Name: How to Pronounce NATURE & NURTURE - American English Pronunciation Lesson
Uploaded: 2022-04-26T17:41:14.000Z
Duration: 3 min 58 s
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Hi it's Jennifer from Tarle Speech  with your question of the week.

nature which is basic inherent  features or characteristics and

nurture which is the care and  encouragement of development

These words look very confusing because the  spellings are almost the same. But this is  

a fairly easy lesson. Both of these words end  with cher. So let's get that out of the way.  

To say the ch sound you're going to start with  the t sound ttt and then you're going to pull  

your tongue back. And as you pull your tongue  back, it's going to end in that sh sound sh sh sh

Here's the trick! You have to do that very  quickly and make it a new sound. For some  

of you who are new to my channel ch is two  letters representing one sound. There's no  

h in this sound. So let's try this ch. Touch the  teeth and then pull the tongue back. Ch ch ch

You can see my lips are kind of rounded a little  bit. They're in a little bit of that square  

tense lip shape. And the reason they're there  is I'm getting ready for that er and for that  

er sound the tip of your tongue is either pointed  down to the bottom of the mouth or flipped back.  

Back of the tongue is pulled way high up and is  really tense and strong. And the key is, is that  

you do not want to move the tip of your tongue  to trill that r or to tap that r. So keep it  

nice and stable and try to make that  er at the end longer and stronger.

Okay let's put this all together cher cher cher

Now for nay what you're going to do is you're  going to start with that n: nnn. Air moves out  

of your nose and your tongue is touching the back  of your top front teeth or to be super specific  

the little spot where your teeth meet the skin on  the roof of your mouth. Then you're going to move  

to that long a sound. And to do that, open wide,  tongue will be low, and then move to a smile and  

your tongue will be nice and high and flat a a a. nay 

And then for the ner in nurture, again, start  with that n. Air moves out of your nose and then  

you're going to add that er. Again to review  tip of the tongue is down or flipped back.  

Back of the tongue is way high up and tense.  er Nice square lips, square and tense, ner.

What is more important to a  person's success: nature or nurture?

Let me know what you think in the comments section  

below and give it a try people are  going to notice the difference!

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