Welcome to Clear English Pronunciation!

I'm Andrea Giordano, your guide for this course. You've made an amazing decision to join this
class and you are going to see an amazing improvement in your pronunciation skills.

Here are 3 things you should know in order to get the most out of this course:

Watch the lessons daily.​ In order to get the most out of these lessons you should be
watching 1 to 2 videos per day. I don't recommend watching all 25 videos in one day. Space
them our so you can retain as much of this information as possible.
Practice, practice, practice. ​I'm going to give you lots of practice exercises and activities.
The students who practice the most will grow the most! Watch and re-watch the videos so
you can speak more clearly.
Ask questions.​ I am your guide for this course. That means you can reach out for help.
If you have questions, reach out to me directly with questions at [email protected]​.

Your Journey Starts Here

I'm Andrea Giordano, your English teacher. You've made an amazing choice to join this class.
Speaking clearly will open so many doors of opportunity for you.

English learners face two big problems:

Understanding native English speakers

Speaking clearly so people can understand you.

This course helps you solve those two problems. By mastering pronunciation, you will be able to
better understand English speakers. You will understand what they are saying and why they are
saying it. Plus, people will be able to understand you!

I was in a virtual business meeting the other day where a non-native English speaker was
presenting her update about a project. This is a brilliant woman from Asia who is extremely
knowledgeable about computers systems. People love reading her emails because she provides
important information that everyone needs. People love working with her. However, no one is able
to understand her when she speaks. The whole room looked confused while she was speaking in
the meeting. It was a difficult situation for everyone. She needs help with pronunciation. She needs
to learn to speak clearly so she can communicate her ideas without anyone thinking badly of her.

I understand why her pronunciation wasn’t great. She’s busy building a career, and she lives in
Asia where there aren’t a lot of native English speakers. But I promise you, you don’t want to be
like this woman. Whether we like it or not, people judge us based on our pronunciation. If they can’t
understand you, they won’t be excited about working with you. That’s why mastering clear
pronunciation is so important! I will help you be understood so this doesn’t happen to you.

You’ve made a great choice by joining this class. These video lessons cover all 47 sounds in
English, and gives you lots of time to practice these sounds. These videos are interactive, which
means there are activities where I want you to repeat-after-me. Be ready to practice! Don’t just sit
silently and listen to me the whole time. Practice, practice, practice. You’ll learn more and have
more fun.

What can you expect to learn from this course? By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Identify all the sounds in English – This includes vowels, diphthongs, consonants, and
consonant clusters.
Pronounce every sound properly – I’m so excited about this one. You’re going to have a
native English speaker (me!) pronouncing every sound, so you know exactly how you
should be saying everything. Plus, I will show you exactly how to move your mouth so you
know where your tongue, your lips, and your teeth should be when you pronounce each
sound.

You’re going to be so impressed with the progress you make by the end of this course. Before we
get started, I want to do a fun activity with you. Don’t skip this step! You must participate!

Here’s the activity:

Open the camera app on your phone.

Press Record
 Read these sentences: “A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I want to catch the fox
before he jumps over me!” (Don’t practice. Just pronounce it like you normally would.)
Save the video until the very end of the course. This is so important! You’re going to read
this sentence at the end of the course and compare your before/after pronunciation.

Take a minute to record this sentence, and then let’s get started on the first lesson so you can
speak English clearly!

Video: Place of Articulation

In this video, you will learn about the place of articulation, or the location of where sounds are
produced.

You will learn:

Where to place your tongue, teeth, and lips when creating sounds
How different sounds involve different parts in the mouth
How to pronounce all of the consonant sounds in English.

The place of articulation is important in pronunciation, because you must know ​where​ to produce
sounds in order to pronounce them correctly.

Here are a few key places of articulation you will learn in this lesson:

labials - lips
dentals - teeth
tongue
palate - roof of the mouth
alveolar ridge - the gums behind your top teeth

If you are not pronouncing a consonant correctly, it's usually because you are not articulating the
consonant in the correct location.

