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July 22, 2017
The Challenge of Learning US English: Index to Tarle Speech
Thanks to Attila from the Challenge of Learning English for this amazing index of my pronunciation video lessons!
Check out his work to learn how to use my videos to improve your speaking and reduce your accent. Be more confident and better understood with free video lessons.
July 21, 2017
Mad Libs
Having trouble getting your kids to sit down and do school work this summer? Of course, kids don’t want to work in the summer. Summer is about having fun. Bring back the FUN with Mad Libs!
I’m sure that you remember these from your youth. Fill in the blanks with nouns, adjectives, and adverbs, then let the silliness ensue! Reading these silly stories still makes me chuckle. Kids can’t get enough and will spend hours learning. Oh, I mean having fun!
July 19, 2017
How to Pronounce SILENT – American English Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce the English word SILENT correctly with this American English pronunciation lesson. It is pronounced S-long i-l-short u-n-t.
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.
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July 14, 2017
Difference between L and R Sounds
Today’s question is from a Japanese speaker: “I confuse the ‘L’ and ‘R’. What am I doing wrong?”
This is a very common problem for Japanese ESL speakers. Typically, this problem is due to confusion with the tongue placement.
Here is what I suggest:
For the “L”, place the tip of your tongue behind your top teeth. Your mouth will be slightly open. The air moves around the sides of your tongue out of your mouth.
For the “R”, place the tip of your tongue behind your bottom teeth. Your mouth will be open with your lips rounded. The air moves over your tongue and out of your mouth.
Try using the suggestions above on these words:
“long”-“wrong”
“lace”-“race”
“light”-“right”
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July 13, 2017
Four Steps to Learning a New Skill
Learning any new skill takes patience and practice. It can be frustrating. Keep in mind these steps to acquiring a skill. It shows that you are making progress, even when you feel like you aren’t. Keep in mind; you MUST go through these steps to reach mastery of a skill.
1. Unconsciously incompetent
2. Consciously incompetent
3. Consciously competent
4. Unconsciously competent
In terms of accent training, these steps translate into:
1. You don’t know what you are saying incorrectly. You can’t understand what makes it difficult for others to understand you.
2. You know what you are doing to cause your accent, but you can’t say the sounds.
3. It takes a lot of work to think about what you are doing to speak without your accent. You can say new sounds in words, in sentences, and while reading. You can even use your new accent while having a conversation if you are very focused. During conversation, you make a lot of mistakes but correct them.
4. You have a new accent and don’t have to think about using it. Every once in a while, you make a mistake, and quickly fix it.
July 12, 2017
How to Pronounce HOLE, WHOLE, HOLD – American English Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce the English words HOLE, WHOLE, HOLD 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.
WHOLE and HOLE are pronounced H-long O-L and rhyme with bowl, coal, goal, mole, pole, roll.
HOLD is pronounced H-long O-L-D and rhymes with cold, bold, fold, mold, rolled, sold, told.
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July 10, 2017
How to Pronounce ADDRESS (Word stress for nouns and verbs) – English Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce the English words ADDRESS (noun) and ADDRESS (verb) correctly with this American English pronunciation lesson. Learn how to change your word or syllable stress to make these words sound different.
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How to Pronounce YESTERDAY – American English Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce the English word YESTERDAY 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.
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July 9, 2017
How to Pronounce MURDER American English Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce the English word MURDER correctly with this American English pronunciation lesson.
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July 7, 2017
How to Pronounce CALL & CULL – American English Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce the English words CALL & CULL correctly with this American English pronunciation lesson.
CALL is pronounced K-short o-L and rhymes with ball, doll, fall, hall, mall, tall, wall.
CULL is pronounced K-short u-L and rhymes with dull.
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.
