hello students this is funny welcome to
this English pronunciation video in
today's video I'm gonna focus on two
important vowel sounds in English ah and
they are very very important and they
actually sound differently although they
sound similar so let's take two example
words the first word is far can you hear
this very deep sound are far and the
second word is fur can you hear the
sound fur so far and fur now I know they
sound very similar but they are
different and if you keep practicing
with me by the end of this video I
promise you will hear and pronounce them
correctly so keep watching
get ready students I'm gonna help you
make these sounds are and are in English
because I want you to be able to hear
the difference and to pronounce them
correctly it's important also to know
the IPA spelling
always watch how I move my mouth and
always repeat after me you can do this
so let's get started first let's learn
how to make the sound ah now as you can
see when I say ah my mouth is round my
tongue and my chin are very low and it's
a long sound it's very deep ah please
repeat after me
ah ah ah let's practice with the word
far repeat after me far far
far the found a is also a long vowel
sound very deep but my tongue is in the
middle area of my mouth
repeat after me uh let's practice with
the word fur repeat after me
fur fur fur
let's take minimal pairs these words
that sound very similar but the vowel
sounds are different very good way to
practice our vowel sounds first just the
sounds
repeat after me and always watch how my
mouth moves ah ah ah ah ah ah ah let's
now take two words far and fir repeat
after me
far far far far far far far fur
far far far fur
good guys okay guys let's now read
minimal pairs together now be careful
watch how my mouth moves and repeat
after me
let's get going Ark oak bad bird bar
but bond burn bath birth blah blah card
code can't cut carve curve dart dirt
farm a fur farm firm fast
first guard good ha her hard
Hurd heart hurt parched poached pass
purse pah pah pah pah park park parts
hurt Sarge
surge shark shark a star stir quark
quark good games let's move on okay guys
let's continue practicing I'm now going
to show you some words and I want you to
read them with the proper vowel sound R
or let's get to it let's start with our
first word do you say bard
or bird bird next word
Park or perk perk next one part or pert
its part next word carve or curve curve
next word star or stir star then we have
pants or purse it's past next word how
or her it's her next word
pants or purse purse of course next word
park or perk yes
this time it's Park and finally star
posture it's step that was so good guys
let's continue on okay students let's
move on to sentences containing the
sounds are and uh in English pay
attention and repeat after me
our first sentence is the bird was hurt
in the park second sentence the heart
beats hard and fast
and finally the barn burned on the farm
excellent students let's continue on
that was excellent guys you now have a
better understanding of these two
English vowel sounds are and uh keep
practicing it takes a lot of speaking
and listening and some time to master
these vowel sounds but you can do it
also you can watch my other
pronunciation videos they're really
helpful if you want to improve your
English skills so see you next time
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