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September 8, 2017
Happy birthday from Karen Katz
It’s Baby’s birthday, but where is his cake? Karen Katz brings us another great book: Where is Baby’s Birthday Cake?
This book makes learning like a party…FUN! Kids love lifting the flaps to find Baby’s birthday cake. They want to hear the simple repetitive lines again and again.
Use this book to address:
requesting to “open” each flap
asking “where” questions
learning to sing happy birthday
increasing vocabulary
what to expect at a party
September 6, 2017
How to Pronounce BALL, BOWL, BALD, BOLD, BOWLED – American English Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce the English words BALL, BOWL, BALD, BOLD, BOWLED correctly with this American English pronunciation lesson.
BALL is pronounced B-short o-L. It rhymes with call, doll, fall, hall, mall, tall, wall.
BOWL is pronounced B-long o-L. It rhymes with goal, hole, mole, pole, roll, toll.
BALD is pronounced B-short o-L-D. It rhymes with called, walled.
BOLD and BOWLED are pronounced B-long o-L-D. It rhymes with cold, fold, gold, hold, mold, rolled, sold, told.
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 English pronunciation lesson.
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September 1, 2017
How to say Coat & Quote
Take this quick ESL pronunciation speaking lesson to learn how to pronounce the words: COAT and QUOTE. These words have a slight difference in pronunciation making them confusing to say. Spelling is also confusing and is not a good guide to pronunciation. Improve your speaking today with this short video lesson.
COAT: K-long o-T
QUOTE: K-W-long o-T
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August 29, 2017
How to pronounce the letters WR
When a word is spelled with WR, this letter pair is pronounced as R.
Yes, the two letters: WR are pronounced as one sound: R.
This is the case in words like:
Wrinkle
Write
Wrap
Wreathe
Wreck
Wrench
Wrong
Recommend Video: “Write“
August 24, 2017
Hello, Bugs! by Smriti Prasadam
Hello, reader!
Did you love Hello, Animals!? Do you want more? Then check out Hello Bugs!
This board book follows the same format as Hello, Animals! It has great black and white illustrations of adorable bugs. The words are simple, repetitive lines: ”Hello, bug”. Each page also lists sounds related to the bugs.
Kids love naming the animals, saying hello, and imitating the sounds. This will be another favorite!
August 22, 2017
How to Pronounce FOOT & FOOD – American English Pronunciation Lesson
Take this quick ESL pronunciation speaking lesson to learn how to pronounce the words: FOOT and FOOD. These words have a slight difference in pronunciation making them confusing to say. Improve your speaking today with this short video lesson.
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FOOT: F-short oo-T
FOOD: F-long oo-D
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August 16, 2017
Learn how to pronounce the English words Words Ending in ...
Learn how to pronounce the English words Words Ending in SKS like DESKS TASKS RISKS correctly with this American English pronunciation lesson.
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.
August 15, 2017
How do you learn a new accent?
How do you learn a new accent?
Let me answer that by using myself as an example. I wanted a more standard American accent. The accent you hear in Julia Robert’s movies; something general, from anywhere USA. I knew that I used some vocabulary that was different like redd up, rift, and slippy. So I worked on changing that.
But, after changing my vocabulary, I had no idea what I was doing differently, so I asked some friends and colleagues. I found out that I did a few things:
Sounds:
I shorten my long E’s…so steel becomes still and eagle becomes iggle.
I don’t move my vowels…so house becomes haus, and failed becomes filled
I really round my mouth…so L’s at the end of a word become an O…Doll becomes dow. Tom becomes Towm.
Grammar:
I don’t say “to be”. Instead of saying The car needs to be washed. I say the car needs washed.
I end sentences in prepositions. I’d say Where’s it at? Instead of Where is it?
Once I figured out what I needed to do, I listen to the accent that I wanted, A LOT! I tried to imitate what I heard. Here’s a good tip, imitate the mouth postures, what the lips and tongue are doing. You can see great examples of this with comedians who imitate accents, they actually look different when they do it.
Then I would read articles out loud and practice. Once I tried to start talking with my new accent, I had to really slow down and pause.
Here are the steps to change speech:
Determine what you want to change.
Determine the problem: Figure out your mistakes.
Determine steps to fix the problem: What will you do instead:
Implement the plan…Practice
Words
Sentences
Reading
Talking
If you want to learn a new accent and aren’t sure what to do next, contact us. We offer assessments to tell you the sounds that you say incorrectly, teach classes on how to say sounds, and have videos and audio files for practice on the go.
August 13, 2017
How Do You Pronounce The Letter “Y” At The End of a Word?
How Do You Pronounce The Letter “Y” At The End of a Word?
If a word is one syllable, and ends in a “Y”, pronounce it as the long I sound.
This is the case in words like “my”, “by”, “shy”.
If a word is two syllables, and ends in a “Y”, pronounce it as the long E sound.
This is the case in words like “happy”, “penny”, “baby”.
Even with this rule, please keep in mind that the most consistent rule in English is that there is always an exception to the rule.
August 12, 2017
Research: Babies Practice Talking Silently
More research to back up why you should talk to your child.
