hello Jennifer from Tarle speech today we're going to talk about some vowel
sounds that are very very similar and add on top of that that the words also
end an L sound which sometimes distorts the vowel for um English learners a little bit
so let's go ahead and jump in the words are fill fell file and feel think
spelling leads to some confusion so let's go ahead and start over here we
have two l's we're only going to say one so each of these words has three
sounds you bite your bottom lip gently air moves out continuously all of these
words end in an L lll the tip of your tongue touches the back of your top
front teeth this is super key in these four words you must touch the tip of
your tongue to the back of your top front teeth for these words or the
vowels will sound a little bit different and a little bit off because that l is
considered a semi vowel you don't need to know all the details but just know
you need to say that all right so let's look at these short vowels over here
fill and fell they look so close okay so for the ih ih ih sound that very short I
sound ih versus the eh sound eh eh eh and that is the sound in Fell okay so for ih my
mouth is relaxed for eh my mouth is relaxed what's the difference for the eh sound my
mouth is a little more open ih eh ih eh
okay so when that happens when your mouth goes from a little more close to a
little more open your tongue is going to move down in your mouth we'll let that
happen don't fight against it so we're going to
have the tongue up here ih ih ih and then eh eh eh for the eh sound my
tongue points slightly down it doesn't have to but mine does okay so let's put
that all together fill fill fill fell fell fell alright so now let's move on
to those long vowels that I mark with that long line I and e all right so for
the I my mouth is going to be super open and then it is going to move to a smile
as you do this use this mouth opening to help you get your tongue in the right
spot when you do that without trying to make any sound your tongue moves even if
you don't think about it correct so use that so for the ah your tongue is going
to be way down and low in the bottom of your mouth and the backs gonna be pulled
up a little tiny bit ah and then you're gonna move to that e I and for that
last part of that I sound your tongue is way high in your mouth almost touching
the roof of your mouth but not all right I file file file all right now it might
sound like there's an extra little uh in there I'm saying that so slowly that
there probably is so I apologize for that when I say it at speed it'll be a
little bit better now lastly for feel we're going to say the long e sound and
to do that smile as you smile your tongue is going to be high and flat in
your mouth feel feel feel alright let's try them
all fill fell file feel fill fell file feel file
feel fell fill give it a try I know people are going to notice the
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