Hi it's Jennifer from Tarle Speech with your question of the week.
We have two words today:
nature which is basic inherent features or characteristics and
nurture which is the care and encouragement of development
These words look very confusing because the spellings are almost the same. But this is
a fairly easy lesson. Both of these words end with cher. So let's get that out of the way.
To say the ch sound you're going to start with the t sound ttt and then you're going to pull
your tongue back. And as you pull your tongue back, it's going to end in that sh sound sh sh sh
Here's the trick! You have to do that very quickly and make it a new sound. For some
of you who are new to my channel ch is two letters representing one sound. There's no
h in this sound. So let's try this ch. Touch the teeth and then pull the tongue back. Ch ch ch
You can see my lips are kind of rounded a little bit. They're in a little bit of that square
tense lip shape. And the reason they're there is I'm getting ready for that er and for that
er sound the tip of your tongue is either pointed down to the bottom of the mouth or flipped back.
Back of the tongue is pulled way high up and is really tense and strong. And the key is, is that
you do not want to move the tip of your tongue to trill that r or to tap that r. So keep it
nice and stable and try to make that er at the end longer and stronger.
Okay let's put this all together cher cher cher
OK! We're halfway there.
Now for nay what you're going to do is you're going to start with that n: nnn. Air moves out
of your nose and your tongue is touching the back of your top front teeth or to be super specific
the little spot where your teeth meet the skin on the roof of your mouth. Then you're going to move
to that long a sound. And to do that, open wide, tongue will be low, and then move to a smile and
your tongue will be nice and high and flat a a a. nay
And then for the ner in nurture, again, start with that n. Air moves out of your nose and then
you're going to add that er. Again to review tip of the tongue is down or flipped back.
Back of the tongue is way high up and tense. er Nice square lips, square and tense, ner.
Now let's put those all together:
na-cher nature nature nature
nur-cher nurture nurture nurture
nature nurture nature nurture
And now for a sentence:
What is more important to a person's success: nature or nurture?
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