Here is a list of the sounds you will learn today:

 Bilabials: /p/ /b/ /m/
Labiodentals: /f/ /v/
Interdentals: /​θ​/ /​ð​/
Alveolars: /t/ /d/ /n/ /s/ /z/ /l/ /r/
Palatals: /​ʃ​/ /​ʒ​/ /t​ʃ​/ /d​ʒ​/ /j/
Velars: /k/ /g/ /​ŋ​/

Video: Manner Of Articulation

In this video, we will talk about "manner of articulation", or how we make sounds. It's important to
know how to make the sounds of English so you can speak more clearly.

When we learn our first (native) language, we don't have to think about how to create a sound. We
just naturally say it. However, as second language learners, you will have to think about how to
create certain sounds, because it doesn't always come naturally.

There are six different ways, or manners of articulation, that we will discuss in this video:

stop​ - We build pressure of air and then release it. This is a sudden burst of air. Examples
include: /p/ /b/ /t/ /d/ /k/ /g/
fricative​ - We stop part of the air so it can't come through everywhere. It is a stream of air.
/f/ /v/ /s/ /z/ /h/ /ʃ/ /ʒ/ /ð/ /θ/
affricate​ - We combine stops and fricatives to form affricates. Examples include: /tʃ/ and
/dʒ/.
nasal​ - We close our palate and let air stream through the nose. Examples include: /m/ /n/
/ŋ/
liquid​ - We let air stream on the sides of our tongue. Examples include: /r/ /l/
glide​ - We move our mouth constantly from a articulation to a vowel sound. Examples
include: /w/ and /j/
Video: Short Vowel Sounds

In today's lesson, we will talk about short vowels. These five vowel sounds are essential in English
pronunciation. The sounds that we will focus on are as follows:

/æ/ cat, tap, past, ran

/ɛ/ bet, test, net, Ben
/ɪ/ kick, tip, pin, sit
/ɑ/ top, cot, Don, pop
/ʌ/ cup, nut, pup, bun

There are rules that will help you know whether a vowel is short or long. If you follow these rules,
you will know when a vowel is short or long.

Rule #1:

If there is only one vowel in a single syllable or a monosyllabic word, that vowel is short.

Rule #2

If the vowel is followed by two consonants, even if they are followed by another vowel, the first
vowel will be short.

Rule #3

If the vowel comes before the letters "ck", the vowel will be short. If a vowel comes before a "k" by
itself, it will be a long vowel.

Rule #4

If the vowel comes before a /dʒ/ sound (like in 'judge') or /tʃ/ sound (like in 'catch'), it will usually be
a short sound.

When we get to the practice part of the lesson, repeat these words with me:

/æ/
and, ax, wax, can, man, tag, bag, ran, cap, map, jam, and, band, rat, bat, pat, sat, mad, sad, bad,
dad

/ɛ/

egg, leg, sled, step, tent, bed, fed, red, nest, rest, vest, web, get, jet, met, set, pet, pen, ten, men,
hen, fell, well, sell

/ɪ/

dig, pig, wig, dip, hip, lip, tin, pin, win, did, hid, kid, lid, milk, silk, swim, list, sit, bit, fit, hit, pit, fill, kill,
pill, will

/ɑ/

God, nod, sod, hop, mop, top, pop, plop, dot, got, cot, stop, jot, not, fox, ox, box, mom, mob, rob,
sob

/ʌ/

cub, tub, rub, bud, mud, run, sun, cup, pup, buzz, but, cut, nut, bug, dug, hug, mug, tug, puff, cuff,
gum, jump, pump, dump

Video: Long Vowel Sounds

In today's lesson, we will talk about long vowels. These five vowel sounds are essential in English
pronunciation. The sounds that we will focus on are as follows:

A​ /eɪ/ say, babe, paid, weight

E​ /i/ see, need, pea, sing

I ​/aɪ/ eye, ride, bright

O​ /oʊ/ row, so, grow, though

U​ /u/ you, cute, flute, huge

There are rules that will help you know whether a vowel is short or long. If you follow these rules,
you will know when a vowel is long.

