sure to use your good manners when you are dining at the manor.

Give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference. If you found this helpful please share us and give us a like. We love that! Don’t forget to subscribe. And if you need more help check out our classes and products at Tarle speech.

Thanks so much!

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Published on April 05, 2022 05:03

April 4, 2022

April 1, 2022

How to Pronounce ILD in MILD, WILD, CHILD – American English Reading & Pronunciation Lesson

Learn to read and pronounce the letters ILD in the words MILD, WILD, and CHILD with this American English Pronunciation Lesson. These words are an exception to the closed syllable reading rule. If the letters ILD followed this rule, then they would be pronounced as a short i. In these words, they are pronounced with a long I sound.

Pronunciation:

/waɪld, maɪld, ʧaɪld/

Playlist for more help:

English Spelling and Pronunciation-Improve Your Accent and Speak Clearly

Transcript:

Hey everyone Jennifer from Tarle Speech with your pronunciation question of the week! The question today is how do I pronounce the words: wild mild and child?
This gets confusing because typically, when we see a vowel with one or two consonant sounds after that, in a closed syllable, we usually pronounce those vowels as short. So a lot of people might think we pronounce these words as willed chilled and milled. But we don’t! So this is actually a reading tip for today, as well as a pronunciation tip. This is an exception to the rule and when you see ild and also ind – stay tuned for that video next week! These are exceptions, and we are going to use a long i sound.

So to say a long I sound you’re going to open your mouth really wide, tip of your tongue is low in the front, back of the tongue is pulled high up. Move to a smile and a high flat tongue.

I I

Then touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth of that l. L. And then pull it down so that that air can puff out for the d.
ILD
ILD
ILD
ILD

Now let’s put it together with the words:
wild child mild
wild child mild
wild wild wild
child child child
mild mild mild

So give me a sentence if you can in the comment section and give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference!

If you need more help we have lots of videos here on youtube. As you know, you can check out our playlists, you can also check out our website for class options and products at tarle speech dot com.

Thanks so much everyone have a great week!

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Published on April 01, 2022 05:28

March 29, 2022

How to Pronounce DYE & DIE – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson

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

Definitions:

DIE: to stop living

DYE: a substance to change the color of something

Pronunciation:

These words are pronounced D-long I or /daɪ/.

Sentence:

Don’t swallow the dye! It is poisonous and you could die!

This may be helpful:

Consonant Clusters – S, R, L, W Blends – American English Pronunciation

Transcript:

Hello everyone it’s Jennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday homophone lesson. Homophones are words that are pronounced exactly the same way but the words are spelled differently and have different meanings.

Our words today are
die to stop living
and dye a substance used to change the color of something

Here are the words. Two little sounds today. We are going to start with that d sound. To do this, the tip of your tongue touches the back of your top front teeth. To be really specific, the spot between your teeth and where the skin on the top of your mouth begins. Air will puff out for this sound and your voice box is vibrating on and moving.

Then we’re going to end with the i. To do this open your mouth really wide in an oval shape. When you have your mouth in that open wide oval shape, tip of your tongue is down, back of your tongue is pulled really high up, oh. Then you’re going to move to the E. Move to the smiling lip position. When you move to that smiling lip position, your tongue will end high and flat in your mouth. So let’s look at that again

i i i and

Let’s put that all together die die die die die die.

And now for a sentence:

Don’t swallow the dye it is poisonous and you could die.

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Published on March 29, 2022 05:39

March 25, 2022

How to Pronounce WORK, WALK, WORKED, WALKED – American English Pronunciation Lesson

Learn to pronounce the words WORK, WALK, WORKED, and WALKED with this American English Pronunciation Lesson.

Definition:

Work a job or something that has to be done.

Walk is to move on foot.

Pronunciation:

walk /wɔk/

work /wɜrk/

walked /wɔkt/

worked /wɜrkt/

Transcript:

Hello it’s Jennifer from Tarle Speech with your question of the week!

