okay pronunciation who wants to try it
how about you with the hair huh
world world
no how about pearl pearl not exactly
girl girl
not really look don't worry this is a
question I get very often alley I can't
pronounce words like girl world without
doing that weird thing with my mouth
girl world earth who is he talking to
this with British pronunciation it can
be quite difficult but don't worry today
we're going to learn how to pronounce
those difficult words perfectly but more
importantly super easily how we're going
to be looking at what happens inside the
mouth with your tongue
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for this lesson to improve your
pronunciation you need to repeat things
with me
so go somewhere comfortable quiet just
by yourself
somewhere you can make sounds and people
won't think you're strange I strongly
recommend you use your phone or
something that can record audio to
record how you pronounce things and how
I pronounce things this way you can
accurately compare our pronunciations of
certain sounds and words the basic sound
of today's class is the earth sound this
is represented in dictionaries for
example by this symbol oh this is what
happens in your mouth the tongue doesn't
move it's down it's flat it's relaxed
it's not moving let's add work before
that were combined work
repeat with me were congratulations you
just said this word perfectly you might
be saying wah wah which isn't exactly
the sound it might help to put your jaw
out just slightly to give your mouth
enough room to get that correct sound
compare hear the difference that second
sound ah that's the sound you want okay
let's add a dirt to the end of this what
word word repeat with me word that is
the correct way to pronounce word but
let's try something more advanced how
about this one world bro no but don't
worry that earth to the all sound is not
normal in your language so we need to
practice that transition from Earth to
all if you pronounce it like world girl
it's fine for American English but
British pronunciation doesn't sound like
that that's what we're practicing today
so I need you to follow
me exactly for this next practice we'll
start simple remember that your tongue
is down flat it's not doing anything
going from Earth to all the only thing
that moves is the top of the tongue
that's going to hit just under the top
teeth right here so the rest of the
tongue it's not moving only the tip of
the tongue we're going to say
oh-oh-oh-oh see the top of my tongue is
moving the rest of my tongue it's down
it's flat it's not moving if it still
sounds like Earl Earl then you're moving
the back of the middle of your tongue
you don't want to do that to help with
that again you can put your jaw a little
bit forward it creates some extra space
and allows your tongue that extra room
to freely go oh oh oh' put a work at the
beginning of Earl you have whoa whoa you
just said this word well now put a dirt
at the end world world for this you
might find the tongue doesn't exactly
hit here it kind of wants to hit inside
just here just inside that front set of
teeth world will go very slowly Wow
remember only the top of your tongue
well world world world congratulations
you just pronounce the word world
properly but wait let's not celebrate
too quickly we've still got more work to
do how about you growl nope garol you
tried and that's the main thing your
mother still loves you back to basics
add a gut to the beginning ger ger keep
that tongue down and flat ger remember
only the top of the tongue moves up girl
girl girl still having problems don't
worry
this next technique might be the one
that fixes it for this you will need a
piece of candy if you don't have a piece
of candy a thing of chewing gum will
work just fine I want you to put this on
the back of the middle of your tongue
just about here imagine this is very
very heavy it weighs your tongue down so
it can't move here all you can move is
the front of the tongue that's it
this will train your tongue to go in the
correct position to make the correct
Earl sound and I will practice this with
you so you can see how it looks so it
can't move oh oh girl girl world world
pearl pearl girl world girl world and
for any word where you mix the sound
just remember what does your tongue do
it stays down flat so let's try a few
other words in this word your throat
closes for that sound so again your
tongue is doing nothing work work hurt
hurt skirt skirt early early and finally
Earth
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