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How to Pronounce ALTHOUGH – American English Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words ALTHOUGH with this American English Pronunciation Lesson.

Definition:

Although means in spite of and is pronounced /ɔl ðoʊ/ or all-though.

Sentence:

Although this is a very tricky, I know you will get it with a little bit of practice.

Transcript:

Hey everyone jennifer from Tarle speech with a very quick question of the week. The question is how do I pronounce the word although that means in spite of. Okay so we have lots of letters spelling this word but very few sounds and I’m going to give you a few tips so this might help you say this word a little easier. We’re going to start with the all this is like the word a-l-l that you probably say all the time, and that you can say typically. When we say the word all you open the mouth and a wide oval tip of the tongue is down back of the tongue is pulled up then you move the tongue tip to behind the back of the top front teeth: all. Okay here’s the trick: you can also make an l by sticking your tongue out of your mouth and touching your teeth. I know it sounds crazy but i’m going to show you.

ALL ALL ALL

So again i’m sticking my tongue out for that L – that is an option. Most people don’t say an L that way but you can and we’re going to do it here for this word. The next sound is that th sound where your tongue is out of your mouth and air is going to move over your tongue so you kind of have to make your tongue into like a u shape.

TH TH

You can kind of see that u shape that I have that allows the air to move out, over the top of the tongue, out of the mouth. Your voice box is on and vibrating and moving.

So you can see when I stick my tongue out for the L I only have to move it down away from my teeth for that th.

Then we’re going to end with that long o. Pucker those lips and make it nice and long. Let’s try that all together:

all thoughall though although although although although although althoughAlthough this is very tricky I know you will all get it with a little bit of practice.

So give it a try people will definitely notice the difference or if you need more help we have products on google play iTunes and classes at Tarle speech thanks everyone have the best weekend!

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How to Pronounce INSECT, INCEST, INCENSE, INNOCENT, INNOCENCE – American English Pronunciation

Learn how to pronounce the words INSECT, INCEST, INNOCENT, INNOCENCE with this quick English Speaking Pronunciation lesson.

Definitions:

Insect is a bug.

Incest is a crime of sexual relations between relatives.

Innocent is not guilty.

Innocence is purity.

These words are pronounced:

insect: /ɪn sɛkt/

incest: /ɪn sɛst/

innocent: /ɪn ə sɛnt/ or /ɪn ə s ə nt/ or /ɪn ə sɪnt/

innocence: /ɪn ə sɛns/ or /ɪn ə s ə ns/ or /ɪn ə sɪns/

Jennifer Tarle from Tarle Speech and Language guides you through a quick pronunciation lesson with quick tips to have you sounding clearer in no time. Improve your accent and speak clearly with this ESL English pronunciation lesson. Learn how to pronounce English words correctly to reduce your accent, gain confidence, and speak clearly today!

Transcript:

Hi there it’s jennifer from Tarle Speech with your pronunciation question.

We have four words today:
insect or a bug
incest which is a crime of sexual relations between relatives
innocent not guilty
and
innocent purity

So um let’s take a look at our words now as you can imagine if you say some of these words incorrectly it could be a very embarrassing mistake; so let’s start all of these words are going to start with the same syllable the in in in and to say this sound this beginning part of the word correctly you are going to think about smiling and here’s a tip for you that have trouble saying this short i sound say an e and then just relax your lips a little bit

ih ih ih so an e ih e ih

so in

then you’re going to touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth: in in

All right so we all have that let’s move on to these bottom two words because we have this nice short schwa sound as a syllable
that’s an unstressed uh sound
your mouth is relaxed tongue is just hanging out in the middle of your mouth it’s very short very soft and lower and pitch
in a inna

Then for innocent we are going to end with the word sent s e n t
sent sent sent

So for the s the tip of your tongue either be pointing down or just behind your top teeth and the air is going to continue out we’re going to add that short eh sound and to do that your mouth is open you’re going to be able to see the tip of your tongue between your top and your bottom teeth but your mouth is not very open

and then you’re going to move to that n

air is coming out of your nose the tip of your tongue is behind your top front teeth that is touching
then you’re going to pull the tongue down for that t
sent sent sent in a sent innocent innocent innocent

some of you might be saying I think I heard you say a schwa there actually I did! I made a little bit of a mistake. I am teaching this as sent because I think that’s a little bit easier to remember sometimes when you’re thinking about a word; but ultimately what i’m doing is making this last vowel sound short and unstressed, and so when I do that, oftentimes, that will sound like a short uh.