I’ve gotten this question a lot lately. It is how do I pronounce the word work, which is a task a job or something that has to be done, and walk, to move on foot. Let’s take a look at our words, um, to say these words correctly, let’s start with that w sound. To make the w sound, your lips are puckered and your tongue is just kind of flat in the middle of your mouth.

Let’s also talk about that k sound. To say this sound, the tip of your tongue is low in your mouth, the back of your tongue is pulled up, and the sound is just going to the air is going to puff out of your mouth for that k. k k
w k w k

Okay. So we have the first and the last sounds. Now what’s the difference between that oh and the er. Let’s start with that oh sound. To say that oh sound your mouth is going to be open in a wide oval shape, the tip of your tongue is going to be really low in your mouth, and the back of your tongue is going to be pulled high up, oh.

walk
walk
walk

You can see with my hand, my tongue is flat, it moves down with the back pulled up for that oh, and it kind of stays there for the k.

Excellent! You can also see that we do not say the l sound here. So that saves a lot of you who struggle with that. We just don’t say the l sound. Now for the er sound. You can see my mouth is in a square tense shape. The tip of my tongue is either pointed down or flipped back. It really depends on the person. The back of my tongue is pulled high up, and it’s tense, and it stays there. The tip of my tongue does not move once I pick my spot. If it’s either down or back it stays there. It does not move. zit does not touch my teeth.
er er er
I make my r with the tip of my tongue down: er

work
work
work

You can see my tongue moves from flat, tip is down, and then the back pulls up more, while the tip goes even further down for that k.

So let’s put that all together again:

work work work
walk walk walk

I think one of the other things that I um realize people do is they try to say the o in work and we do not say an o and work at all. It’s just that er sound. Now what happens when we add an ed suffix to these words. All we’re going to do is add a t sound for that e d suffix. So we’re going to have work and walk. To do that, we’re going to end with that k, and you know the tip of the tongue is down, then you’re going to move the tip of the tongue to the back of the top front teeth. For that t, pull it down, and the air puffs out.

Let’s try them all together:

work work work
walk walk walk
worked worked worked
walked walked walked

and one more time

work worked walk walked
walked worked work walk

And now for a sentence:

“I walked to work. The walk helped me to work harder. I worked so hard after my walk to work.”

So give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference. If you found this helpful, please share this with your friends, and give us a like. If you need more help, check out our products and our class options at Tarle speech dot com.

Thank you so much everyone have an amazing weekend!

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Published on March 25, 2022 05:17

March 22, 2022

How to Pronounce WHY & Y – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson

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

Definitions:

WHY: a cause or reason; a question word.

Y: the letter.

Pronunciation:

These words are pronounced w-long I or /waɪ/.

Sentence:

The reason why the word was mispronounced is because the letter Y can be pronounced many different ways.

This may be helpful:

HOMOPHONES – words spelled differently but pronounced the same 

Transcript:

Hello! Jennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday!

We have two words that are homophones. These words are spelled differently, they have different meanings, but they are pronounced exactly the same way. Our words today are why the cause or reason, a question word.
And Y the letter.

So to say these words correctly, two sounds. We’re gonna start with that w. To do that you are going to pucker your lips and the air is going to move out. Your tongue is just flat in the middle of your mouth. Your tongue is not touching your teeth.

Then we are going to move to that I. To do this think of opening your mouth in a wide oval shape. I

And then move to smiling lips. When you do this the tip of your tongue is going to start really low in your mouth and the back of your tongue is pulled high up towards the roof of your mouth. Then when you end, your tongue will be flat in your mouth, and behind your top front teeth. Again it is not touching. So your tongue does not touch anywhere in your mouth for this word. So let’s move from to W to I

why why why
why why why
why why why

And now for a sentence!

The reason why the word was mispronounced is because the letter y can be pronounced many different ways.

And that’s a true story!

So give it a try people are going to notice the difference. If you found this helpful, we love it when you share us with your friends, and give us a like. Check out our products on google play and iTunes and our classes at Tarle speech. Thanks so much everyone have a great week!

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Published on March 22, 2022 05:35