Rule #1

When a word has two vowels, you usually say the first vowel, and the second vowel is silent.

A - mail, gain

E - hear, near, wheat

I - dial, trial

O - coat, toe

U - fruit, juice

This is not usually true when "I" comes directly before "E". In that case, it sounds like the long "E".

Rule #2

When a vowel and consonant are followed by an ‘e’, the ‘e’ is almost always silent, but it causes
the first vowel to be long.

Examples: ate, plane, Pete, like, nine, rope, note, cube, flute.

Rule #3

If a word has one vowel and it comes at the end of the word, that word usually has a long vowel
sound.

Examples: he, we, hi, go, no

This is not usually true for an "a" at the end of a word with only one vowel.

Rule #4

'I' or 'O' can be long when they come before two consonants.

Examples: stroll, kind, gold, child

When we get to the practice part of the lesson, repeat these words with me:
A​ /eɪ/ - mail, gain, bake, ape, paint, gray, nail, main, lay, stay, sail, take, date, pay, fade, wave,
way, made

E​ /i/ - see, seal, hear, beef, wheat, sheep, tea, bee, feel, teen, feet, meal, ear, need, meat, weep,
key

I​ /aɪ/ - hide, bike, dime, lime, vine, wipe, pie, dive, ride, side, chime, cry, dry, wise, pine, sky, child

O​ /oʊ/ - road, coat, hole, rope, stove, grow, know, show, close, chose, cone, tone, stone, joke,
soap

U​ /u/ - June, true, new, crew, knew, flew, stew, juice, cute, flute, dune, blue, clue, mule, rule, cube

Video: Common Vowels vs. Diphthongs

Common vowel sounds in General American English include:

/i/ as in eat, meet, living, and busy

/ɪ/ as in it, kit, sick, and pin
/ɛ/ as in end, best, dress, and better
/æ/ as in at, apple, rat, and madder
/u/ as in pool, dune, soup, and jewel
/ʊ/ as in book, should, pudding, and put
/ʌ/ as in but, blood, come, and sun
/ɔ/ as in bought, daughter, long, and boss
/ɑ/ as in opera, father, farm, and heart

Other vowels, called diphthongs, are produced by moving your mouth and tongue while you say
them.

Common diphthongs in General American English are as follows:

/eɪ/ as in ate, sleigh, pain, flavor, and say

/oʊ/ as in toe, grow, go, and goat
 /aɪ/ as in I, tie, cry, lime, light, and eye
/aʊ/ as in proud, mouse, cow, about, and now
/oɪ/ as in toy, voice, and noise

For extra study, look at the different ways that these diphthongs can be spelled. Notice how these
vowel sounds can be spelled in many different ways.

1) The sound /eɪ/ as in SAY

Spelling "A-consonant(s)-E"

rate – fate – base – place – same – name – take – ache – age – wage – save – change

Spelling "AY"

ray – gray – play – lay – day – may – say

Spelling "EY"

hey – prey – they

Spelling "AI"

rain – main – aim – brain – drain – train – stain – mail

Spelling "EIGH"

weight – weigh – eight – vein

Spelling "EA"

break – great – steak;

2) The sound /aɪ/ as in TIE

Spelling "I-consonant(s)-E"

ride – nice – life – smile – wise

Spelling "I"

I - idea - child – wild – climb

Spelling "IGH"

high – sigh – sign – right

Spelling "IE"

lie – die – tie

Spelling "YE"

dye – rye – bye

Spelling "EYE"

eye

Spelling "UY"

buy – guy

Spelling "Y"

dry – fry – try – style

3) The sound /aʊ/ as in NOW

Spelling "OW"

how – cow – now – owl – brown – crown – crowd – powder – browse

Spelling "OU"

loud – proud – cloud – out – mouse – south – couch - found – ground – sound – count

