Hello Jennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday!
It's a bonus day we have a three four Tuesday, three words that are pronounced exactly the same,
but the spelling and the definitions are different. Our words are raise which means
to lift; rays a line of light; and raise a man's name when we are showing possession.
To say these words correctly three little sounds we're going to start with that r sound. To do this
I suggest square tense lips -you do not want to pucker your lips too much and you don't want your
lips to be too open and too relaxed. So square and tense seems to do the trick for most people.
Tip of your tongue will be either pointed down or flipped back pull the back of your
tongue way high up to the back of the roof of your mouth and say the r sound.
Next we're going to move to the a, and to do this you're going to open your mouth wide,
tip of your tongue will still be low, back of your tongue is pulled up and then your tongue
is going to move to high and flat in your mouth. As you close your mouth to a smile a
and then keep your tongue there and you are going to switch the air. It's going
to come out of your mouth. It's going to keep moving out voice box is on for the
z sound. Yes the tip of your tongue may point down to the bottom of your mouth a little bit.
Totally fine! Whatever works as long as you have that nice z sound. Let's put it all together
R a S raise
raise raise raise raise raise raise raise raise
And now for a sentence: Rays of sun streamed through the window of Ray's bar in Kent, Ohio
as we raised our glasses to toast a great year. Cheers to all of you!
So give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference. If you found
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