by Adrian Underhill | Apr 4, 2018 | 1. How to make the Sounds of English: The Inside Story, 2. The Physicality of Pronunciation & Proprioception, 5. Question & Answer; General Issues, Trinity Diploma Pron Questions
Pronunciation questions/observations from teachers on the online Trinity Diploma at Oxford TEFL Inside versus outside knowledge of pronunciation AU: Thanks everyone for posting your questions and observations. Many of you commented on the idea of inside versus outside...
by Adrian Underhill | Aug 30, 2016 | 1. How to make the Sounds of English: The Inside Story, 2. The Physicality of Pronunciation & Proprioception
Teaching diphthongs How to make the Sounds of English no 28: Teaching diphthongs Here are three powerful techniques for teaching diphthongs. I call these: Sliding, Miming and Inner Imaging (See also previous post How to Make the Diphthongs of English). These three...
by Adrian Underhill | Aug 19, 2016 | 1. How to make the Sounds of English: The Inside Story, 2. The Physicality of Pronunciation & Proprioception
How to make the diphthongs of English How to make the Sounds of English no 27: Diphthongs Diphthong: The name comes from Greek di = double, phthong = sound. You can pronounce it either /ˈdifθɒŋ/ or /ˈdipθɒŋ/. A diphthong consists of two vowels joined together by...
by Adrian Underhill | Feb 21, 2016 | 1. How to make the Sounds of English: The Inside Story, 2. The Physicality of Pronunciation & Proprioception
How to make the vowel /ɒ/ How to make the Sounds of English no 26: The vowel /ɒ/ Example words containing /ɒ/: stop, hot, pop, cross, foreign, lobby, knowledge To explore how to make the vowel /ɒ/ first try this general setting for /ɒ/ The lips are rounded though not...
by Adrian Underhill | Oct 6, 2015 | 1. How to make the Sounds of English: The Inside Story
How to make the English vowel /æ/ How to make the Sounds of English no 25: The vowel /æ/ Example words: cat, app, fab, add, taxi, sanction, accurate, vocabulary, language, catch, vanish, narrow How to make the English vowel /æ/. General setting: The lips are spread...
by Adrian Underhill | May 7, 2015 | 1. How to make the Sounds of English: The Inside Story
How to make the English vowel /ɑː/ How to make the Sounds of English no 24: The vowel /ɑː/ You can think of a vowel sound as the result of the shape of the tongue coupled with the resonant space in the mouth created by lip shape and tongue/jaw height. As I’ve said...
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