4) The sound /oɪ/ as in BOY

Spelling "OI"

noise – voice – avoid – join – point – boil

Spelling "OY"

joy – toy – boy – loyal – royal – voyage – oyster

5) The sound /oʊ/ as in NO

Spelling "O-consonant(s)-E"

phone - note – notice – lonely – home – hope

Spelling "O"

go – ago – no – toe – hero – veto – echo – motto - bold - most - both

Spelling "O-consonant(s)-vowel"

solar – total – motor – bonus – focus – vogue – social

Spelling "OA"

road – load – boat – coat – goal – coal – coach – roast – toast

Spelling "OU"

soul – though – although – dough

Spelling "OW"

low – know – show – tow – owe – own – bowl – blow

Video: Mastering Vowel Sounds

Common vowel sounds in General American English include:

/i/ as in eat, cheese, free, and busy

/ɪ/ as in it, pin, sick, and lip

/ɛ/ as in end, rest, press, and better

/æ/ as in at, apple, ran, and mad

/u/ as in pool, moon, soup, and do

/ʊ/ as in book, should, foot, and put

/ʌ/ as in but, blood, come, and sun

/ɔ/ as in bought, daughter, long, and boss

/ɑ/ as in opera, pop, farm, and part

/i/ vs. /ɪ/

beat/bit

reach/rich

green/grin

peel/pill

seat/sit

/ɪ/ vs. /ɛ/

sit/set

pin/pen

will/well

litter/letter

bit/bet

/æ/ vs. /ɛ/

and/end

bag/beg

man/men

bat/bet

sand/send
/u/ vs. /ʊ/

food/foot

pool/pull

fool/full

shooed/should

stewed/stood

/ʌ/ vs. /u/

but/boot

hut/hoot

nun/noon

rough/roof

duck/duke

/ɑ/ vs. /æ/

top/tap

pot/pat

hot/hat

cop/cap

rock/rack

/ɔ/ vs. /i/

bought/beat

walk/week

log/league
 saw/see

pause/pees

Video: Activity

For this learning activity, we're going to learn that 5 little words can have a big effect on your vowel
pronunciation. Practice these 5 words with me as you get faster and faster at pronouncing these
sounds clearly.

ball, bell, bill, bowl, bull

This is one of my favorite activities! Did you enjoy it?

Video: Schwa

Do you know what the most common sound in English is?

Think about it for a minute. What sound do people make more than any other? I'll give you a hint:
it's a vowel sound. Is it the short "a" sound? No. What about the long "e" sound? Nope, not that
one either. It's actually a vowel sound that isn't actually written as its own letter! It's the schwa
sound. "The what?" The schwa. It's the most popular sound in English.

"What is a schwa?" you ask. The schwa is the unstressed "uh" sound in English. Some syllables
(parts of words) are stressed (louder, higher, clearer) when spoken, and some syllables are
unstressed (softer, lower, less clear). Those unstressed syllables usually change into an "uh" or
schwa sound.

It is often the sound in grammar words such as articles (a, an, the) and prepositions (in, on, of,
about), because those types of words are often unstressed.

Getting the schwa sound right is a good way of making your pronunciation more natural. People
who use the schwa sound sound like native speakers!
Video: Introducing Consonant Sounds

In this video we will talk about ​all 24 consonant sounds in English​, and you will learn the
difference of when something is voiceless and when it's voiced. Follow along with these lists and
make sure you are saying these sounds out loud. Practice, practice, practice!

Voiceless sounds​ are created when the vocal folds are spread apart in the throat, and air from
the lungs passes between them freely.

Voiced sounds​ are created when the vocal folds in the throat are pulled together, and the air from
the lungs repeatedly pushed them apart as it passes through, creating a vibration effect.

One way to check if a sound is voiceless or not is to touch your hand to your throat and see if you
feel any vibration in your throat. If there is no vibration, it's voiceless. If there is vibration, it's
voiced.

