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How to Pronounce SHUTTER & SHUDDER – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words SHUTTER & SHUDDER with this American English Pronunciation Lesson.

Definitions:

SHUTTER is a hinged panel on the outside of a window.

SHUDDER means to tremble with fear.

Pronunciation:

These words are homophones and are pronounced exactly the same way: SH-short u-D-ER or /ʃʌdər/.

Sentence:

She felt her bout shudder as the shutter hit the window during the storm.

This may be helpful:

TUTORIAL – How to pronounce a FLAP T – American English Pronunciation Lesson

Transcript:

Hi Jennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday. These words are pronounced exactly the same way, different spellings, different meanings.

We have
a shutter which is a hinged panel on the outside of a window and
shudder means you tremble with fear

So to say these words correctly we have two beats or two syllables: sha der

Start this word with the sh sound: two letters one sound shh. This is a quiet sound shh. To do this pucker your lips. Tongue is not touching your teeth. shh Air just continues to move out. Next relax your lips and your tongue for the uh sound shuh shuh.

Then we’re going to move to the d sound. Touch the tip of the tongue to the back of your top front teeth and then pull that tongue either pointing it down or flipping it back away from the teeth. Back of the tongue is pulled way high up. And then you’re going to make your lips square and tense for that er
der der

This is actually a flap t, which is a super fast d sound. I think that’s the easiest way to think about it. Some people make this a little further back in their mouth by touching the top of their mouth, but if you think about it as a fast d, you should be okay. Let’s put it all together:

shutter shutter shutter
shudder shudder shudder

And now for a sentence:
She felt her body shudder as the shutter hit the window during the storm.

Give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference. Please give us a like and a share and check out our products on google play iTunes and our classes at Tarle speech if you need a little bit more help.

Thanks so much everyone have an awesome week!

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How to Pronounce TAUGHT & TOT – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words TAUGHT & TOT with this American English Pronunciation Lesson.

Definitions:

TAUGHT means to teach.

TOT is a young child.

Pronunciation:

These words are homophones and are pronounced exactly the same way: T-short o-T or /tɑt/.

Sentence:

The Mom taught her tot to help clean up.

This may be helpful:

How to pronounce TAUGHT & THOUGHT – American English Pronunciation Lesson 

Transcript:

Hey everyone Jennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday!

We have two words they have different spellings and different meanings but they are pronounced exactly the same way.

We have taught to teach and tot a young child. To say these words correctly three little sounds.

Start with the T. Touch the tip of the tongue to the back of the top front teeth and let the air puff out.

Move to the short OH sound. You want a wide open oval mouth. Tip of the tongue is down, back of the tongue is pulled up.

And then move again to that T T T

T OH T
taught
taught tot
taught tot
taught tot

And now for a sentence.

The mom taught her tot to help clean up.

Give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference. If you found this helpful please share us with your friends and give us a like if you’re looking for more help you can find our products and our classes at Tarle speech dot com.

Thank you so much everyone!

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How to Pronounce SALARY & CELERY – American English Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words salary and celery with this American English Pronunciation Lesson.

Definitions:

Salary is the money you make for your job.

Celery is the vegetable.

Pronunciation:

Salary: sal-uh-ree or /sæləri/

Celery: sel-uh-ree or /sɛləri/

Sentence:

Celery is cheap and doesn’t deplete your salary.

Transcript:

Hello everyone jennifer from Tarle speech with your question of the week. This is for all of my food service people out there! The words are salary um which is the money that you make for your job and celery the vegetable.

So let’s take a look. It’s kind of a quick easy lesson today.

Let’s start with the ending of these words uh- ree. Two syllables that schwa syllable the short uh sound super soft, super short, super low in pitch here. Just a super fast quick syllable for the middle of the word uh uh uh. Then we’re going to move to the ree to end this. You have a couple choices for your r and have the tip of your tongue down low in your mouth back of the tongue pulled up or you can have the tip of the tongue flipped back. Whichever works for you just do not touch your teeth and do not let your tongue trill for that r sound. And then smile for that long e at the end of the word.

