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[ɪ] is one of those vowels that can confuse
my students because it's so similar to [i],
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but we want “sit” not “seat” So. for [ɪ],
the tongue isn't quite as high. The jaw
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drops just a little bit. This is what
the tongue looks like inside the mouth.
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So it’s “sit”, not “seat”. “Hit”, not “heat”.
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