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  • hi everyone jennifer from tarle speech with your pronunciation question super quick lesson

  • today the word is executive which is a senior business leader you have lots of options and

  • i'm going to go through some of those options for you so again our word is executive which

  • i pronounce egg zek ya div i will hear people say egg sek you div and x zek you div or x

  • zek you div so many many options just wanted to point those out to you but we're going

  • to focus on option number one so to say this we're going to think about saying egg like

  • yes the food that you eat so short e eh mouth is slightly open and relaxed tongue is between

  • the teeth closer to the bottom teeth and then point the tip of the tongue down for the g

  • and the back will be pulled up egg next we're going to move to the z sound z to do this

  • tip of the tongue is behind the top teeth or pointed down air is moving out of your

  • mouth voice box is on again another short e short s sound and then end with the k similar

  • to the g same tongue position tip down back up but this time it is going to be voiceless

  • so your voice box is not on and it is not moving next we're going to move to syllable

  • three yeah to do this the tip of your tongue does not touch your teeth if it helps you

  • you can gently bite the outside of the back of the tongue with between the top and the

  • bottom teeth yeah

  • and i am adding that short uh sound there i wrote it as yeah as easy to remember and

  • then we're going to end with div and to do this touch the tip of the tongue to the back

  • of the top front teeth voice boxes on short i your tongue is a little bit higher in your

  • mouth again relaxed lips and your tongue is going to be higher just below the top teeth

  • and then end with the v vvv to do this you're going to gently bite the inside or the outside

  • of the bottom lip air keeps moving do not pucker or it will sound like a ww let's put

  • it all together

  • egg sek ya div egg sek ya div egg sek ya div executive executive executive and now for

  • a sentence the senior executive is an excellent leader the senior executive is an excellent

  • leader give it a try people are going to notice the difference if you found this helpful we

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hi everyone jennifer from tarle speech with your pronunciation question super quick lesson

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