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  • welcome to the minute of speech this

  • confusing word pair is a recommendation

  • from an ESL instructor who's clients

  • from around the world find these words

  • challenging long a lasting period of time

  • and lung what we use to breathe to say

  • these words correctly focus on the short

  • vowel sounds

  • oh and uh to say long start by saying

  • who by touching the tip of your tongue

  • to the back of your top front teeth

  • add the short OH by opening your mouth

  • wide while your tongue rests in the

  • bottom of your mouth end with an NG by

  • touching your tongue to the back of your

  • bottom front teeth while the air moves

  • through your nose long to say lung start

  • by saying L by touching the tip of

  • your tongue to the back of your top

  • front teeth

  • add the short uh by relaxing your lips

  • and tongue end with an NG sound by touching

  • your tongue to the back of your bottom

  • front teeth while the air moves through

  • your nose lung

  • let's try it long long long lung lung

  • lung long lung

  • how long does a lung fish live how long

  • does a lung fish live try it people will

  • notice the difference

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