Practice pronunciation with English tongue twisters

Hello everyone and welcome. For those that don’t know us, I’m Vicki

Bonjour à tous et bienvenue. Pour ceux qui ne nous connaissent pas, je suis Vicki

and I’m British. And I’m Jay and I’m American and we’ve

et je suis britannique. Et je suis Jay et je suis américain et nous avons

got something different today. Yes. We’re going to get our mouths working

préparé quelque chose de différent aujourd'hui. Oui. Nous allons faire travailler notre bouche

with some tongue twisters. Tongue twisters.

avec quelques tongue twisters. Tongue twisters.

A tongue twister is a phrase that’s difficult

Une tongue twister est une phrase qui est difficile

to say quickly and correctly. So they’re great pronunciation practice.

à dire rapidement et correctement. Elles sont donc idéales pour travailler la prononciation.

And we’ve got some English learners to help us. Let’s get started.

Et nous avons des apprenants en anglais pour nous aider. Commençons.

OK. The first one is ‘She sees cheese’. She sees cheese?

D'accord. La première est ‘She sees cheese’ Elle voit le fromage ?

Yeah, so with her eyes. She sees cheese. Let’s see how our learners did.

Ouais, donc avec ses yeux. Elle voit le fromage. Voyons voir comment nos apprenants.

She sees cheese. She sees cheese. She sees cheese. She sees cheese. All right. She sees

She sees cheese. She sees cheese. She sees cheese. She sees cheese. D'accord. She sees

cheese. She sees cheese. She sees cheese. She sees cheese. She sees cheese. She sees cheese.

cheese. She sees cheese. She sees cheese. She sees cheese. She sees cheese. She sees cheese.

They’re good.

Ils sont bons.

Yes, now the trick is to start slowly and then speed up.

Oui, maintenant l'astuce est de commencer lentement et puis accélérer.

Yup, speak slowly first and make sure you pronounce the start and endings of the words

Eh oui, parler lentement d'abord et assurez-vous prononcer le début et la fin des mots

very clearly. She sees cheese.

très clairement. She sees cheese.

You have to put your tongue up and back a little for the sh sound, then bring it forward

Vous devez mettre votre langue un peu en haut et en arrière pour le son 'sh', puis la mettre en avant

for s. And cheese starts with a t sound. tsh. So it’s t and sh together? tsh

pour 's'. Et ''cheese commence avec avec le son 'tsh'. C'est donc 't' et 'sh' ensemble ? 'Tsh'.

That’s right. Try it. She sees cheese. She sees cheese. Now faster. She sees cheese.

C'est ça. Essayez. She sees cheese. She sees cheese. Maintenant plus vite. She sees cheese.

She shes... Oh.. Try it with our students.

She shes ... Oh .. Essayez avec nos étudiants.

She sees cheese. She sees cheese. She sees cheese. She sees cheese. She sees cheese.

She sees cheese. She sees cheese. She sees cheese. She sees cheese. She sees cheese.

She sees cheese. She sees cheese. She sees cheese. She sees cheese. She sees cheese.

She sees cheese. She sees cheese. She sees cheese. She sees cheese. She sees cheese.

She sees cheese. She sees cheese. They were good!

She sees cheese. She sees cheese. Ils étaient bons !

Yeah. Now, what’s the next one? OK. Ready.

Ouais. Maintenant, quel est la prochaine ? Ok. Prêt.

Yeah. Eddie edited it.

Ouais. Eddie edited it

Yeah, so Eddie is a man’s name and edit is what we do to the text in a document, when

Ouais, donc 'Eddie' est le nom d'un homme et 'edit' est ce que nous faisons au texte dans un document, lorsque

we change the words. OK. Let’s see how our learners did.

nous changeons les mots. D'accord. Voyons voir comment nos apprenants s'en sont sortis.

Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. Eddie

Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. Eddie

edited it. Eddie edited it. How many syllables are in edit?

edited it. Eddie edited it. Combien y a-t-il de syllabes dans 'edit' ?

Edit – two syllables. But this is the past tense, so we add -ed. It’s edited. Three

Edit - deux syllabes. Mais c'est le passé, donc nous ajoutons -ed. C'est "edited'. Trois

syllables. Eddie edited it.

syllabes. Eddie edited it.

