Tongue twisters to help with speech

50 Tongue Twisters to improve pronunciation in English · engVid

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Tongue twisters are a great way to practice and improve pronunciation and fluency. They can also help to improve accents by using alliteration, which is the repetition of one sound. They’re not just for kids, but are also used by actors, politicians, and public speakers who want to sound clear when speaking. Below, you will find some of the most popular English tongue twisters. Say them as quickly as you can. If you can master them, you will be a much more confident speaker.

1. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
   A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked
   If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
   Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
2. Betty Botter bought some butter
   But she said the butter’s bitter
   If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter
   But a bit of better butter will make my batter better
   So ‘twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter
3. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
   He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood
   As a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood
4. She sells seashells by the seashore
5. How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
6. I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream
7. I saw Susie sitting in a shoeshine shop
8. Susie works in a shoeshine shop. Where she shines she sits, and where she sits she shines
9. Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy, was he?
10. Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
11. I have got a date at a quarter to eight; I’ll see you at the gate, so don’t be late
12. You know New York, you need New York, you know you need unique New York
13. I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen
14. If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes does he choose?
15. I thought I thought of thinking of thanking you
16. I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch
17. Near an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie ear
18. Eddie edited it
19. Willie’s really weary
20. A big black bear sat on a big black rug
21. Tom threw Tim three thumbtacks
22. He threw three free throws
23. Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely
24. So, this is the sushi chef
25. Four fine fresh fish for you
26. Wayne went to wales to watch walruses
27. Six sticky skeletons (x3)
28. Which witch is which? (x3)
29. Snap crackle pop (x3)
30. Flash message (x3)
31. Red Buick, blue Buick (x3)
32. Red lorry, yellow lorry (x3)
33. Thin sticks, thick bricks (x3)
34. Stupid superstition (x3)
35. Eleven benevolent elephants (x3)
36. Two tried and true tridents (x3)
37. Rolling red wagons (x3)
38. Black back bat (x3)
39. She sees cheese (x3)
40. Truly rural (x3)
41. Good blood, bad blood (x3)
42. Pre-shrunk silk shirts (x3)
43. Ed had edited it. (x3)
44. We surely shall see the sun shine soon
45. Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?
46. Fred fed Ted bread, and Ted fed Fred bread
47. I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit
48. A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk
49. Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better
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How to sound like a native speaker: THE SECRET · engVid

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Is there a secret to sounding like a native speaker? In today’s lesson I’ll share with you the key to PERFECT PRONUNCIATION! English pronunciation can be difficult to master, because it isn’t a phonetic language — that is, words are not pronounced the way they are spelled. In addition, American pronunciation and British pronunciation are very different from one another. So how can you sound like a native speaker? Watch this lesson to find out!

Quiz

Test your understanding of this English lesson

What does the |e| syllable in the word co li s e um sound like? (coliseum)

the |e| in penthe |ee| in feelthe |a| in saythe |i| in pin

What does the |ou| syllable in the word tho r ou gh sound like? (thorough)

the |o| in openthe |u| in upthe |oo| in poolthe |a| in talk

What does the |ea| syllable in the word h ea then sound like? (heathen)

the |ee| in squeezethe |e| in lendthe |i| in pinthe |o| in pond

What does the |ea| syllable in the word h ea ther sound like? (heather)

the |a| in dawnthe |ee| in queenthe |e| in penthe |a| in father

What does the |a| syllable in the word al ph a bet sound like? (alphabet)

the |a| in fatherthe |au| in laundrythe |a| in landthe | hole | in asshole

What does the |i| syllable in the word tr i ath lon sound like? (triathlon)

the |a| in cakethe |ee| in treethe |y| in stylethe |i| in spill

What does the |i| syllable in the word tr i age sound like? (triage)

the |ee| in treethe |y| in skythe |a| in can’tthe |i| in will

What does the |a| syllable in the word o r a nge sound like? (orange)

the |i| in winthe |ai| in painthe |o| in onthe |a| in apple

What does the |a| syllable in the word r a nge sound like? (range)

the |ai| in trainthe |a| in backthe |u| in underthe |e| in when

What does the |ou| syllable in the word r ou gh sound like? (rough)

the |oo| in spoonthe |ow| in shownthe |a| in standthe |a| in car

Patter: speech therapy exercises | Handbook of the center Speech therapist Profi

Clean tongue twisters and tongue twisters are special speech exercises for practicing the skill of pronouncing sounds or their combinations.

