Hadar Shemesh leads a 10-minute pronunciation workout with tongue twisters, consonant clusters, minimal pairs, and a final tough passage. You get slow and fast pacing, breathing cues, and a PDF script to follow along.
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Welcome to the Influency Podcast. I'm Hadar and this is episode 120. And today I have for you a very challenging pronunciation practice. Hey everyone. Welcome back. Thank you so much for being here with me. I hope you are ready because today I have a very tricky, challenging, exciting, fun and confusing practice drill. And it's based on a lot of tongue twisters, difficult transitions and consonant clusters where a lot of consonants group together. It's 10 minutes long. So this could be your perfect morning practice. And I've even included a PDF with a script so you can practice it without confusion. Are you ready? Let's do it. I have for you the most challenging pronunciation practice yet. Are you ready? You and me, 10 minutes. Let's get started. Let's begin with a warm up. R W luh ruh wu luh. Okay, three sounds. Er w luh. Let's do it four times in a row. Ruh w luh ruh wuh luh ruh w luh ruh w luh. Good. Take a deep breath in. Let's continue. Next up, T, F, T, F, su, T, T, F, Z. T, F, Z. Next. S Z. Next up. Again. Muh W, F, W, V. Four times. W, V, W, F, W, V. Short tongue twisters. Are you ready? Toy boat, five times. Toy boat. Toy boat. Toy boat. Toy boat. Toy boat. Next one. Truly rural. Truly rural. Truly rural. Truly rural. Truly rural. Truly rural. Next. Hurry, Harry. Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry. Hurry. Hurry. Hurry, Harry. Next. Hear me roar. Hear me roar. Hear me roar. Hear me roar. Hear me roar. Hear me roar. Strings and stripes. Strings and stripes. Strings and stripes. Strings and stripes. Strings and stripes. Strings and stripes. Let's try tricky words in a row. Ready? Thistle, throttle, thimble. Thistle, throttle, thimble. Thistle, throttle, thimble. Next up, Bible, marble, bubble. Bible, marble bubble. Bible, marble bubble. Bible, marble bubble. Little brittle widdle. Little brittle widdle. Little brittle widdle. Next up, giggle wiggle. Jiggle. Giggle wiggle. Jiggle. Giggle, wiggle, jiggle. And now let's practice tricky clusters in a row. Strips, strain, strike. Strips, strain, strike. Strips, strain, strike. Splendid Splash. Split. Splendid Splash. Split. Splendid Splash. Split. Squares. Squad. Squeak. Squares. Squad, squeak. Squares. Squad, squeak. Scripts. Scramble, Screech. Scripts. Scramble, screech. Script squeeze. Scramble, Screech. Very good. Let's try tricky clusters in sentences. Let's say it slowly, once and then a little faster. He ate the 12th strudel on the counter. He ate the 12th strudel on the counter. Ate the 12th strudel on THE. He ate the 12th struDel on the counter. He ate the twelfth strudel on THE counter. Six sleek swans swim swiftly southward. Six sleek Six sleek Six sleek swans swam Swans swam swiftly southwards. Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards. Six sleek swans swam swiftly southward. They caught a brief glimpse of the man in the trench coat. They caught a brief glimpse of the man in the trench coat. They caught a brief glimpse of the man in the trench coat. Trench coat. Trench coat. Minimal pairs in sentences. Ready? Her hair. Her hair. Her hair is certainly curly. Her hair is certainly curly. Her hair is certainly curly. Guess gas. Guess gas. Guess where the gas station is. Guess where the gas station is. Guess where the gas station is. Least list. Lease list. At the very least, show me the list. At the very least, show me the list. At the very least, show me the list. Luke. Luck. Luke, look. Hey, Luke, look at me. Hey, Luke, look at me. Hey, Luke, look at me. Go. Goal. Go Goal. Go and pursue your goal. Go and pursue your goal. Go and pursue your goal. Tricky words in sentences. Check your rear view mirror. Check your rear view mirror. Mirror Rear view your Check your rear view mirror. Check your rear view mirror. Hey. Check your rear view mirror. Next up. It's not my lawyer's role. It's not my lawyer's role. Lawyer's role. Lawyer's role. Lawyer's role. Lawyer's role. It's not my lawyer's role. It really reflects your strengths. It really reflects your strengths. It really reflects your strengths. It really reflects your strengths. Roary has a quirky sense of humor. Roary has a quirky sense of humor. Quirky sense of humor. Rory has a quirky sense of humor. Rory has a quirky sense of humor. He's going through a withdrawal period. He's going through a withdrawal period. He's going through a withdrawal period. Withdrawal period. Withdrawal period. Withdrawal period. Withdrawal period. He's going through a withdrawal period. There's a corkscrew in the drawer. There's a corkscrew in the drawer. There's a corkscrew in the drawer. Don't worry. There's a corkscrew in the drawer. In the drawer. In the drawer. In the drawer. There is a corkscrew in the drawer. They practiced witchcraft in my birthplace. They practiced witchcraft in my birthplace. They practiced witchcraft in my birthplace. And finally, a tongue killer. Let me read it first. If you must cross a coarse cross cow across a crowded cow crossing, Cross the cross course cow across the crowded cow crossing carefully. Okay, let's do it again from the beginning. If you must cross a coarse cross cow across a crowded cow crossing. Cross the cross course cow across the crowded cow crossing carefully if you must. Cross a coarse cross cow across a crowded cow crossing. Cross the cross course cow across the crowded cow crossing carefully. Massage your jaw, my friends. Relax. Roll your shoulders back. You did well. You did well. Relax the jaw. Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out. Okay, that's it. If you'd like to practice it more, I've prepared for you a PDF with all the twisters and challenges and clusters, so you can click the link below and download it. Because if you. If you can see it and practice it every day, imagine what could happen to your tongue. Could be like a superstar. Superstar tongue. Is there like a gold medal for pronunciation? Like Olympics. Pronunciation Olympics. Because I think we should be there. Right. On a scale of 1 to 10, how challenging was it? 1. Easy peasy. 10. I gotta go put ice on my tongue. Okay, so let me know in the comments below, 1 through 10. Good. And if you want the script with all these twisters and clusters and words and phrases, then you can click the link below and get the script of this video so you can practice it every day. And then we can all go to the Pronunciation Olympics one day and win the gold medal. Gold medal. Gold medal. Thank you so much for watching and I'll see you next week in the next video. Bye.