Practice with me as we say these 24 consonant sounds:

Voiceless consonants

/p/ park
/t/ town
/k/ coat
/f/ fan
/s/ sip
/ʃ/sure
/tʃ/ chicken
/θ/ thigh
/h/ hello

Voiced consonants

/b/ bark
/d/ down
/g/ goat
 /v/ van
/z/ zip
/ʒ/ treasure
/dʒ/ Jane
/ð/ thy
/m/ mom
/n/ nap
/w/ wide
/l/ love
/r/ red
/j/ yellow
/ŋ/ sing

Video: P and B Sounds

/p/ and /b/ are formed by bringing your two lips together and giving a sudden burst of air. /p/ is

voiceless, and /b/ is voiced.

Follow along as we practice these /p/ and /b/ minimal pairs:

Initial Position

pea/bee
pin/bin
peg/beg
pay/bay
park/bark
pig/big
peas/bees
path/bath
pug/bug
 poor/bore

Final Position

rope/robe
tap/tab
lip/lib
cop/cob
cup/cub

Video: T and D Sounds

/t/ and /d/ are formed by bringing your tongue to your alveolar ridge (above your front teeth) and

giving a sudden burst of air. /t/ is voiceless, and /d/ is voiced.

Follow along as we practice these /t/ and /d/ minimal pairs:

Initial Position

ten/den
tea/D
tore/door
town/down
tie/die
tip/dip
tart/dart
tan/Dan
tot/dot
tear/dare

Final Position

lit/lid
 cot/cod
wrote/road
fat/fad
feet/feed

Video: F and V Sounds

/f/ and /v/ are formed by bringing your top teeth to the back of your bottom lip and making a stream

(continuous flow) of air. /f/ is voiceless, and /v/ is voiced.

Follow along as we practice these /f/ and /v/ minimal pairs:

Initial Position

fee/V
foul/vowel
fan/van
fear/veer
fine/vine
file/vile
fail/veil
fat/vat
feel/veal
fast/vast

Final Position

surf/serve
safe/save
life/live
grief/grieve
belief/believe
Video: K and G Sounds

/k/ and /g/ are formed by bringing the back of your tongue to the back of your mouth (velum or soft

palate) and producing a sudden burst of air. /k/ is voiceless, and /g/ is voiced.

Follow along as we practice these /k/ and /g/ minimal pairs:

Initial Position

coat/goat
cold/gold
cot/got
cap/gap
cage/gauge
card/guard
coal/goal
curl/girl
cut/gut
Cass/gas

Final Position

back/bag
luck/lug
sack/sag
snack/snag
jock/jog

Video: Ch and J Sounds

/t̬ʃ/ ("CH") and /dʒ/ ("J") are formed by bringing the front of your tongue to the alveolar ridge and
producing a sudden burst of air. /t̬ʃ/ is voiceless, and /dʒ/ is voiced.

Follow along as we practice these /t̬ʃ/ and /dʒ/ minimal pairs:

Initial Position

cheap/Jeep
chin/gin
choke/joke
chump/jump
chain/Jane
char/jar
cheer/jeer
Chet/jet
choice/Joyce
chest/jest

Final Position

etch/edge
lunch/lunge
rich/ridge
search/surge
H/age

Video: S and Z Sounds

/s/ and /z/ are formed by bringing the sides of your tongue to the inside of your teeth and producing
a stream of air. Your tongue should lightly touch your bottom front teeth. /s/ is voiceless, and /z/ is
voiced.
Follow along as we practice these /s/ and /z/ minimal pairs:

Initial Position

sewn/zone
Sue/zoo
seal/zeal
sit/zit
sip/zip
see/Z
sap/zap
sin/zin

Final Position

loose/lose
device/devise
bus/buzz
race/raise
ice/eyes
face/phase
niece/knees

Video: L and R Sounds

/l/ and /r/ can be tough sounds for a lot of people! However, you can learn how to pronounce these
challenging sounds so that you never say "light" instead of "right" again. They are actually formed
very differently.

/l/ is formed by relaxing your lips, and bringing the tip of your tongue to the back of your top teeth,
or the bottom of your alveolar ridge. Then when you say the sound, your tongue drops down a
little.
/r/ is formed by relaxing your lips, keeping them slightly open. The tip of the tongue curls up
towards the roof of your mouth, although it does not touch it. The sides of your tongue should
touch the insides of your top teeth.

