Hi everyone Jennifer from Tarle speech!
I had so many requests lately that we have another sound comparison lesson today. Our sounds are the
long e and the short i. This is very confusing for many of my students. We're going to break that
down and both of these sounds are in combination with the c h sound that is right after them.
So let's start with this c h sound ch.
How do we make this sound? What you are going to do is you are going to start by touching
the tip of your tongue to the same spot where you would say a t sound t t t.
Put your tongue there - t- then pull your tongue back into the
middle of your mouth. My lips are slightly rounded for this sound ch.
Excellent!
We have that part finished. Now let's talk about this long e and the short i sound. The
big difference here is that e is a tense sound and i is a more relaxed sound. So for that e
we're going to start by smiling. Your tongue will be very high and very flat in your mouth
e e e
Now if you watch what i'm going to do is I'm going just to relax my lips e i e i
And I have my hand here for a reason. You can see that as I relax my lips from that e i
my tongue will automatically pop down and be a little lower in my mouth. It's still flat but
it's a little bit lower. So it's high and tense. Pops down a little bit and is still high and
flat but a little bit lower and more relaxed. So again let's look at those two sounds e i e i e i
Now let's add that c h e each each each
and itch itch itch
And we actually have those words right here.
Let's try this with some other sounds
reach reach reach rich rich rich
So again reach rich
reach rich
peach pitch
peach pitch peach pitch
each itch each itch
Let's give these all a try one more time reach peach each
rich pitch itch reach rich
peach pitch each itch
So reach for your goals and you will become rich! I ate a peach after I had to pitch the ball to my
friend. And
Each time I use a new laundry detergent I get an itch.
So give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference. If you found
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Thanks so much everyone. I appreciate you! Have a great weekend!