this week we're doing the five most
difficult sounds to get perfect British
pronunciation all you'll need for this
lesson is something which can record
your voice and some sweets like this so
go get those things and I'll be here
waiting when you come back so first I
want you to get something which can
record your voice and record yourself
saying all of these words pause the
video record yourself saying these words
press play again once you've finished
have you done that good okay let's look
at the first sound to practice this look
at this photo which sound did you make
was it something like ah well our is the
first sound we're going to practice and
in phonetics it's represented by this
symbol when you're looking through in
dictionaries and you see those funny
symbols that's what these are say it
again ah now put a sound at the end of
it ah together art repeat with me so you
can compare pronunciation art which word
did you just say it's this one art now
in American English it's Rohtak which
means they pronounce the art British
English is not Rohtak so for example
Americans would say art art art art
British English would say it art what's
the difference inside the mouth well for
American English we'd may pronounce the
are the tongue is rigid and it moves
British English it doesn't it stays flat
and down to practice this get your sweet
Americans call it candy put at the back
of your tongue imagine it's very heavy
and it weighs the back of your tongue
down this will keep the tongue flat and
down and it won't move while you're
pronouncing these words if your tongue
moves then you're pronouncing it wrong
make sure your tongue doesn't move
that's what this is for
okay if you have problems saying art not
art pronouncing yar get it on there
imagine it's heavy art art if your
tongue is down and flat
you'll pronounce it perfectly with a
British accent art put a sound at the
beginning are then sound at the end all
together heart which where did you say
this one again if you're having
difficulty sweet tongue heart
it just helps train your tongue to be in
the correct position to pronounce these
sounds let's put a sound at the
beginning ah altogether car American
English car British English car again
that tongue it's just flat and doesn't
move that's the only difference
car it also helps to imagine that the
back of the throat is a bit more open
British English you could see is more
lazy ah it's just an open back of the
throat car der arc dark which word is
that dark ah der hard there same sound
in class glass bar ask tasks next so
we've just done our the our sound
represented by this symbol now we're
doing this symbol so we go from our
where the mouth is open
ah the only thing that's going to change
is the lips the lips are going to form a
tighter circle shape from R or R or you
can see the shape do the same try to
copy me ah
or just alone or well that's this word
or put their mirth sound at the
beginning myrrh or more which where did
you say this one more how about work or
war this way or for this word put or
Nanette's sound at the end all together
horse say it with me horse again if
you're having problems with this take
the sweet back of the tongue keep the
tongue down horse the tongue will be in
the same position horse check the
recording you did at the beginning of
this lesson
does that sound the same as this
probably not
you probably sounded like horse horse
how would an American say horse horse
horse but British English again horse
what's the difference well the tongue is
down it doesn't move and the back of the
mouth is more open so it's just
following the same technique of
depressed tongue not depressed tongue
but your tongue is down and it doesn't
move this same sound appears in words
like thought taught bought court for
this sound you'll need to make a smile
face and keep the mouth in a relatively
flat position the tongue again flap down
doesn't move yeah yeah say it with me
yeah just alone that means yeah put a
burr ear which drink makes you smile
beer put burr yeah duh beard put ear
here or here how about deer deer again
it might be easier for you to produce
the sound by making a smile face and
keeping the mouth flat yeah again not
ear no yeah it's more lazy from this
sound ear open your mouth bit wider err
ear ear air repeats it with me you just
made the sound which is represented by
this symbol in phonetics so again when
you're looking through dictionaries and
you see those funny symbols that's what
these are
again air put BRR air bear which where
did you say this one bear air care
that's this word care a share fair this
sound also comes up in there where and
finally get your mouth to go from this
one air to more of a this shape air
again inside the mouth nothing's really
changing only the lips and their jaw is
changing this is a say with me ah
remember the back of your mouth stays
open and relaxed the tongue stays down
air this one tends to be the most
difficult for people so again you might
need a sweet put it at the back of your
tongue keep that tongue down don't let
it move so let's try with some words
let's put a worse sound at the beginning
and uh were which were did you just say
this one were let's make it more
interesting were at the end work do you
remember this sound this was the or
sound put work or that one walk compare
the two work walk I walk to work
say with me I walk to work let's try the
bird remember this sound ear we had bur
here der beard beard bird
bird beard let's try another one
go look girl girl were old world world
this one's a very difficult one for
everyone to say no doubt you'll probably
say it we're all old something like that
world say it with me a few times it will
take practice world let's try one more
were man worm worm that's the little
that thing now I want you to look at
these words again record yourself again
saying the same words and compare your
first recording with this recording how
did you do have you improved do you
sound like a real British person now
okay let's do a test to see how well you
learned it let's try a few sentences
your beard is in my beer the girl in
class has dark hair
the worst bear in the world take care of
the bear over there and finally for the
big test there is an amazing song by Red
Hot Chili Peppers called 30 dirty birds
these are the lyrics try to say them in
a British accent in the song obviously
he's American so he'll sing it in an
American accent 30 dirty birds sitting
on a curb chirping and burping and
eating dirty earthworms along comes
Herbie from thirty third and third saw
the 30 dirty birds sitting on a curb
chirping and burping and eating dirty
earthworms boy was he disturbed
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