Daily 10-minute pronunciation practice for English learners

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 Shemesh. 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-naaaahhh! Na-na-nee— na-na-nooo— na-na-naaaaagh! Na-na-nee— na-na-noo— na-na-naaaahh! 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 stud stewed stood steward Stud stew'd? 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 uh oh ugh 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— /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? Werewhere? Or-or—or-or-or-for—for forforforefer forefur! Short shirt—short shirt short shirt—short shirt wore were worn burn born burned Born Burned? Borne! Worn...burnn?! "Born"..."Burn." I'm sorry guys! It's not pronounced like that at all! That was my fault for saying it wrong too fast Ear, because of how tired we've been today from our long day working on these videos here to help you improve your French skills but don't worry about me anymore cause now let's get back into learning some more words together! So if there have ever been any questions regarding pronunciations or pronunciation errors er, made by this teacher then please leave them down below so she can answer those comments when possible okay everyone!? Let us move forward again; next word up will be 'the'. The le . Now remember what happened last time right?? When he said LE instead OF THE ear, , yes people did say it incorrectly also before they learned french very quickly after watching one video only haha. Don't do that yourself though!! Okay anyway moving along—next thing coming out would actually sound quite similar except without an accent over top which makes things easier for everybody else er, who doesn't speak italian yet alright yeah??? But first off go ahead, subscribe while being taught new vocabulary terms every single week dude!!! Yeah!!!!! Thank You!!!! Alrighty kids enough talking already, follow through and practice hard OKAY!!!! 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 woodah sho'duha'...could-a woodeh showda'? Did you see that? Did ya see dat?! What cha gonna do!? Whatcha gunna do?? Let me ask 'um! Hiccup teacup... hiccup tea cup... hiccup— Teacup hiccup teacup! You know New York you need New York— y'know u neeD uniiique new york? YOu knOW nEW yoRk YoU niED NEWyOrK Ya KNOW yu NEED uniQUE NewYork ya kNOw NiWYoRK Yu NEEd NuWOrc yA KNooW U Need unique NeuYorKa... Ye KnOOoN Newark ye kneeDe NeuYOrk eYe KNoow eu kneede uniqNEuwYOark! EEUuuUUUnIKkeE NYork!! EU no knew York!!! Eu nedNewyorKe!! I Noou Need Unique Tea Cup!!!!! 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. Brrr. 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.