Let’s put that all together uh ree uh ree uh ree.

Both of these words are going to start with the s sound. Tip of the tongue is behind the top front teeth or slightly pointed down, air is going to continue to move out of the mouth.

Now let’s look at these vowels. This is the difference here. This is the confusing part for so many of my students. All right let’s start with that AH AH AL AL

To do this, what you’re going to do, is your mouth is going to be nice and wide open S AL

You are going to have the tip of your tongue move from back here for the s down to the bottom of your mouth for the ah and then back up to behind the top front teeth and it’s going to touch for that l sound.
sal sal sal
salary salary salary

For cel, your mouth is going to stay a little bit more in the same spot it’s not going to open as much and your tongue doesn’t have to move his mouth as much. Your tongue for the eh sound is just between your top and your bottom teeth when you open your mouth slightly eh eh eh and it’s relatively flat in your mouth. So we’re going to have just a slight movement
cel cel cel
celery celery celery

So we have s al uh ree and cel uh ree
salary salary salary
celery celery celery
salary celery

And now for a sentence:
Celery is cheap and doesn’t deplete your salary.

Give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference.If you found this helpful we’d love it if you share this with your friends and if you need more help check out our products and classes at Tarle speech.

Thanks everyone have an amazing weekend!

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How to Pronounce PASTE & PACED – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words PASTE & PACED with this American English Pronunciation Lesson.

Definitions:

Paste means to insert or to coat with glue to fasten.

Paced means to walk back and forth typically with worry.

Pronunciation:

These words are homophones and are pronounced exactly the same way: P-long A-S-T or /peɪst/.

Sentence:

When I couldn’t copy and paste, I paced around my office worried that my computer was broken.

This may be helpful:

COMPUTER & IT Vocabulary 💻 American English Pronunciation Lessons Playlist 

Transcript:

Hi everyone this is Jennifer with Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday. This homophone lesson is about two words with different spellings and different meanings but these words are pronounced exactly the same way.

Our words today are paste which means to insert or to coat with glue to fasten and paste which means to walk back and forth typically with worry.

So to say these words correctly we’re going to think about four sounds. We’re going to start with that p sound – super easy just open your mouth and let the air puff out.

Next move to that long a – and to do that you’re going to open your mouth wide tongue is going to be low in the front pulled up in the back and then it’s going to move a little bit in your mouth too high and flat behind your top front teeth.

Then we are going to say the s sound. Your tongue will still be high and flat and the air is going to move out of your mouth.

And then we’re going to end with that t t by touching the tip of the tongue to the back of the top front teeth. So for these last two sounds, SsssT SSSST

The tip of my tongue is about here and then I pull it up to touch the teeth.

Let’s put it all together!

paste paced
paste paced
paste paced

And now for a sentence:
When I couldn’t copy and paste I paced around my office worried that my computer was broken.

Give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference! If you found this helpful please share us with your friends and give us a like. Don’t forget to subscribe. If you are looking for more help we have lots of products and class options on tarle speech.com.

Thanks so much everyone have a great week!

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How to Pronounce HOUSE & HOW’S – American English Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words house and how’s with this American English Pronunciation Lesson.

Definitions:

A HOUSE is a dwelling.

HOW’S is a contraction that means how is or how was.

Pronunciation:

A HOUSE is h-ow-s or /haʊs/

HOW’S is h-ow-z or /haʊz/

Sentence:

How’s your new house?

This may be helpful:

How to Pronounce FACT – American English Pronunciation Lesson 

Transcript:

Hi everyone Jennifer from Tarle speech with your question of the week.

Today’s question is how do we say the word house a dwelling and house which is the contraction for how is.

Okay! So the beginning of these words are going to be pronounced exactly the same. So let’s start with that. We’re going to start with the h sound h. Just open relaxed mouth, air puffs out.

