Using tongue twisters to practise pronunciation
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What is up, everybody?
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Welcome back to another video
of Learn English with Cambridge.
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This is Vladimir. Vlachy for my friends.
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And on today’s video, we’re going to learn
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some tongue twisters to practise
and improve pronunciation, so make
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sure you subscribe to the channel.
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And, let's go.
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Tongue twisters are
an effective and fun
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way to practise pronunciation
by focusing on specific phonemes.
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Today, we’ll practise
three sounds that are
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difficult for most people when
they're starting to learn English.
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The first sound is the one
produced by the consonant R.
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Also known as the
alveolar approximant sound
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that we find in words
like red, car, and sorry.
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The second sound is the
voiceless dental fricative,
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present in words such
as thanks, think, and breath.
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The final two sounds are
the lateral consonant or L,
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found in words like liked and sail.
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And finally, the vociceless fricative
or be quiet sound, shhhhhh, present in
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words such as shower and push.
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We’ll play in two levels, easy and medium,
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according to how fast you say it.
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Remember, exaggerating the
sound as much as you can when
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you're practising so they’ll come out
more naturally when you're speaking.
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Are you ready? Let’s go.
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A really leery Larry
rolls readily to the road.
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A really leery Larry
rolls readily to the road.
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Three thin thieves
thought a thousand thoughts.
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Now if three thin thieves thought a
thousand thoughts how many
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thoughts did each thief think?
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Three thin thieves
thought a thousand thoughts.
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Now if three thin thieves thought a
thousand thoughts how many
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thoughts did each thief think?
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Silly Sally swiftly
shooed seven silly sheep.
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The seven silly sheep Silly
Sally shooed shilly-shallied south.
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These sheep shouldn't sleep in a
shack; sheep should sleep in a shed.
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Silly Sally swiftly
shooed seven silly sheep.
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The seven silly sheep Silly
Sally shooed shilly-shallied south.
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These sheep shouldn't sleep in a
shack; sheep should sleep in a shed.
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How did it go?
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Pretty fun way to practise
pronunciation, right?
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Remember, consistency and
practice are the ultimate
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keys for you to improve your
pronunciation or any other
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language skill that you want to master.
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Comment in the comment section what
is your favourite tongue twister in
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English or in your own language.
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And that's my time for today, guys.
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Thank you all so much
for being here once again.
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Remember to subscribe to the channel
for twice a week English video.
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I’ll see you next time. Peace.
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