How to Pronounce JOB -- American English Word of the Week!
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In this American English pronunciation video,
we're going to go over the pronunciation of
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the word 'job'.
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This week's Word of the Week is 'job'. Job
begins with the JJ consonant sound, where
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the tip of the tongue is here, touching the
roof of the mouth, jj, jj, and your lips do
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this funny thing, jj, jj. The vowel is the
AH as in FATHER vowel. You do need to drop
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your jaw for that. Jo-, jo-. And finally,
the B consonant sound, where the lips will
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come together and then part lightly for a
release. Job, job.
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You did a great job.
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That's it, your Word of the Week. Try it out
yourself. Make up a sentence with the word,
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record it, and post it as a video response
to this video on YouTube. I can't wait to
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watch it.
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That's it, and thanks so much for using
Rachel's English.
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