Hadar Shemesh leads a 10-minute pronunciation workout with jaw and tongue warm-ups, consonant drills, and vowel pairs like sheep/ship and pool/pull. You'll practice connected speech forms like coulda and whatcha, then work through different voice placements while repeating phrases to build clarity and confidence.
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Coulda, woulda, shoulda. Fool, full. Stir, stare. Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta. You know you need Unique New York. Hey everyone, this is a 10-minute pronunciation practice that you get to do daily to improve your clarity and pronunciation in English. We are going to focus mostly on vowel sounds, but this exercise is going to help you improve your clarity and confidence in general. Hi, my name is Hadar. I'm a non-native speaker of English, and I'm here to help you speak English with clarity, confidence, and freedom. Based on my Pronunciation Confidence Method, I have developed these pronunciation exercises and sprints that are based on intentional repetition and taking what you learn into implementation so you don't just think about it, you actually use it consistently when speaking. If you want to learn more about me and about my sprints, then check out the links in the description below. Let's get started. Let's start with massaging your jaw. Take a deep breath. Ah. Massage your jaw and your cheeks. And now hold your jaw and we're going to shake it. Okay? Take a deep breath. Let's do it again now with sound. If your jaw is locked and you can't move it, then you're holding too much tension here. Good. Lip trill. Relax, relax, relax. Tongue trill. Good. Clean your teeth with your tongue. Massage the inside of your cheeks with your tongue. Unresist. Tongue in and out. Side to side. Up and down. Lip drill. Pull the lips to the side. Forward. Open up your mouth and your eyes. Scrunch them. Okay good! Now let's do tip of the tongue pronunciation. Take the tip of the tongue, touch right behind the teeth, and follow me. Ta ta ta ta ta. Da da da da da. Keep it light. Na na na na na. La la la la la. Ta-ta-ta, da-da-da, na-na-na, la-la-la. Ta-ta-ta, da-da-da, na-na-na, la-la-la. Ta-ta-ta, da-da-da, na-na-na, la-la-la. Ta-da-na-la, ta-da-na-la, ta-da-na-la, ta-da-na-la. Let's practice some words with tip of the tongue consonants. Downtown, downtown. Seen twice, seen twice. Cold lake, connected, cold lake. Red light, red light. Real deal, real deal. Well done, well done. Great news, great news. Bright night, bright night. Diction is done with the tip of the tongue. Diction is done with tip of tongue! Diction is done with tip of tongue! Diction is done with tip of tongue! Good— let's move into vowels... N-n-nee, n-na-noo, na-na-naaahh! Na-na-nee, na-na-noo, na-na-naaahhh! Na-na-nee, na-na-noo, na-na-naaagh! Na-na-nee, na-na-noo, na-na-naaaahhhh! E, E, E, E, E, E, E. Sheep, ship, sheep, ship, sheep, Ship, sheep, ship. Reach, rich, reach, rich, reach, rich, reach, rich. Green, grin, green, grin, green, grin, green, grin. Ooh, uh, ooh, uh, ooh, uh, ooh, uh. Pool! Pull— pool pull —pool full foolful Fool-full Stewed stood stewed stud stoood stud stooodeeewd. Oh my goodness... I'm so sorry for that mistake again. Sorry about it everybody. Okay? Cool cool poool pooool pulled poor poooole foooold fulf fooll fulff foodstuedstood stoowed stood stooved stood stoodhhoohhooowwwwdeehhhhood. Stood. Eh, ah, eh, ah, eh, ah, eh, ah. Bed, bad, bed, bad, bed, bad, bed, bad. Guess, gas, guess, gas, guess, gas, guess, gas. Left laughed left laughed—left laughed left laughed! Uh-oh uh-oh cup cop cup cop cup cop cup cop... Buddy-body, buddy-body, buddy-body, buddy-body. Wonder-wander, wonder-wander, wonder-wander, wonder-wander. Er-air, er-air, er-er. /ɛr/, /ɜr/, /ɛr/. Her, hair. Her, hair. Her, hair. Her, hair. Stir, stare. Stir, stare. Stir, stare. Stir, stare. Were, where. Were/where—were/where—or-er—for-for for fur! For fer? Four fir!? Furr-furr?! Furfurrr!! Ahhhh... Oh nooo!!! Hahaha. I can't say that word right Short either! Or "far." Far far away from here or there. So we're going to practice it again together now so you don't have any trouble pronouncing those sounds on your own at home too. Ready guys??? Ooh oh oof yeah okay let's give this one another try folks alrighty ready set go!!!! Eughghgheeeehhggbhbhrbbrfuhrhruhrgahdrehnhfgknnnggghttgbbhhhreaghdhkflhlbhrlhuugthguuurgaaghddlhfuuurrfhurhfurr furl fuer huer shirt—short fuerr huhruhwier rurer uher huergueir urrer ahaha ha haha er err eeur heeer-huuor rherrer rrureeewwwpfer fruffer guffffluwrdgeeghraaaablahblah blah bahbahaaaayyyeeeheeeyyyyyyyyeeeeeahhaaaaa shirt short shirt—short shirt wore were worn burn born burned Born Burned? Borne! Ear, er, ear, er, ear, er. Repeat after me. Ear, er. Beard, bird, beard, bird, beard, bird, beard, bird. Weird, word, weird, word, weird, word, weird, word. Fierce first, fierce first, fierce first, fierce first. Good. Take a deep breath. Relax. Take another deep breath. Relax. Open your mouth. Think like you're yawning. Ah, one more time. Ah, now let's play around with our voice. Hey, hey, hey, chest voice. Keep it here. Hey, hey, hey. Now move to your falsetto, your head voice. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, chest voice. Hey, hey, hey. Head voice. Hey, hey, hey. Mixed phrases with long vowels. Meet and greet. Meet and greet. Meet and greet. Meet and greet. Cool and smooth. Cool and smooth. Cool and smooth. Cool and smooth. Calm and confident. Calm and confident. Calm 'n confident.' Nearest n dearest.' nearest'n dearest'—neerest'n deer'est.—near-'st'an dear'es't? Fair an square.' fair en squaire'. Reductions! Coulda would'a should've,' could have wudduh shoda', could of wood uh sho'dah?' —could-of-wood-a-sho-da?! Did you see that? Did ya see dat?! What cha gonna do!? Whatcha gunna do?? Let me ask 'um! Lemme ask um!! Hiccup teacup hiccup tea cup hiccup Teacup hiccup teacup! You know New York you need—NewYork—you Know-uh-need Unique-New-York-you-Know-NuYorK-uNeeD NwYoRk-yOu KnOW uH neED Uniqe New YoRKyou KNooW NuYOOrK yOU NEED NUyORK you KNOW uh NEEd UNiquE new yoURKK YOU KNOoW nUyoORQ kYOU eNEAd NEW YORKe, yoKNOOw UHe Need unique NYorks? YuNoNuYoRK yuNeaAD nuYeRoKE yoKnow uuNeed uniQue taaAaaaTuuUUUrkkke?! New York. Well done! Roll your shoulders back, make sure you're not holding tension anywhere. Roll your shoulders forward and let's shake our voice. Ah, let your voice shake. Shake your hands. You did great! Lip trill. Rrrr. Relax your jaw. Relax your face. All right, my friend, this is great to do every single day. You are covering all of the key sounds, improving your diction, improving your pronunciation. Excellent daily practice. If you're done, write 'done' in the comments, and I hope to see you tomorrow for the same practice.
