hi there Jennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday.
I'm making these videos back to back and our uh words last week were bury and berry which
are homophones and they are pronounced the same. Our words today are very and vary and
the reason that i'm doing these two words today is because so many of my students struggle with
the difference between the b and the v so let's learn these two words. We have very which is
precise or to a high degree and vary to change or differ in size amounts and degree so this is
precise and this is to change. So to say these words correctly you're going to start with that
v sound to make this sound your mouth must be slightly open and the air must continually
come out of your mouth in a stream you can put your hand here and you should be able to
feel the air coming out of your mouth. To do that again your mouth is slightly open your lips do not
close at all if your lips close it will sound like a b and then you're going to have the words from
last week bury and berry. And we don't want that so to say this v my lips are slightly pulled back
on the sides I am not puckering. My mouth is open and you can bite the inside or the outside of your
bottom lip with your teeth. When I say bite it's sort of like it's touching. Okay so you can do
with your teeth inside or with your teeth outside of your mouth either is okay
the big thing is to make sure that that air keeps moving out of your mouth for that v and that your
lips do not close again. If your lips close B if your lips stay open the air can come out vvv.
So we have v and then we're going to move to the air open your mouth really wide and a wide circle
tip of the tongue is down back of the tongue is pulled high up keep the back of the tongue pulled
high up in the back of the mouth and you're going to close your mouth into a square tense shape. As
you close your mouth the tip of your tongue will come up I leave mine pointing down some people
flip the tongue back either is fine the key is do not touch your teeth. Again do not touch your
teeth for the r we don't do that with the American r so we have air and then smile e and make that
vowel nice and long and your tongue is just high and flat in your mouth let's put it all together.
v airy very very very very very very very and now for a sentence. It is a very good idea
to vary your practice words each week. So give it a try people are going to notice the difference
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