Tongue twisters are much more difficult to pronounce than tongue twisters. In them, sounds change places, get confused, disappear, replace each other. You need to learn a new tongue twister at a calm pace, and only after mastering its correct pronunciation, you can try to say it quickly.

Whether it will work or not will depend on the mobility of the tongue, lips and lower jaw - the organs of articulation. The tongue twisters use concepts and words that are well known to the child, but they are combined into funny rhyming stories that not only help the child master sound pronunciation, but also awaken the child’s imagination, help show interest in the variety of sounds, instill love for their native language.

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Tongue twisters well known to us from childhood still cause laughter and smiles from those around us when someone tries to pronounce them. But, as a rule, people underestimate the meaning of the pronunciation of tongue twisters or tongue twisters, as they are also called.

Clean tongues are an excellent tool for developing good diction. In childhood, through a playful form and tongue twisters, we learn to pronounce certain sounds correctly, their combinations, work out good articulation, get rid of speech defects. Thanks to tongue twisters, people learn to control the pace of their speech so that the interlocutors understand you well and do not ask again several times.

For children, short and playful tongue twisters are always used so that the kids are interested in repeating them and, of course, so that they can imagine what they are talking about. Adult tongue twisters, in fact, have no difference from children's ones. Unless in the complexity and length of phrases, as well as in the sense of the words used.

A lot of time is devoted to the pronunciation of tongue twisters during vocal lessons. It is very important that the performer has a good and clear pronunciation, so that he does not swallow words and endings, and the listener does not have to strain his ears to try to understand what is being sung in the song.

These are small humorous phrases that use hard-to-pronounce and complex words, sounds. They are also called tongue breakers. If you try to pronounce one of them without preparation, then, as a rule, all familiar words turn into a mess of sounds and letters. But after some training, you will quite cope with the task.

These funny difficult-to-pronounce phrases were invented to improve diction. What then is diction? This is a clear and distinct pronunciation. And good pronunciation in vocals plays a very important role, because in this way the performer can convey the emotions and meaning of the song.

To develop good and clear diction it is necessary to work on the development of each organ of articulation. They are divided into two large groups: active and passive.

The first category includes mobile organs - vocal cords, tongue, lips, soft palate, lower jaw and back of the pharynx. The passive group includes all fixed organs: teeth, upper jaw, alveoli and hard palate.

Many mistakenly believe that tongue twisters are children's entertainment. In fact, practicing diction with the help of tongue breakers is very widespread among adults whose activities are associated with various kinds of performances. These include:

1. Pevtsov;
2. Artists;
3. Politicians;
4. People regularly speaking at conferences;
5. Leaders;
6. Teachers etc.

Tongue twisters have 2 basic tasks:

• Tongue Warmer . Many presenters and those who have to give a speech in public first say 2-3 complex tongue twisters. This is how they warm up to avoid hitches and hesitation during the performance.
• Clear speech training , without which no speaker can speak.

To get the proper effect from practicing diction, it is not enough to learn how to quickly pronounce tongue breakers. You definitely need to imagine what you are talking about, no matter how ridiculous it may sound. Turn on your imagination and imagine that you are telling others about what you see in such a funny way.

It is also useful to write out tongue twisters that you are working on now on a piece of paper. This is done so that your brain is not distracted during work and does not try to frantically remember what is next, but focuses on the quality of speech and good diction.

