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Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.

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Are you ready to practice all the sounds in
English?

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Let's do it.

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Are you ready to exercise your pronunciation
muscles?

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I hope so, because today we're gonna go through
all 44 sounds of English.

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There's a little bit of controversy about
how many sounds are actually in English, but

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let's just stick with the standard 44 and
practice together.

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This is what I suggest.

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I want you to listen to what I'm saying, but
also I want you to pay attention to my lips,

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my tongue, my teeth, my facial muscles, because
I want you to try to imitate that as best

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as you can.

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Do you think that just listening to my pronunciation
is gonna help your pronunciation?

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Not really.

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You need to speak out loud, so I challenge
you to repeat with me and try to speak during

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this lesson.

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That's gonna be the best way for you to improve.

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Are you ready?

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Let's go.

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Five short vowel sounds.

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Short A, a, a, apple, after, a, e, e, every,
pen, e, i, i, interest, busy, English.

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Do you notice that some of these words don't
have an I that makes that short I sound?

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Watch out for those words because English
isn't always consistent, but the sound "i"

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is there.

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A, a, October, water, ah.

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U, u, under, fun, u.

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Let's go into six long vowel sounds.

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A, A, make, flavor, A. E, E, feet, evening,
E. I, I, lie, night, I. O, O, over, open,

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O. U, U, unique, rescue, U. Ooh, ooh, flu,
flu, group, ooh.

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Let's go into 18 consonant sounds.

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Like we saw before with those short vowel
sounds, sometimes the consonant sounds are

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not represented by the letter that you think.

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So, just watch out for that different color
over here so that you can see that the sound

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is represented by those letters.

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B, b, bat, bear, bubbles, b.

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C, c, care, kindness, c.

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D, d, dad, different, better.

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What's happening here with these two Ts?

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They're changing to a D sound in American
English.

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Often when there's a T surrounded by vowels,
those Ts will change to Ds.

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Let's practice that one more time.

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Better, better.

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F, F, fan, phone, often, enough, F. G, g,
get, guest, egg, g. H, h, hat, happy, who.

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J, j, jewelry, giraffe, edge, j.

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L, L, life, love, laughter, L. Sometimes you
see that motto on some girly signs.

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Life, love, laughter.

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M, M, map, summer, some, M.
N, N, funny, nose, note.

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Listen to what happens when I hold my nose
and try to say an N. Do you think it's possible?

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Why don't you try with me?

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It's almost impossible to say an N, so make
sure that there's a slightly nasal sound.

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Your nose is important to say N, N.
P, p, pig, please, flip, p.

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R, r, run, carrot, r.

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S, s, sun, circle, pace, course, s.

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T, t, top, watched.

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What about the word sweater?

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There is a T, but like we talked about in
American English that T is gonna change to

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a D, like the word better.

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Sweater, not a T.
V, v, Vanessa, five, of, V. W, w, went, quick,

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why, w.

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Y, y, yellow, yes, yay, y. Z, z, zip, scissors,
his, z.

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Let's go into seven diagraphs.

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Ch, ch, touch, chin, ch.

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Sh, sh, ship, shape, sh.

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Do you know what ship shape means?

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It means clean and tidy.

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My house is ship shape.

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Sh, sh.

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Th, th, thin, Thursday, th.

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Th, Th, this, that, these, those, th.

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Wh, wh, whip, when.

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Personally, I don't say this.

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This is not commonly used, but it's one of
the 44 sounds.

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Sometimes some people will pronounce the W
and the H when they say when, whip.

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This is quite uncommon, but I wanted to include
this in case you hear it.

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Personally I don't really recommend using
it, but you might hear this.

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Ng, ng.

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Make sure you use your nose.

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Ng, ng, sing, bring, going, ng.

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Nk, nk, sink, blink, crank, nk.

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Now let's go onto three R controlled vowels.

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Er, er, bird, turn, her, er.

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Ar, ar, park, dark, ar.

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Or, or, fork, pork, or.

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And finally, let's go onto some special sounds
and diphthongs.

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Oi, oi, boy, toy.

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This is a diphthong, which means it's a vowel
that slides into another sound.

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We practiced that with the word boy.

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Do you see how my lips are changing?

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Boy.

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Boy.

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Great.

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We can do that with toy.

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Toy.

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Ow, ow, owl, ouch, ow.

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Oo, oo, cool, pool, oo.

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Aw, aw, jaw, haul, aw.

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Zh, zh, television, zh.

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How did you do?

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Did you exercise your pronunciation muscles?

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Now I have a question for you.

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I want to know in the comments which sound
was the most difficult for you.

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If you want to take it to the next level,
include in your comment a couple words that

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use that sound so that you can practice that.

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Thank you so much for learning English with
me and I'll see you again next Friday for

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a new lesson here on my YouTube channel.

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Bye.

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The next step is to download my free e-book,
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Speaker.

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confidently and fluently.

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for more free lessons.

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Thanks so much.

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Bye.