This is a short practice session led by Hadar Shemesh (YouTube) teaching the tongue twister "Cheap sheep soup." The instructor breaks down the phrase into constituent sounds—contrasting ch vs. sh and s consonants, and the front high vowel /i/ (cheap/sheep) vs. back high vowel /u/ (soup)—then leads participants through repeated drills with breathing cues to improve articulation.
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Hey, everyone. Welcome to practice with hadar. And today we are going to practice the tongue twister.
Cheap sheep soup.
Doesn't sound like something that I would buy, especially because I'm vegetarian, but still.
Cheap sheep soup.
So we're playing here between, you know, similar vowels and. And also similar consonant sounds. Let's break it down. Cheap starts with a ch sound, a high e and a p at the end.
Cheap.
And then we compare it to sheep. The difference between cheap and sheep is the consonants at the beginning. Ch and sh, they're basically the same, except that for the first consonant, the. The sound is stopped a little bit. So sh is a sound where the tongue goes up and touches the roof of the mouth in the back and the air comes out the lips round a bit. Sh. The sound is basically a T sound that releases to the sh.
Sh.
It's kind of like you're blocking the air first and then you're going to that default sound, sh.
If you tend to confuse these two.
Sounds, then just switch back and forth between the two, just to organize it in your head. And then.
And then we have soup here. We're also comparing it to an S sound. S where the tongue goes up as well. The air comes out. Lips are not rounded. The tongue is closer to the front of the mouth, to the teeth. Let's compare the two. Good.
Cheap sheep.
Soup.
And then we also have the vowels. On one hand, we have the E of the cheap and sheep and the oo of the soup. Front, high vowel. Back, high vowel.
E OO E OO E OO E OO Sheep soup. Sheep soup. Sheep soup. Sheep soup. Sheep soup. Sheep soup.
If you feel a little bit of tension here, it's okay. Relax your lips. Massage your jaw. Very good. Good job. So if this was tricky for you, take this phrase and say it a few times during the day until you master the transitions and the sounds. Have a beautiful day and I'll see you in the next pract.
