Hey everyone Jennifer with Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday homophone lesson. Homophones are
words that are spelled differently, they have different meanings, but the pronunciations
are exactly the same. We have a great request today from a student. I love this one. We have
guerrilla which is a small independent group that takes part in fighting a larger established force;
and gorilla a large African ape. We have three syllables or three beats in each of these words.
People may hear them a little bit differently. I'm going to teach you two different ways to
think about pronouncing them. But when you say it, it's probably going to sound exactly the same way.
To say this word correctly or these words correctly we're going to start with way number
one here we're going to start with g. And to do that the tip of your tongue is down for that g,
back of the tongue is pulled way high up, air is going to puff out, your voice box is on
and moving. Then you're going to add that uh vowel guh guh guh
Next you're going to move to that ril syllable and to do this start with that r er:
square tense lips, tip of the tongue is down, back of the tongue is
pulled high up. Some people may flip the tongue back. Totally fine as well. Move to that short ih
sound. To do that you're going to relax your lips your mouth is slightly open
and the tip of your tongue is going to be behind your top front teeth, it is not touching,
and you're not going to be able to see it. But it's right there. ih ih
And then touch the spot where your teeth meet the skin on the roof of your mouth for that l
real ril ril and then end with the schwa
relaxed mouth relaxed tongue uh guh ril uh gorilla
You might hear it this way and this is fine if this works for you ger il la
So to say ger we're going to start with that g and then move to that er. Your tongue is going to say
in about the same place if you make the er with the tip of your tongue down. Or you can flip it
back either it's fine. Then we're going to move to ill. Again tip of the tongue is right behind
those top teeth you can't see it, then touch the spot where your teeth meet the skin on the roof
of your mouth for that l - ill. And then end with uh the schwa: open mouth and relax uh
So let's try these both we have
guh ril uh gorilla gorilla gorilla or ger il uh gorilla gorilla gorilla
They sound the same to me again whichever is easy for you
stick with that one. So let's try these again. gorilla guerrilla gorilla guerrilla gorilla guerrilla.
And now for a sentence, let me find my paper, Did you know there is a video game called gorilla
gorillas? There really is I googled it. So give it a try people are going to notice the
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