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Example Videos

 

Minimal pairs

How to Pronounce -ths

 Stress, intonation, and thought groups 

Vowels

Ʊ 

Broken English: a (stop)  

Ʊ 

Quick twistS: a (hot) and ^(Hut)

Quick twistS: ^ (hut) (Schwa)

 

Quick twistS: A (stop)

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Quick Twist: OƱ (low) and ɔ (law) 

Broken English: ɔ (law)

Quick twistS: Ʊ (good)   

Ʊ 

Broken English: OƱ (low) 

Quick Twist: Ʊ (pull) and u (pool) 

Quick Twist: Short i (hit) and long i(heat)

Broken English: Short i (big)

Broken English: long i (beach)  

Ʊ 

 

 

Quick twistS: ɛ (let) and ei (late)

 

Quick Twist: ɛ (bet) and short i (bit) 

Quick Twist: ae (mat) and ɛ (met)

Broken English: æ (cat)

Broken English: ei (save)

Broken English: ɛ (best)

Quick twistS: long vowel + l (pool) 

Consonants

Quick Twist:v

Quick Twist: B 

Quick Twist: B and v

Broken English: V (Very)  

Ʊ 

Quick Twist:v and W

Quick Twist: W

 

Quick twistS: tʃ (chooose) and ʃ (shoes)

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Broken English: w (wind)

Broken English: tʃ (choose)

Broken English: ʃ (shoe)  

Ʊ 

Broken English: dʒ (judge)

Quick twistS: tɹ (trust)

Quick twistS: silent t (center) 

Quick twistS: fast d (city) 

Quick twistS: t and d 

Quick Twist: voiced th (ð) (that) 

Broken English: ð (that)

Quick Twist: Voiceless th θ (thin)

Quick Twist: L 

Broken English: θ (thin)

Quick twistS: N  

Ʊ 

Quick twistS: R

Broken English: R 

Linking lesson: similar consonants

Linking lesson: consonants to vowels

Quick twistS: K and G  

Ʊ 

Quick twistS: ŋ (song)

Broken English: ŋ (song)

Quick twistS: Nouns and Verbs  

Ʊ 

Quick twistS: Z

Broken English: Past Tenses

Broken English: Consonant Clusters 

Quick twists: s and Z

Quick twistS: rl endings (girl)

Broken English: M (movie)

Broken English: P (Peach)  

Ʊ 

Broken English: B (Beach)  

Ʊ 

Comparison Videos

Compare: Short i and long i

Compare: 3 and ae

Compare: Ʊ and u