Showing posts with label Phat Am. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Phat Am. Show all posts
Monday, August 6, 2007

The sounds in "chip" and "jet"

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Both of these two sounds is actually a combination of two different sounds. The "ch" sound like in "chip" is a combin...

The sound in "yet"

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/j/ /j/, the sound at the begining of "yet", is made by putting your tongue very close to the top of your mouth, as if you are ...

The sound in "wit"

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/w/ /w/ is an interesting sound, because you need to do two different things with your mouth. First of all, you need to make lips ro...

The sound in "hat"

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/h/ /h/ is basically the sound that you make by opening your mouth wide and blowing air. Now let's listen to some sounds! /h/...

Word Final Fricatives - Voiced and Unvoiced

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Many students of English have problems pronouncing the consonant sounds at the end of words. On this page, you can hear examples of /f/,...

The sounds in "git" and "kit"

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/g/ /k/ The consonant sounds in "git" and "kit" are both made by putting the back of our tongue up against the roof ...

Voiced and Unvoiced

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Many students of English have problems pronouncing the consonant sounds at the end of words. On this page, you can hear examples of /b/,...

The sounds in "ship" and "measure"

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The consonant sounds in "ship" and "measure" are both made by putting your teeth together, with your top teeth in from ...
Sunday, July 29, 2007

The sounds in "fed" and "vittles"

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/f/ /v/ The consonant sounds in "fed" and "vittles" are both made by putting your top teeth on your lower lip and ...

The sounds in "sit" and "zit"

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/s/ & /z/ The consonant sounds in "sit" and "zit" are both made by putting your teeth together and putting your...

r and l sounds in English

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/r/ & /l/ It is easy to confuse /r/ and /l/ in English. However, it is also easy to learn how to make the two different sounds. Th...

The sounds in "did" and "ted"

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/d/ /t/ The consonant sounds in "did" and "ted" are both made by putting our tongue right behind our top teeth and...
Friday, July 27, 2007

The sounds in English

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There are actually two different "th" sounds in English, but they are very similar. Both "th" sounds are made putting...

Nasal sounds

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/m/ /n/ and "ng" The beginning sounds in "mitt" and "knit", as well as the sound at the end of "b...

The sounds in "bat" and "pat"

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/b/ & /p/ The consonant sounds in "bat" and "pat" are both made by putting our two lips together and then open...

Reduced Vowel Sounds

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In English, we give some syllables more stress than others. That means that some syllables are louder, longer, and clearer than others....

The sounds in "oy!", "how" and "height"

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These three vowel sounds are all diphthongs . This means they are actually two vowel sounds that slur together. Notice your mouth move ...
Sunday, July 22, 2007

The sounds in "ought" and "hot"

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We make the sound in "hot" (/a/) with our mouth open the widest. Pretend you are going to the doctor and saying "ahhhhh...

The sounds in "hoed" and "hoot"

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The vowel sound in hoed is called a diphthong . This means it is actually two vowel sounds that slur together. As you say the sound, y...

The sounds in "hoot" and "hut"

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We make the sound in "hoot" (/u/) with our really rounded. Sing "ooh, baby, baby" or pretend you are going to kis...