Next we’re going to move to the ow and to do this you’re going to open wide and then move to a pucker. ow As you do that with your mouth wide open your tongue tip will be really low and the back will be pulled up; and then your tongue will move to the middle of your mouth and will be flat when you pucker.

Then here’s the big difference! For the s you are going to put the tip of your tongue behind your top front teeth do not touch your teeth air is going to continue to move out of your mouth and your voice box is off. It is not moving house house house.

Now for how’s your tongue tip is going to be in the same spot behind the top front teeth it can also be pointed down to the bottom of the mouth it is not touching. The difference here is that for the z your voice box is on and vibrating and moving.
zzzz
How’s How’s How’s

Let’s listen to both of those.

house house house
how’s how’s how’s
house how’s

And now for a sentence:
How’s your new house?

So give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference. If you found this helpful we would love it if you shared this with your friends. If you’re looking for more help you can check out our products and all of our classes at Tarle speech.

Thanks everyone have a great weekend!

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How to Pronounce FAX & FACTS – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words FAX & FACTS with this American English Pronunciation Lesson.

Definitions:

Facts are things that are know to be true.

A fax is a transmission of a document over the phone.

Pronunciation:

These words are homophones and are pronounced exactly the same way: F-short a-t-s or /fækts/. Of course, you can say FACTS with a T but you do not have to in connected speech.

Sentence:

There are many facts written in the fax.

This may be helpful:

How to Pronounce FACT – American English Pronunciation Lesson 

Transcript:

Hello everyoneJennifer from Tarle speech with your 2 for Tuesday!

These words are pronounced exactly the same way different spellings different meanings. Our words are facts things that are known to be true and facts transmission of a document over the phone.

To say these words correctly we’re going to start with that f sound. To do this your mouth is open. You are gently biting the inside or the outside of the bottom lip with your top teeth. Lips again remain open. That’s key! The reason is you want the air to move out of your mouth continuously.

Next we’re going to move to that long ah sound. To do that your mouth is open in a round circle shape and then your tongue tip is going to be low. Back of the tongue is going to be pulled up. Then we’re going to move to that k sound. Tip of the tongue continues to remain down. Back of the tongue is pulled up air puffs out. And then we’re going to end with that s. tTo do this tip of the tongue is behind the top front teeth or slightly pointed down air continues out of the mouth.

Let’s put it all together:

facts fax
facts fax
facts fax

Now you might be saying can I say that t sound? You sure can facts facts facts. I find it kind of difficult. I have to slow down a little bit to get that in and then the s sound. I would say most people just sort of skip that sound altogether and say fax.

So let’s give it a try in a sentence.

There are many facts written in the fax.

So give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference. If you found this helpful we’d love a like and share and a subscribe, check out all of our products on google play and itunes, and our classes at tarle speech.

Have a great week!

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How to Pronounce LESION, LEGION, LESION, VISION – American English Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words lesion, legion, region, vision with this American English Pronunciation Lesson.

Definitions:

LESION is a wound from an injury.

LEGION is a vast multitude of people or things.

REGION is an area of a country or world.

VISION is a state of being able to see.

Pronunciation:

LESION – LEE-ZHUN or /liʒən/

LEGION – LEE-JUN or /liʤən/

REGION – REE-JUN or /riʤən/

VISION – VIH-ZHUN or /liʒən/

Sentences:

The president had a vision for how to improve the region.

A legion of ants invaded the lesion on the animal carcass.

Transcript:

Hi everyone it’s Jennifer from Tarle speech with your question of the week. Today is a little more of an advanced lesson but I know you can all do it – so hang in there and I will go slowly.
We have four words and I do want you to know this is particularly difficult for my students from Asia from many different language backgrounds there. And we have four words:
lesion a wound from an injury or disease
legion a vast multitude of people or things
region an area of a country or the world
and vision a state of being able to see

Here are the words let’s take a look we have lesion region region and vision.

