Kiara, Jonathan, welcome to this pronunciation video. How do you both rate
your pronunciation? From one to ten? Yeah.
Um, probably, uh, eight. Well, that's high. I rate myself as
six to seven out of ten. Great. Well, we're gonna have a pronunciation test today.
Are you ready? Yeah. Let's start.
On the screen in front of you, you're gonna see some words and it is your job
to pronounce them as well as possible. You can help each other if you need to.
Ready to begin? Sure. What's the first word there Jonathan?
'Woman.' Are you happy with that one Kiara? 'Woman.'
Not 'woman' Kiara, it's 'women.' Oh, 'Women.' Okay sure. Good.
Next one. 'Doctor.' 'Doctor.' 'Doctor', you happy with the
'doctor'? Yes. Yeah, wonderful. Now, these two are quite difficult.
'Few', 'sew'. 'Few', 'sew'.
'Few' and 'sew',
are you both happy? 'Sow', oh no, that should be 'sow' or something like that.
It should be 'sow.' Well done Jonathan, 'sow.' And what does
so mean Jonathan? It's like, um, use the needle and, uh, ----------
Correct. Now, you've got three words on the screen.
Very difficult for chi---- Oh, the 'th' one.
So yeah, you start first, yeah.
So 'months',
'clothes', 'cloth.' The last one, I'm not sure. Last one, I don't know, 'cloth', yeah.
What would you say the second one was Jonathan?
'Clothe.' Both of you really struggled with this
one. Yeah. Um, it's all about the
first 'θ' sound. Could you both repeat after me?
'θ' 's.' 'θ', 's.' Now together, 'θs.' 'θs.'
Good. 'Months.' 'Month.'
'Months' 'Months' Yeah, I don't hear the 's' at the end, Kiara
months.' 'Months.' Good. Okay, yeah. Jonathan? 'Month.'
Kiara help him. 'Months.'
What's he doing wrong, Kiara? Like the last 's'
sound. Like you probably need to pronounce that.
Try again. 'Months.' Better.
'Clothes.' 'Clothes.'
'Clothes.' Not bad and 'cloth.'
'Cloth.' 'Clothes.' Well done. What about these two?
'hour', and 'our.' 'hour', 'our.'
'hour.' It's exactly the same. Well done. Good job.
These two. 'Piece' and 'pierce.'
Jonathan? Yes, 'piece' and pierce.' Good. 'Piece' and 'pierce.'
That's an easy one. These three. So, uh,
'hair', 'heir', and
'here.' Are you happy Jonathan? I don't know. I
don't know the second one but I'm happy with the first sentence, the third
one. 'Hair', Jonathan? ''Hair.' 'Heir.' 'Heir.'
And 'here.' 'Here.' Good. What about these three?
'Analysis', 'analyze',
'analyses.' Yeah? Yeah.
Now the third one could be 'analyses' as well which is the pronoun, the plural of
analysis. What about these two?
'Threat', 'threaten.' Jonathan? Yeah, 'threat', 'threaten.'
Really good with the first sound. Really good, yeah. I'm happy with those two. These
two? 'Participant' and 'participation.'
Yeah, happy.
'Develop', 'development.' Really nice. Lots of people say
'develop', it's 'develop.' So the stress is in the right place. Well
done. Jonathan. 'Variety',
'variation', 'very.'
Yeah, 'vary' is the last one. Nice. 'Deny',
'denial.' Wonderful. Happy Jonathan? Yeah, sure. Oh,
'suit' and 'suite.'
'Suite'. 'Suite', yeah.
'Suit' and 'suite.'
'Academic.' 'Academic.'
Stress on the... 'Academic.' Good. What about these ones?
'Dead', 'doubt',
'thumb', 'lip.' Not exactly. What's he doing wrong Kiara?
Uh, 'lime.'
Like the last one, 'lime'? No? What do you notice about the 'b'?
Oh, it's the silence. That, that,
'thumb.' 'Limb.'
So it's a silent 'b' Jonathan. Try the last two. 'Thumb', 'limb.'
Good. 'Thumb', 'limb.' No 'b' sound.
All right. I know the first one is 'severe' and then like a second
'servo'? 'Sever.' 'Sever', it has a 'r ' in the middle. 'Sever.' 'Sever.'
What does sever mean?
Good question. It means to chop off. If somebody had their limbs severed, it
means their limbs were chopped off. Alright, yeah. True.
'Bury', 'fury.' Good.
'Bury' and 'fury.'
'Employ', 'employer', 'employee.' Good. Jonathan, 'employee.' 'Employee.' Good.
'Bias.' 'Bias.'
'Con', 'talk', 'half.' A little bit longer, 'calm.'
'Calm', 'talk', 'half.' Nice. [Music]
'Bureaucratic', 'bureaucracy.' Good. 'Bureaucratic.'
'Bureaucratic.' 'Bureaucratic.' 'Bureaucratic.' 'Bureaucracy.' 'Bureaucracy.'
'Bureaucracy.' 'Bureaucracy.' Nice. 'Philosophy.', 'philosophical.'
Very handy. How do you know that? Ah, because I'm doing philosophy.
Last one. 'Fair teach.' 'Fatigue.' 'Fatigue.' 'Fatigue.'
What does fatigue mean? Tired. Fatigue in French. Very good. Um, what do you think
about your English pronunciation, difficult? Oh, difficult.
Thanks for coming along today guys. Really good to have you. Um, I'll see you
in future videos. Bye for now. Thank you.
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