• Start with simple phrases, gradually complicating your task. So you can pay more attention to the pronunciation of all consonants.
• If you work out at home, you can record yourself on video to track your progress , see your mistakes and correct them in a timely manner.
• Read books . Very unexpected advice, but you should not neglect it. So you train phonemic hearing, learn to hear yourself and your sound, your intonations.
• After we have written out the main phrases for practicing, we make notes on a piece of paper, as if we are learning a new song . Be sure to set pauses, mark the consonant sounds that need to be emphasized, circle the letters that should be stretched. As a rule, sonorous letters fall into this group - p, m, n, l. Hissing sounds fall into the last group. Usually, after them, you need to pause, but at the same time, the sounds themselves should “shoot” at last.
• In no case do we start working with tongue twisters from working out the speed of pronunciation. Language breakers are about clarity of diction and clarity of pronunciation, and not about who is faster than whom. First, we learn to pronounce phrases slowly, pronouncing each letter well. Watch the end of the phrases, you should not “swallow” them.
• If you are making progress at a slow pace, start to gradually accelerate, but do not lose quality . When they try to pronounce at speed, then, at best, half of the sounds are lost and an inarticulate mess sounds. And at worst, something not very decent can turn out from the most harmless tongue twister, for example, “Oh, at the fir, oh at the Christmas tree, oh, at the evil wolves. ”
• Practice silent pronunciation of tongue twisters . While looking at your notes, say the phrases slowly, articulating each word clearly, but without any sound.
• Always keep the checklist in front of your eyes . This is your clue so you don't get confused or confused. Do not try to increase the pace in pronunciation to the maximum in one day. It can take several days to work out one, even the simplest, tongue twister. It's not that you're doing something wrong. You just work for quality. Therefore, the pace of work increases gradually. You are still learning.
• Rhythm is considered to be a good tone in practicing tongue twisters . To prevent you from speeding up or slowing down, try tapping a rhythm or use a metronome. This is a device for counting short fractions of time with uniform beats. It is not necessary to buy a metronome, you can download the application to your mobile device and set the tempo you need there.
• After you have learned how to clearly, quickly pronounce tongue breakers, move on to singing . Yes, yes, you need to learn how to sing the same phrases to different motives and melodies. To begin with, also take a slow pace and gradually accelerate.

• • Dust flies across the field from under the clatter of hooves.
  • The bull is stupid, stupid bull, the bull's white lip was stupid.
  • Crab made a rake to a crab. The crab gave the rake to the crab: hay with a rake, crab, rob!
  • Pankrat Kondratov forgot the jack, and Pankrat without a jack cannot be lifted on the highway
  • Cuckoo bought a hood. Put on a cuckoo hood. How funny he is in the hood!
  • Our guest took the cane away.
  • Pharaoh's favorite for sapphire was replaced by jade.
  • Once, scaring a jackdaw, pop, in the bushes I saw a parrot, and that parrot says: you scare jackdaws, pop, scare, but jackdaws, pop, scaring in the bushes, don’t you dare scare a parrot.
  • Thirty-three ships tacked, tacked, but did not catch.
  • Grass in the yard, firewood on the grass - one firewood, two firewood, three firewood. Do not cut wood on the grass of the yard.
  • On the shallows we lazily caught burbot. On the shallows we lazily caught tench. Didn't you sweetly pray for love And beckoned me into the mists of the estuary?
  • Karl stole corals from Clara, and Clara stole the clarinet from Karl.
  • Queen Clara severely punished Charles for stealing coral.
  • Tell us about your purchases. About what about purchases? About shopping, about shopping, about your purchases.
  • Libretto by Rigoletto.
  • Varvara was picking grapes on Mount Ararat.
  • Osip is hoarse, and Arkhip is hoarse.
  • There was an overload of watermelons from body to body. In a thunderstorm, in the mud from a load of watermelons, the body collapsed.
  • The heron has withered, the heron has withered, the heron has died.
  • Sixteen mice walked and six found pennies, and mice, which are worse, noisily rummage around for pennies.
  • Once upon a time there were three Chinese - Yak, Yak-Cidrak, Yak-Cidrak-Cidron-Cidroni,
    And three more Chinese women - Tsypa, Tsypa-Dripa, Tsypa-Dripa-Lampomponi.
    Yak married Tsyp, Yak-Tsidrak on Tsyp-Drip,
    Yak-Tsidrak-Tsyp-Dripe,
    Yak-Tsidrak-Tsidron-Tsidroni on Tsyp-Dripe-Lampomponi… -Drypoy - Shah-Sharakh,
    at Yak-Tsidrak-Tsidroni with Tsypo-Drypoy-Lampoponi - Shah-Sharakh-Sharoni.

Oddly enough, even in such a simple task, beginner singers make mistakes. As a rule, this is due to the desire to quickly achieve the desired result.