Follow along as we practice these /l/ and /r/ minimal pairs:

Initial Position

light/right
lead/read
load/road
lock/rock
lane/rain
lip/rip
laid/raid
lap/rap
lows/rose
loot/root

Medial Position

play/pray
blue/bruise
clue/cruise
clown/crown
alive/arrive

Video: M and N Sounds

/m/ is a nasal sound, formed by bringing the lips together and voicing sound.

/n/ is formed similarly to /d/ and /t/. You bring your tongue to your alveolar ridge (above your front
teeth). But it's different from /d/ and /t/ because they have a short burst of air, and /n/ is a nasal
sound with no burst of air. You actually do not let air pass through.
Follow along as we practice these /m/ and /n/ minimal pairs:

Initial Position

mow/know
might/knight
mere/near
me/knee
moo/new
moon/noon
meal/kneel
mice/nice
mat/gnat
mitt/knit

Final Position

cam/can
dime/dine
term/turn
some/son
am/an

Video: Th Sounds

In English, there are two TH sounds. One is voiceless /θ/, and one is voiced /ð/.

The voiceless and voiced TH sounds are formed in the same way.

/θ/ and /ð/ are pronounced with your tongue between your teeth or even sticking out of your mouth,
and you can make sure you pronounce it clearly by putting your finger vertically in front of your lips
and checking that it gets wet when you make this sound.

Examples of the voiceless TH sound /θ/ are the initial position of the words:

thin
 thought

and the final sound in words like:

bath
both

Examples of the voiced TH sound /ð/ are:

these
the

and the final sound in words like:

bathe
clothe

Both phonemes are consistently spelled "th".

The TH sound is a tough one for English learners! It's often confused with the sounds like /t/, /d/,
/s/, and /f/. Because those are the common mistakes English learners make, we're going to
practice minimal pair sets with /t/, /d/, /s/, and /f/. Get ready for lots of practice!

Repeat after me​ as we practice minimal pairs for both TH sounds (/θ/ and /ð/) against the /t/
sound:

TH/T - ​Initial Position

thanks/tanks
thorn/torn
thick/tick
then/ten
these/tease
those/toes
than/tan
TH/T - ​Final Position

both/boat
bath/bat
path/pat
death/debt

Repeat after me as we practice minimal pairs for the voiced TH sound (/ð/) against the /d/ sound:

TH/D - ​Initial Position

they/day
thee/D
thy/die
those/dose
their/dare
though/dough
than/Dan
then/den

Repeat after me as we practice minimal pairs for the voiceless TH sound (/θ/) against the /s/
sound:

TH/S - ​Initial Position

think/sink
thick/sick
thought/sought
thing/sing
thaw/saw
theme/seem
thumb/some
thin/sin
thuds/suds
 thump/sump

TH/S - ​Final Position

faith/face
fourth/force
tenth/tense
mouth/mouse
math/mass
myth/miss
path/pass
youth/use
worth/worse
growth/gross

Repeat after me as we practice minimal pairs for the voiceless TH sound (/θ/) against the /f/ sound:

TH/F - ​Initial Position

thin/fin
thought/fought
think/fink
thirst/first
three/free
throws/froze
threat/fret

TH/F - ​Final Position

death/deaf
oath/oaf

TH sounds can be really tricky! However, with enough practice, you can pronounce TH sounds like
a native!
Video: Sh Sounds

When you say the “Sh” sound, your lips are rounded and your tongue is not going to touch
anywhere in particular in your mouth. Your tongue is kind of just floating and should not touch up
against your teeth. It is a soft sound as if you were trying to tell someone to be quiet.

One sound that SH is frequently confused with is the CH sound. The CH sound is a quick sound.
It's a short burst of air, whereas the SH sound is a long stream of air. Example: ship/chip

The SH /ʃ/ sound is a tough one for English learners! It's often confused with the sounds like /s/,
/z/, /θ/ (TH), and /tʃ/ (CH). Because those are the common mistakes English learners make, we're
going to practice minimal pair sets with /s/, /z/, /θ/ (TH), and /tʃ/ (CH). Get ready for lots of practice!