Try it. Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. Now faster. Eddie edited it. Eddie edited

Essayez.Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. Maintenant plus vite. Eddie edited it. Eddie edited

it. Try it with our learners.

il. Essayez avec nos apprenants.

Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. Eddie

Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. Eddie

edited it. Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it.

edited it. Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it.

They’re good! Yeah. You know when you’re learning a new

Ils sont bons ! Ouais. Vous savez quand vous apprenez une nouvelle

language, it’s not just grammar and vocabulary you have to learn. You have to train your

la langue, ce n'est non seulement la grammaire et le vocabulaire que vous devez apprendre. Vous devez entrainer vos

mouth muscles to move in new ways. Yes, and tongue twisters are great for that.

muscles de la bouche à se déplacer de façon différente. Oui, et les tongue twisters sont parfaites pour cela.

OK. What’s the next one? I saved the hardest for last. He threw three

Ok. Quelle est la prochaine ? J'ai gardé la plus dure pour la fin. He threw three

free throws. He threw three free throws. Oh. So like in

free throws. He threw three free throws. Oh. donc, comme au

basketball, or soccer, a free throw. Not soccer. Football. But yeah, free throws.

basket-ball ou le football, un coup franc. Pas soccer. Football. Mais oui, lancers francs.

So let’s see how our learners did. He threw three free throws. He threw three

Donc, allons voir comment nos apprenants ont fait. He threw three free throws. He threw three

free throws. He threw three free throws. He threw three free throws. He threw three free

free throws. He threw three free throws. He threw three free throws. He threw three free

throws. It’s really hard.

throws. C'est vraiment dur.

Yes. We’ve got a lot of thr sounds there. Th and then r. You have to pull your tongue

Oui. Nous avons beaucoup de 'Thr' ici. 'Th' puis 'r'. Vous devez tirer votre langue

back fast again. Three free throws. We need to slow this down.

en arrière rapidement. Three free throws. Nous avons besoin de la ralentir.

Yeah, let’s back chain it. Say it with me. throws

Oui, nous allons la décomposer. Dites-le avec moi. throws

free throws three free throws

free throws three free throws

He threw three free throws. Try it with our learners.

He threw three free throws. Essayez avec nos apprenants.

OK. He threw three free throws. He threw three free throws. He threw three free throws. He

Ok. He threw three free throws. He threw three free throws. He threw three free throws. He

threw three free throws. He threw three free throws. He threw three free throws.

threw three free throws. He threw three free throws. He threw three free throws.

It’s a tough one. Have we got some music? Yeah, let’s get some rhythm going. Are you

C'est une difficile. Avons-nous un peu de musique? Oui, prenons un certain rythme. Es tu

ready? He threw three free throws.

prêt? He threw three free throws

Who threw three free throws? He threw free throws.

Who threw three free throws? He threw free throws.

Three free throws? Three free throws.

Three free throws? Three free throws.

He threw three free throws. Three free throws through the hoop.

He threw three free throws. Three free throws through the hoop.

Could you say it? Let’s speed it up a bit. Say it with us

Pourriez-vous le dire ? Accélérerons un peu. Dites-le avec nous

again but faster. 1 2 3 go. He threw three free throws.

à nouveau mais plus vite. 1 2 3 go. He threw three free throws.

Who threw three free throws? He threw free throws.

Who threw three free throws? He threw free throws.

Three free throws? Three free throws.

Three free throws? Three free throws.

He threw three free throws. Three free throws through the hoop.

He threw three free throws. Three free throws through the hoop.

Did you keep up with us? You can play it again if you didn't.

Nous suiviez vous ? Vous pouvez recommencez si ce n'est pas le cas.

Is that it for this week? Yes, we’re done.

Est-ce tout pour cette semaine ? Oui, nous avons terminé.

We need to say a big thank you to our English learners.

Nous devons dire un grand merci à nos apprenants.

Yes, thank you all so much. You were great. See you all next week everyone.

Oui, je vous remercie tous beaucoup. Vous avez été formidables. Rendez-vous pour tout le monde la semaine prochaine.

Bye. Bye bye.

Au revoir. Bye Bye.

Oh, Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. She sees cheese. She sees cheese.

Oh, Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. She sees cheese. She sees cheese.

She sees cheese. Wonderful. He threw free throws. He threw free throws. Brilliant.

She sees cheese. Wonderful. He threw free throws. He threw free throws. Brilliant.