So whether you say a short e, a short i, or short u does not matter as long as it’s extra short, extra soft, and it is lower in pitch.

Now for sense what we’re going to do is say this whole thing again, but instead of touching the teeth for the ending, you’re going to let your tongue either be right behind your top teeth, or pointed down a little bit, and the air is going to continue out,

in a sense
innocence innocence innocence

Now for insect again we’re going to start with the in then we are going to add sect. To do this start with the s sss, add that e sound, and then the k: tip of the tongue is down towards the bottom of the mouth and the back of the tongue is pulled very high up. Then touch the teeth for the t t

sect sect insect insect insect

For incest I think what happens here is people let the air move out of their mouth. That is the mistake for that s and then they stop it for the t so we have incest incest

So let’s give these all a try:

insect insect insect
incest incest incest
innocent innocent innocent
and innocence in a sense innocence

So i’m actually going to write on here so I don’t get any complaints from all of you that you can actually say sunt or suns at the end with that short u sound. That’s totally fine. But it might be easier for you to think of the short e. And that’s fine as well as long as it is short enough. And again you’ve been watching my videos you know I’m all about it’s all about being clear, you don’t have to be perfect, just be better understood.

So one more time:
insect insect insect
incest incest incest
innocent innocent innocent and
innocence innocence innocence

So give it a try people are going to notice the difference – if you found this helpful – we’d love a like a share and a subscribe; don’t forget to check out our products on google play and itunes and our classes at tarle speech.

Thanks so much everyone!

 

 

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How to Pronounce BIRTH & BERTH – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words BIRTH and BERTH with this American English Pronunciation Lesson.

 

 

These words are homophones and are pronounced exactly the same way: b-er-th or /bɜrθ/.

Definitions:

Birth means to be born.

Berth is a place at a wharf or dock for a ship or a sleeping location on a ship.

Sentence Example:

The woman gave birth in the upper berth of the ship.

Improve your accent and speak clearly with this ESL English pronunciation lesson. Learn how to pronounce English words correctly with Jennifer Tarle from Tarle Speech and Language. Lessons guide you through a quick pronunciation lesson with practice examples. Learn quick tips to have you sounding clearer in no time. Reduce your accent, gain confidence, and speak clearly today!

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Transcript:

Hello everyone it’s jennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday two for Tuesday are homophones, those are words that are spelled differently, with different meanings, but they are pronounced exactly the same way.

So yes these words are pronounced exactly the same way!

Let’s look at our words we have birth which means the beginning of something or when a baby is born; and birth a ship’s assigned spot on a dock or a bunk on a train or a ship.

So to say these words correctly we’re going to start with that b sound super easy open your mouth let the air puff out this is where the words get confusing i’ve gotten so many questions about “how do I say an r and then a th” here you go!

So we’re going to start with that er: to do this square tense lips tip of the tongue is either pointing down or flipped back it is not touching your teeth the tip of your tongue never touches your teeth for the er sound the back of your tongue is pulled way high up towards the roof of the mouth.

Now you’re going to have to put the tip of your tongue out of your mouth the tongue is not touching the teeth when it sticks out of the mouth TH you can see my tongue is almost like a cup and that is allowing air to move out of the mouth over the tongue. TH TH TH

So we’re going to move from that er th erth you want to make sure that when you are moving your tongue your tongue does not accidentally hit your teeth because then it’s going to make the sound different so again we’re going to move slowly while we practice this and then as you practice you’ll be able to get faster and it will be easier er th er th erth

and let’s put it all together
birth birth birth birth birth birth birth birth

And now for a sentence The woman gave birth in the upper birth of the ship.

Give it a try people are going to notice the difference if you found this helpful we’d love a like a share and a subscribe check out our products on google play itunes and our classes at Tarle speech thanks everyone.

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How to Pronounce LAB & LABORATORY – American English Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words LAB & LABORATORY with this quick English Speaking Pronunciation lesson.

