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January 19, 2017
How to say CAUGHT (COT) and CUT
Learn how to say CAUGHT (COT) and CUT in this American English Pronunciation Lesson. This video targets a confusing word pair: CAUGHT and CUT. Say them correctly to get your meaning across.
CAUGHT and COT are both pronounced the same way: C-short o-T
CUT: C-short u-T
January 18, 2017
How to pronounce EAR and YEAR
Learn how to pronounce EAR and YEAR in this American English Pronunciation Lesson. This video targets a confusing word pair: YEAR and EAR. Say them correctly to get the your meaning across.
YEAR: y-ear (r movement vowel)
EAR: ear (r movement vowel)
How to say BAD and BED
Learn how to say BAD and BED in this American English Pronunciation Lesson. This video targets a confusing word pair: BAD and BED. Say them correctly to get your meaning across.
BAD: B-short a-D
BED: B-short e-D
January 17, 2017
How to pronounce LEARN
Learn how to pronounce the English word LEARN correctly with this American English pronunciation lesson.
It is pronounced L-ER-N. It rhymes with burn, fern, turn.
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.
January 16, 2017
How to say AT and ATE (EIGHT)
Learn how to say AT and ATE in this American English Pronunciation Lesson. This video targets a confusing word pair: AT and ATE. Say them correctly to get your meaning across.
Ate, eight (8) are pronounced the same: Long E-T
AT: short a-T
January 14, 2017
How to say WORK
Learn how to say WORK in this American English Pronunciation Lesson. This video targets a frequently mispronounced word: WORK. Say it correctly to get the your meaning across.
WORK: W-ER-K
How to say Health
Take this quick ESL pronunciation speaking lesson to learn how to pronounce the word: HEALTH. Learn to say this common word to avoid an embarrassing mistake. It is pronounced : H, short e, L, TH.
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How to Pronounce HEALTH (not hells) – American English Pronunciation Lesson
Take this quick ESL pronunciation speaking lesson to learn how to pronounce the word: HEALTH. Learn to say this common word to avoid an embarrassing mistake. It is pronounced : H, short e, L, TH.
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H:
short e:
L:
TH:
How is the SH Sound Spelled?
The “SH” sound causes problems for foreign speakers.
Most often, clients can say the “SH” sound perfectly. They get confused because of the many ways that it can be spelled.
The “SH” sound is ONE sound spelled most commonly with two letters: SH. However, it can also be spelled as follows:
SH: shower
CH: Chicago
SS: pressure
S: sugar
T: ratio
Some common endings are pronounced starting with an “SH”. These are:
TION: vacation (vay – cay – shun)
TIAL: partial (par – shul)
CIAN: physician (fih – zih – shun)
SION: pension (pen – shun)
CIENT: deficient (de – fih – shunt)
January 13, 2017
How to say AWARD
Learn how to say AWARD in this American English Pronunciation Lesson. This video targets a common mistake. Learn to say AWARD correctly to get your meaning across.
AWARD: short u-W-OR-D
