Name: English Tongue Twisters
Uploaded: 2018-06-22T01:39:29.000Z
Duration: 7 min 53 s
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Let's study some tongue English tongue twisters

Adverbs of manner

Why is it that most speech can be read out
loud quickly with no problem?

Why is that most speech can be read out loud
quickly with no problem?

This is a real thing, and it happens in every
language.

When you put similar sounds together and try
to say something quickly or over and over,

Practicing tongue twisters with tricky sounds
may help your brain get better at telling

Let's start with what the Guiness Book of
World Records says

If this looks intimidating, it's supposed to.

TH is one of the hardest sounds for non-native
speakers to make and the word sixth is really hard.

We have the K-S-TH consonant cluster, ksth, ksth.

Break that down with me: Kk, ss, th, kk, ss,
th.

We don't have to change the mouth position too much: ksth--  ksth--

The jaw just drops a little bit more as the
tongue makes a small movement through the teeth.

There's a chance you're going to want
to practice that cluster on its own.

I have to break it up, it's too hard to do all at once.

Okay, that's tricky. Let me try a little faster.

If your mouth gets in a jumble, just slow it down. That will help.

not a sentence that's grammatically correct, it's just a string of words

This tongue twister is a sentence that does
make sense, that is grammatically correct.

All the S's and SH's can really get mixed
up as you say this quickly.

Remember, if you're using tongue twisters
to practice the brain-speech connection,

There's actually a little shortcut here,
when you have an ending Z sound and a beginning

S sound, like here, you can connect the words
with just one S sound: sells sea, sells sea,

Ok, now R is such a hard sound for non-native
speakers.

Some people make a W instead, so this tongue
twister is a real challenge.

And of course, we have SH, S, CH to get mixed up as well.

Man, when you get to 'wristwatch', it really gets hard.

I wish to wash my Irish-- I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch.

Practice it out loud with me: I wish to wash
my Irish wristwatch.

There, the more I do it, the easier it gets.

If you completely mess these up, don't feel too bad.

So, tongue twisters may work well as an exercise
to help you with some tough English sounds.

You can find lots of tongue twisters online.

And if you want me to do another video on
tongue twisters, let me know in the comments,

especially if there are specific tongue twisters
you want me to use.

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