So again lesion legion region and vision.

The confusing part I think for a lot of people is this zh sound versus the j sound so let’s start right there. For this ZH sound your lips are going to be rounded the tip of your tongue is behind your top front teeth it is not touching your teeth and that air is going to keep moving out of the mouth your voice box is on.

For the j sound these sounds look very similar with what the lips do your lips will be rounded but for this sound what’s going to happen is you’re going to touch the teeth with the tip of your tongue and then pull it back J J J

So again we have ZH J J J ZH J J J

So that’s the difference there. The vowel is going to be that short uh sound some of my students hear a short i an ih sound or an eh sound that’s all fine just make sure that sound is nice and short and relaxed. And then you’re going to end with the n n touch the tip of the tongue to the back of the top front teeth and air moves out of your nose.

So let’s try these endings.
zhun zhun zhun
jun jun jun

So again teeth um tongue does not touch the teeth ZHUN start by touching the teeth jun.

All right now let’s go to the beginning of the words this causes trouble too. All right for most of these words we’re going to use the long e sound you smile your tongue is nice and high and flat in your mouth e for the short eye open your mouth a tiny bit more e ih e ih
You can see i’m opening my mouth by relaxing my cheeks and my lips e ih e ih

Pretending that my hand is my tongue so you can see my tongue will be high and flat for the e e ih e ih

My tongue is just going to pop down slightly it’s going to be behind my top front teeth but kind of at the bottom of the top teeth here. All right for the l you are going to start that by touching the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth and you’re going to keep it there.
l lee lee lee

So that’s for both of those now for the re. You can do one of two things your tongue can either be pointing down with the back pulled up or it could be flipped back it’s whatever works best for you so we have re re-re.

And then down here for the v the v sound what you’re going to do is your mouth is going to be open do not close your lips if you close your lips it’s going to sound like a b. So your lips are slightly open I say you’re going to be biting the inside or the outside of your bottom lip. It’s just like you’re touching it okay vvv air is going to keep moving out voice box is on. vvvvvv vi vi vi

Let’s put these all together…you can do this!
lesion legion region vision

Let’s try them again
lesion legion region vision

I’m going to go a little faster
lesion lesion lesion
legion legion legion
region region region
and vision vision vision

one more time all the way through
lesion legion region vision

And now for some sentences
The president had a vision for how to improve the region.
and sentence number two
A legion of ants invaded the lesion on the animal carcass.

So give it a try I know you can do it! This is a tough one! Let me know how you did in the comments below if you enjoyed this please share this with a friend and if you need help check out our products and our classes at Tarle speech.

Thanks so much everyone have an amazing weekend!

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How to Pronounce SOARED & SWORD – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words SOARED & SWORD with this American English Pronunciation Lesson.

Pronunciations:

These words are homophones and are pronounced exactly the same way: S-OR-D or /sɔrd/

Definitions:

SWORD is a bladed weapon.

SOARED means to rapidly go above the current level.

Sentence:

The super hero soared over the city carrying his magic sword.

You may be interested in this video for Sword.

Transcript:

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

These words are pronounced exactly the same way they just have a different meaning and a different spelling. Our words are sword which is a bladed weapon and sword to rapidly go above the current level.

This question comes from a recent lesson that I just did on the word sword and you can see that it’s a quick short I’ll put the link below.

So to say these words correctly we have four sounds we’re going to start with that s sound: tip of the tongue is behind the top front teeth or slightly pointed down air is going to move out of the mouth.

Next we’re going to pucker or and then pull those lips back for that er, or, the tip of the tongue is either pointed down or flipped back and the back of the tongue is pulled high up for this or vowel.

Next end with the d by touching the tip of the tongue to the back of the top front teeth. Air puffs out and you are going to have your voice box on and moving for that d.

Let’s put it all together
sword soared
sword soared
sword soared

Now for a sentence

The superhero soared over the city carrying his magic sword.