A laboratory or lab is a place for scientific exploration.

These words are pronounced:

Lab is pronounced /læb/ and rhymes with cab, tab, fab, jab.

Laboratory is pronounced /ˈlæbrətɔri/

The scientist spent many hours in his laboratory.

The scientist spent many hours in his lab.

Improve your accent and speak clearly with this ESL English pronunciation lesson. Learn how to pronounce English words correctly with Jennifer Tarle from Tarle Speech and Language. Lessons guide you through a quick pronunciation lesson with practice examples. Learn quick tips to have you sounding clearer in no time. Reduce your accent, gain confidence, and speak clearly today!

Transcript:

Hi everyone this is Jennifer from Tarle speech with your pronunciation question. Our question today is how do I pronounce the word laboratory, and that is a place for scientific exploration. So quick tip first, if this word is too difficult to say you can just say lab for short and everyone is going to understand you.

So to say the word lab correctly start with the l: tip of the tongue is behind the top front teeth, lips are kind of pulled back, make sure you don’t pucker them. We do not want that. And then we are going to move to that short a sound wide open circle mouth, tip of the tongue down, back of the tongue pulled way high up, and then end with the b, close the lips and the air puffs out of the mouth.
lab lab lab
so again you can stop watching the video if that works for you, but if you want to say the longer word, let’s get into the rest of the lesson.
So we’re going to talk about four syllables lab ra tor ee labra tori laboratory laboratory laboratory

So to do this we’re going to start with the lab, and then we’re going to say ra. To do this for the r sound think of square tense lips, you don’t want to pucker your lips too much, you don’t want to smile too much, you want them square and tense, the tip of your tongue will either be pointing down or flipped back, as long as the back of that tongue is pulled way high up towards the roof of the mouth, and is nice and tense. Then we’re going to relax the mouth and add that short uh sound. That schwa sound labra labra labra then we’re going to move to the tor. To do this touch the tip of the tongue to the back of the top front teeth for the t, the air puffs out, then we’re going to pucker, and then move to the r: or or tore and then smile because it’s all over, you’re finished, and add that nice long e.

Let’s put it all together labra tour e laborator e laboratory laboratory laboratory laboratory laboratory laboratory
And now for a sentence:
The scientist spent many hours in his laboratory.
And if you want to be quicker about it you can say The scientist spent many hours in his lab.
So give it a try people are going to notice the difference if you found this helpful we’d love a like and share and subscribe check out our products on google play and itunes and all of our products all of our classes at Tarle speech. Thanks everyone!

 

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How to Pronounce BIN & BEEN – American English Homophones Pronunciation Lesson

How to Pronounce Bin, BEEN, BEAN – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson.

The words BIN and BEEN are pronounced the same way:  B-short i-n or /bɪn/

BEAN is pronounced differently: b-long e-n or /bin/

BIN is a storage container

BEEN is the past participle of to be

BEAN is a food

Sentence: I’ve been to the bin to buy some beans.

Improve your accent and speak clearly with this ESL English pronunciation lesson. Learn how to pronounce English words correctly with Jennifer Tarle from Tarle Speech and Language. Lessons guide you through a quick pronunciation lesson with practice examples. Learn quick tips to have you sounding clearer in no time. Reduce your accent, gain confidence, and speak clearly today!

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Transcript:

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

These are homophones. These words have different spellings different meanings but they are pronounced exactly the same way. And today is a two for two Tuesday with a bonus word thrown in so stay tuned .

All right so our words today are bin and been.

So a bin is a storage container and been is the past participle of to be.

I am teaching the American version of been which is pronounced exactly the same way as the word bin. So to say these two words correctly we’re going to start with a b put your lips together and open them up and the air puffs out. Next we’re going to move to that short i. You can see my mouth is not tensed. My lips are relaxed and in doing that my mouth is just slightly open.

My tongue is high in my mouth. It’s behind the top front teeth and it’s just relaxed and it is flat.

If you confuse this vowel with the long e all you need to do is smile for that e in e and then relax your lips.

You can see when I relax my lips my tongue just pops down a tiny bit and then I’m able to say that short i and with the end n sound nnn. To do this you touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth air moves out of your nose.

So again these two words pronounce the same in American English bin and been.