SH/S

show/sew
sheet/seat
shower/sour
shell/sell
ship/sip
shack/sack
shine/sign
Shaw/saw
shock/sock
shell/cell

SH/Z

shoe/zoo
shed/zed
she/Z
shack/Zach
 ship/zip

SH/TH

sheaf/thief
shorn/thorn
shanks/thanks
she/thee
shy/thy
shay/they
share/their
show/though

SH/CH

shoes/choose
shop/chop
share/chair
sheep/cheap
shoe/chew
ship/chip

Video: W and V Sounds

To correctly pronounce the /w/ sound, form your lips into a small, tight circle. Imagine whistling or
blowing out a candle.

Your jaw should be mostly closed to make the sound, but your teeth should not touch. Then you
create a voiced sound from your throat and open the circle wider.

Here is a minimal pair list to practice the /w/ and /v/ sounds.

Initial Position
 wow/vow
whale/veil
worse/verse
west/vest
wheeze/V's
wet/vet
whine/vine
Wayne/vein

Video: All Sounds

Common Vowel Sounds

/i/ eat
/ɪ/ sit
/ɛ/ end
/æ/ apple
/u/ moon
/ʊ/ book
/ʌ/ sun
/ɔ/ bought
/ɑ/ opera

Diphthongs

/eɪ/ eight
/oʊ/ toe
/aɪ/ eye
/aʊ/ proud
/oɪ/ toy

Voiceless Consonants

/p/ park
 /t/ town
/k/ coat
/f/ fan
/s/ sip
/ʃ/sure
/tʃ/ chicken
/θ/ thigh
/h/ hello

Voiced Consonants

/b/ bark
/d/ down
/g/ goat
/v/ van
/z/ zip
/ʒ/ Asia
/dʒ/ judge
/ð/ these
/m/ mom
/n/ nap
/w/ wide
/l/ love
/r/ red
/j/ yellow
/ŋ/ sing

Video: Tongue Twisters

Now that you've learned all the sounds of English, you can challenge yourself by trying these 15
crazy, twisted tongue twisters! Tongue twisters are a great way to practice and improve
pronunciation and fluency. They can also help to improve accents by using alliteration, which is the
repetition of one sound. In this lesson, we're going to say some of the most popular English tongue
twisters. They're even challenging for me! So don't be discouraged if they're difficult. They're
supposed to be difficult so that you can improve your English pronunciation. We will say each
tongue twister THREE times.

First, you will LISTEN as I say the tongue twister slowly.

Second, we will say it slowly together.
Third, we will say it quickly together.

Again, don't be discouraged if you don't get it perfectly! I might not say them perfectly either at first.
The important thing is to keep trying.

Here we go:

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
She sells seashells by the seashore
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy, was he?
I have got a date at a quarter to eight; I’ll see you at the gate, so don’t be late
You know New York, you need New York, you know you need unique New York
I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen
If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes does he choose?
So, this is the sushi chef
Four fine fresh fish for you
Eleven benevolent elephants
Rolling red wagons (x3)
She sees cheese (x3)
We surely shall see the sun shine soon

Video: Key Takeaways

CONGRATULATIONS!!

I'm so proud of how hard you have worked to get to this point. Did you record yourself at the
beginning of the course, when I asked you to? I hope so because now, you get to record the same
video and record the progress.

Here’s the Activity

Open the camera app on your phone.

Press Record
Read these sentences: “A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I want to catch the fox
before he jumps over me!” (Don’t practice. Just pronounce it like you normally would.)
Save the video until the very end of the course. This is so important! You’re going to read
this sentence at the end of the course and compare your before/after pronunciation.

Take a minute to record this sentence. If you have both videos, share them with me at
[email protected]. If you didn't record yourself at the beginning, that's okay too.

I would like to send you a certificate of completion for this course either way, so email me now at
[email protected].

Blessings,

Andrea