Give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference. Please give us a like and share us with your friends. If you need more help you can check out all of our class options and our products at Tarle speech.

Thanks everyone!

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How to Pronounce ROOM & ROAM – American English Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words ROOM & ROAM with this American English Pronunciation Lesson.

Definitions:

ROOM is a division of a building with four walls.

ROAM means to move about aimlessly.

Pronunciation:

ROOM: R-EW-M or /rum/

ROAM: R-long O-M or /roʊm/

Sentence:

The dog will roam around the room all day.

Transcript:

Hey there everyone Jennifer from Tarle speech with your question of the week! Two words today roam to move about aimlessly and room a division of a building with four walls. I think the confusion comes in because of the spelling typically when we see two vowels together
-the first one we pronounce the letter name and make it a long vowel and
-the second one is just silent that is the case here in

But here for this o o we are going to pronounce it as EW. So let’s take a look at all of these sounds and break this down a little bit more.

Okay let’s start with that last sound the m easy breezy put your lips together mmmmm. Air moves out of your nose.

You’re going to start both of these words with the r sound rrrr. Lips are square and tense, tip of the tongue is either pointed down or flipped back, back of the tongue is pulled up high in both situations, and be sure to not touch your teeth with the tip of your tongue. If you do that oftentimes it will sound like a d sound or a trilled r to um a listener.

Next we’re going to move to the EW by puckering your tongue is just going to be flat in your mouth and then again end with the m.

room room room room room

And then for roam. You’re going to open your mouth more for that vowel sound OOOO. Gonna start in that wide oval shape. Tip of the tongue is down, back of the tongue is pulled high up. And then you’re going to move to a pucker. As you pucker your tongue is going to move along for the ride and end up flat and in the middle of your mouth. OOOOO

roam roam roam roam roam

This would also be the pronunciation of the city Rome and that’s how we would say that in English.

So again we have:
room room room
roam roam Rome
room roam
room roam

And now for a sentence:

The dog will roam around the room all day.

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 if you need more help check out our products and our classes at Tarle Speech.

Thanks so much everyone have an amazing weekend!

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How to Pronounce LET HER & LETTER – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words LET HER & LETTER with this American English Pronunciation Lesson. These words are homophones and are pronounced exactly the same way: L-short e-D-ER or /lɛtər/. When we speak in conversations, we link words leading the LET HER to sound like one word.

Definitions:

LET HER means to allow her.

LETTER is a character or note.

Sentence:

The mail person let her in so she could mail the letter.

Transcript:

Hey everyone! Jennifer from Tarle Speech with your two for Tuesday. We have homophones that are pronounced exactly the same way.

We have let her or let her which means to allow her and letter a character or note. So to say these words correctly, let’s think about two beats.

We are going to start with that le. And to do this touch the tip of the tongue to the back of the top, front teeth, your mouth is slightly open. Keep your mouth in about that same place and your tongue is going to pop down and just peak out between your top and bottom teeth.

le le le

Then you are going to touch the tip of the tongue to the back of the top front teeth again super quickly some people will touch the top of the mouth and that’s okand then what we are going to do is then pull the tongue down for the er so again, tip of your tongue will point down some people will flip the tongue back, that is fine, back of the tongue is always pulled high up for the er sound and again tip of the tongue is down or flipped back.

The D that I am teaching here is actually a flap t, which think about it as a super fast D sound that will make things a little bit easier.

Let’s put this all together.

le der

le der

letter

letter

let her

let her

letter

let her

You might be asking too, why are you saying her like letter because of linking. And that is what you hear when you are hearing super fast speech or what is perceived as fast speech is that we are linking.  And doing some reductions with the vowels.  If you want to continue say let her everyone is going to understand you that’s totally fine but you can say let her and that will sound a little bit faster.

So now for a sentence:

The mail person let her in so she could mail the letter.

The mail person let her in so she could mail the letter.

So give it a try, I know people are going to notice the difference.

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