Hey guys, this is Alex. Thanks for clicking and welcome to this pronunciation lesson on
two sounds that give many, many new English speakers problems. Now, these two sounds are
"ee" and "ih". So we have a list of words, a lot of them with the "ee" sound and the
other half having the "ih" sound. So how you make these sounds is when you're making the
"ee" sound, imagine that you're smiling, basically. So you're saying "ee", "beet", "beet". When
you're saying "ih", the "ih" sound, your tongue is behind your teeth, okay? And it's touching
the bottom of your teeth. "Ih", "ih". It looks silly, but just practice it. "Ih", "ih". So
this is "beet", imagine like you're smiling, "ee", "beet", and this is "ih", "bit", "bit".
So remember, put your tongue behind your bottom teeth, okay? The tip of your tongue touching
your bottom teeth. So let's just practice. So listen and repeat, along with the video.
"Beet", "bit", "beet", "bit". Okay, so again, if you're having trouble, very, very important
for the "ih" sound to remember to put the tip of your tongue behind your bottom teeth.
So we're going to go through the list of words. First, let's just practice the "ee" sound,
okay? So just remember, like you're smiling, "ee", "eat", "heat", "sheep", "seat", "feet",
"heel", "reach". Okay, so again, if you'd like to pause the video at this time and just
read through these words one more time on your own, I more than encourage that. Now
that you've practiced these sounds, let's practice the "ih" sound. Now, most new English
speakers have more problems with this sound than they do with this sound. So let's go
through it together. So again, and not "eat", this is, listen and repeat, "bit", "hit",
"ship", "sit", "fit", "heel", "reach". Okay, now, if you want to pause the video at this
time and just go through the words, I definitely encourage you to do that. Now we're going
to go through the complete list of words, and we're going to go one and the other. So
just listen and repeat. Remember, smile, "ee", "it", put your tongue down behind your bottom
teeth, "it". Listen and repeat. "eat", "bit", "heat", "hit", "sheep", "ship", "seat", "sit",
"eat", "fit", "heel", "hill", "reach", "rich". Okay, now, practice, practice, practice. This
is the key to learning pronunciation. So, if you would like to test, again, it's difficult
to do a quiz on this, but if you would like to test your recognition of these sounds and
how you read them, please check out www.engvid.com and do the quiz under this lesson. Good luck,
and I hope your pronunciation improves considerably after this lesson. Thanks for watching and
take care.