• • • Measure must be observed in everything. To work out the pronunciation of tongue twisters, you need slight fatigue in the muscles. Our task is to learn how to sing correctly and beautifully, and not to drive ourselves to the limit. Any processing is fraught with injuries and rapid burnout;
    • If you really want to get a decent output, then you should not neglect the development of each sound separately . Otherwise, the meaning of this exercise is lost, and it turns out like in a children's competition: “Say the phrase quickly and with a minimum of errors”;
    • Don't leave what you started halfway . Even if you quickly get the desired result, do not rush to move on to the next step. Secure well your current achievements. Otherwise, you risk falling back into learning;

As soon as you begin to achieve success in pronunciation of tongue twisters in vocal lessons, you will immediately notice improvements in your speech in everyday life. It will sound smoother, more self-confident, you will be more confident in public speaking, and you will stop tripping over words.

In addition to training various muscles of the articulatory apparatus through tongue twisters, good diction can also be achieved through the development of breathing exercises. Proper breathing in vocals is already fifty percent success in learning. We do not get tired of repeating that in vocals you need to breathe with the diaphragm, and not with the lungs. So you can take higher notes, the voice will sound louder and richer. Also, do not forget that the viewer should not hear and see how you take your breath, then you can avoid extraneous noise in your performance. But what is the connection between breathing and the development of good diction?

Breathing is the basis of our sound production not only in singing, but also in speaking . Beginning performers face the problem of shortness of breath. As a result of this, the phrases in the songs break off in the middle, the speech becomes slurred, the singer begins to swallow the words. To avoid this, there are special exercises. They are aimed at developing a conditioned reflex on inhalation and exhalation, to which the diaphragm, intercostal and lumbar muscles will be connected imperceptibly to you.

Exercise 1 . Stand straight, feet shoulder-width apart, hands on the belt. This will be your starting position. Inhale and exhale slowly through your slightly open mouth, feel the resistance of the air. At the same time, read a short poem to yourself.

Then repeat the same exercise in motion: while walking, simulating sweeping, mowing the grass. Inhalation should be smooth and even. Breathing should not go astray during exertion, while you should feel the intercostal muscles.

Exercise 2 .From the starting position, lean forward while inhaling. Keep your back straight. Slowly straighten up, exhaling and pronouncing the sound "m".

Exercise 3 . Similar to the previous one. From the starting position, lean forward and inhale at the same time. Spread your arms to the side, and then put them on the back of your head. Returning to the opposite position, exhale and pull the letter “n”.

Exercise 4 . Repeat all of the above, but only in motion, such as walking.

Exercise 5 . Standing in the starting position, take a short breath and hold your breath for a couple of seconds. Make sure that the muscles of the throat remain relaxed, and the work of the respiratory system occurs due to the intercostal muscles. Exhale slowly as you count to five.

Exercise 6 . Inhale through your nose, hold your breath. Exhale slowly and at the same time make the hissing sounds “sh”, “s”, “f”.

Exercise 7 . Do the same as in the previous paragraph. Only instead of exhaling sounds, pronounce any tongue-twister.

With proper training, you should learn to feel the abdominal and intercostal muscles, as well as to feel warm air as you exhale.

As soon as you learn how to sing beautifully in your native language, master the correct technique of breathing and sounding, you can move on to mastering foreign music. As a rule, these are English or Italian works. But it happens that when studying an English song, the performer has difficulties with the correct pronunciation. Here we again come to the aid of pure talk. They are used in almost all languages. Studying and practicing them takes place in the same way as in the native language:

• • • First, we write tongue twisters on a piece of paper, make ourselves all the necessary notes and tips. You can also translate the tongue twister so that you can imagine the picture before your eyes;
    • We begin to train with a slow pace and practicing each sound and letter. With a foreign language, this can be somewhat more difficult;
    • We gradually accelerate the pace, but we monitor the quality of pronunciation and diction;
    • Let's move on to humming in different tempos, keys and motives.

Remember that no matter what language you train in, the main thing is how much attention you pay to details. As in all other vocal exercises, the main thing in practicing diction is regular hard training, working out mistakes immediately when they are detected, listen to the teacher and enjoy your results.

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