Now here’s your bonus word – bean. And a bean is a small food and we would say b eeee n

with that long e.

So we say bin differently than bean.

And yes this word gets a little bit confusing for our uh American English learners because we have the two vowels together which typically we pronounce as a long vowel.

But in this case we do the short i instead. So again we have bin been and bean bin been been bean bean bean.

And now for your sentence: I’ve been to the bin to buy some beans.

Give it a try people are going to notice the difference! If you found this helpful we’d love a like a share and a subscribe. If you need more help we have products on google play and class options at Tarle speech thanks everyone have a great week!

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How to Pronounce the CH Sound Spelled TCH – English Pronunciation Follow Along Practice Session

Follow along and practice your speaking with this American English Pronunciation Lesson.

Learn how to pronounce the CH Sound when spelled TCH.

This is a great way to practice your pronunciation and English speaking daily. Just two minutes in the morning will have you speaking clearly and confidently in no time.

 

Transcript:

Hi everyone this is Jennifer from Tarle speech with your pronunciation question.
Today’s question is a spelling question again and it is how do we pronounce the letters t c h when we see them in a word.
So when we see these three letters t c h we are just going to pronounce a ch sound.
So to say that c h sound the ch sound what you’re going to do is
your lips are going to be rounded
you’re going to touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth to start that sound a
nd then your tongue is going to pull towards the back of your mouth

Now for some practice. I’m going to try something a little bit new some of you have been asking for more practice so what I’m going to do is I’m going to say a word I’m going to pause and then you can repeat it okay everybody ready here we go:

dispatch dispatch

stopwatch stopwatch

patch patch

mismatch mismatch

dispatch dispatch

wristwatch wristwatch

stretch stretch

scratch scratch

rematch rematch

latch latch

fetch fetch

etch etch

catch catch

match match

which which

batch batch

notch notch

glitch glitch

switch switch

So again when you see the three letters tch you can just think about saying CH. One sound and to do that your lips are rounded, the tongue touches the teeth to start and then pulls back.

Give it a try people are going to notice the difference.

Um we’d love a like and a share and also I’d love to know what you think about this new format. You can leave your comments below and if you need some more help you can check out our products on google play itunes and our classes at tarle speech.
Thanks so much everyone have a great week!

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How to Pronounce the J Sound Spelled GE – English Pronunciation Follow Along Practice Session

Follow along and practice your speaking with this American English Pronunciation Lesson. Learn how to pronounce the J Sound when spelled GE.

Jennifer Tarle from Tarle Speech and Language guides you through a quick pronunciation lesson with quick tips to have you sounding clearer in no time. Improve your accent and speak clearly with this ESL English pronunciation lesson. Learn how to pronounce English words correctly to reduce your accent, gain confidence, and speak clearly today!

 

Transcript:

Hi everyone it’s Jennifer from Tarle speech.
And again this week for your question of the week we are working on a spelling pattern and a follow along practice.
So our spelling pattern today is g e and when you see that combination you can say the sound j and to make the j sound you’re going to:
round your lips
your voice box is on and moving
your tongue touches your teeth to start the sound and then pulls back into the middle of your mouth
Okay so let’s try some words i’m going to say it and you repeat after me:

exchange exchange

heritage heritage

language language

coverage coverage

mortgage mortgage

age age

wage wage

page page

urge urge

rage rage

sponge sponge

cage cage

village village

hinge hinge

binge binge

cabbage cabbage

leakage leakage

enlarge enlarge

sausage sausage

salvage salvage

So give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference.
Again I’m trying something new please leave your comments and thoughts in the comments section below.
If you’re looking for more help you can check out our products on google play and itunes and all of our classes at Tarle speech.
Thanks everyone!

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How to Pronounce the J Sound Spelled DGE – English Pronunciation Follow Along Practice Session

Follow along and practice your speaking with this American English Pronunciation Lesson.

Learn how to pronounce the J Sound when spelled DGE.

 

Transcript:

Hey everyone it’s Jennifer with Tarle speech And I have another weekly follow along lesson. Our pattern this week is when we see the letters d g e, especially at the end of the word, we are going to say a j sound. To make a j sound you are going to touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth pull the tongue back into the middle of your mouth your lips will be rounded and your voice box is on and moving.

So follow along! I’m going to say the word and then you repeat after me:

nudge

dodge

ledge

fudge

edge

smudge

ledge

wedge

pledge

fridge

sludge

acknowledge

knowledge

grudge

Give it a try i know people are going to notice the difference. Please give us your feedback about this new kind of follow along lesson; trying to figure out how to best do this for you. And if you were looking for some more help check out our products on google play itunes and our class options at Tarle speech thanks everyone!

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How to Pronounce ICE, ICED, ASS – American English Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words ICE, ICED, and ASS with this American English Pronunciation Lesson.

ICE is frozen water. ICED means to make it cold.

ASS means your behind or rear or buttocks.

These words are pronounced: ICE: Long I- S /aɪs/ ASS: Short A-S /æs/ ICED: Long I- S-T /aɪst/

Sentence: I love extra ice in my iced coffee.

Jennifer Tarle from Tarle Speech and Language guides you through a quick pronunciation lesson with quick tips to have you sounding clearer in no time. Improve your accent and speak clearly with this ESL English pronunciation lesson. Learn how to pronounce English words correctly to reduce your accent, gain confidence, and speak clearly today!

 

Transcript:

Hello everyone jennifer from Tarle speech with your question of the week.

We have three words today and I think this is a very important lesson – it’s summer and I love coffee.

We have

ice – which is frozen water
iced – which means we’re going to make it cold
and ass – which is your behind

Let’s take a look at these three words we have:
ice
iced
and ass

All right so for ice, what you’re going to do is you’re going to start with that long I; and to do that you can see my mouth opens I and then it closes to a smile.
For those of you who have asked the difference between ass and ice here you go- this is the difference for ah your mouth just stays open for that short a ass
for ICE you’re going to move to that smile before you say that s sound so let’s look at those again
ass
ice
ass
ice

And you can break those words apart into sounds and practice the individual vowels first; and then put them all together sometimes that helps
Now for iced all we’re going to do is we are going to end that word with a t by touching the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth iced iced iced
so let’s try them all:

ice ice ice

iced iced iced

ass ass ass

and one more time

ice iced and ass

And now for a sentence
I love extra ice in my iced coffee!

I didn’t use ass in there either i couldn’t really think of a sentence but if you have one let me know.

Um so give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference if you found this helpful please share us with our your friends. If you need more help check our products and our classes at Tarle speech thanks everyone have a great week!

 

 

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How to Pronounce EARN & URN – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words URN and EARN with this American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson.

The words URN and EARN are pronounced the same way: ER-N or /ɜrn/

EARN means to obtain money

URN is a tall vase with a base and a lid

Sentence: You need to earn more money to buy the expensive urn.

Improve your accent and speak clearly with this ESL English pronunciation lesson. Learn how to pronounce English words correctly with Jennifer Tarle from Tarle Speech and Language. Lessons guide you through a quick pronunciation lesson with practice examples. Learn quick tips to have you sounding clearer in no time. Reduce your accent, gain confidence, and speak clearly today!

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Transcript:

Hello! Jennifer from Tarle Speech with your Two for Tuesday!

Our words today are earn – to obtain money

and urn – a tall round vase with a base and a lid.

So earn and urn are homophones – homophones are two words that are spelled differently and have different meanings but they are pronounced exactly the same way. So these words are pronounced exactly the same way.

So to say these words correctly we only have two little sounds we’re going to start with the er sound. The American er I like to describe as long and strong. You can make that with square tensed lips you do not want to pucker. If you pucker it’ll sound more like a w. So square tense lips and the tip of your tongue can either be pointed down or flipped back. It never touches your teeth for the r sounds and the back of your tongue is going to be pulled up high towards the roof of your mouth. er er er

Now you need to move the tip of your tongue to the back of the top front teeth and the air is going to shift from coming out of your mouth for the er to out of your nose for the er.

er n earn

earn earn earn earn earn earn earn

You need to earn more money in order to afford to buy the expensive urn.

Give it a try I hope people notice the difference!

If you found this helpful we’d love a like a share subscribe, check out our products on google play and itunes, and class options at Tarle speech.

All the best everyone take care!

 

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