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SessionOne

1.ConsonantR

2.ConsonantW

Hi,I’myourinstructorPaulGruberandwelcometothe

PronunciationWorkshopsFirstTrainingSession.

Iamveryexcitedthatyouhavetakenthisfirststeptoimproveyour

EnglishpronunciationandIdohopethatyouwouldenjoythis

programandreceivegreatbenefitsfromit.BeforewebeginIwanna

makesurethatyouhavedownloadedandprintedoutthetraining

manualwhichaccompaniesthiscourse.Ifyouhavenotyetdoneso,

pleasedoitsoonbecauseyou’lldefinitelyneedit.

NowyoumaybewonderinghowisitthatIamgoingtohelpyou

changethewayyouspeak.Well,basically,whenyoulearnedEnglish

asasecondlanguage,youkeptmanyofthesoundsandspeechrules

fromyourfirstlanguageandyouwerecontinuingtousethemwhen

youspeakEnglish.Thisiswhatgivesyouanaccent.Youwereusing

thesoundsandspeechrulesfromyournativelanguageinsteadofthe

soundsandspeechrulesofEnglish.Andyouknowwhy?Well,

becausewhenyoulearnedEnglish,nobodyevershowedyouwhatthe

soundsandspeechrulesofEnglishwereuntilnow.

That’swhyI’mcoming.BecauseIamgoingtoshowyouandtrain

youonhowtousethesesoundsandspeechrulescorrectly.Knowing

inusingtheseruleswillhelpyoureduceorpossiblyeveneliminate

youraccent.Nowthroughouttheprogramyou’reoftengoingtosee

mepointtomymouthtoshowyouhowtoproduceaparticular

sound.Iwantyoutopaycloseattentionandtrytocopyexactlywhat

itisIamdoing.Iwouldbeshowingyouhowtocorrectlyformnew

soundsbychangingthepositionofyourtongueorchangingthe

shapeofyourlips.Thesesmallchangesaregoingtomakeverybig

changesinyourspeech.We’regoingtopractisingandIrecommend

thatyouusethetrainingmanualandtrytopractiseoften.Whenyou

practise,Irecommendthatyoustartoutspeakingslowlyoutloudin

astrongvoicewhileexaggeratingallthemouthmovements.What

wouldyoubedoingisretrainingthemusclesofyourmouthinyour

tonguetomoveinnewways,whichwillproduceanewpronunciation

patterns.Thesenewspeechpatternswillslowlyandeventually

involveintoyourownspontaneousfastspeech,butitisimportant

thatyoustartoutgoingveryslow.Ifyoucanpronuncewordsand

sentencescorrectlyspeakingslowly,well,thenyou’llhaveno

probleminsayingthemfast.

Ibelievepractisingisimportant,butIdonotbelieveit’stheonlykey

towardssuccess.Beingawareofyourerrors.That’sthekey.Being

awareandalsorecognizingmistakeswhenyouhearthemwill

probablybethemostimportantfactorstowardsyourimprovement.

AnotherthingI’dlikeyoutokeepinmindandI’msureyoumay

havenoticedthisalreadyisthatwhenmostAmericansspeakyouwill

noticethatweseemtoopenourmouthalotandthereisagreat

amountofmouthmovements.WatchmymouthwhenIsay

somethinglike“Wow,wastherereallyrainingonWednesday!”Did

youseehowmymouthseemedtomove?Itwasn’twithmylipsflat.It

wasn’t“Wow,wastherereallyrainingonWednesday.”Therewasa

lotofmovements.Mymouthopenedwide,butalsomywholemouth

movedforward.NowIfindmanyforeignspeakers,maybebecauseof

theirlanguagecharacteristics,theydon’tmovetheirmouthsmuch.

Thereisverylittlefacialmovement.Becauseofthis,toanAmerican

listener,thewordsoftensoundmumble,makingitveryverydifficult

foranAmericanlistenertounderstandwhatitisyousaid.One

waytobebetterunderstoodimmediatelyistobecomemoreawareof

yourspeechandtoreallystartopeningandmovingyourmouth.

I’dliketotrytoobservewhatI’mtalkingabout.Whenyouspeakto

native-bornedAmericansorwatchTVormovies,noticehowwhen

Americansspeak,generallyourmouthsreallyopenbigandourlips

comeforward.Thesemovementshavealottodowiththesoundof

AmericanEnglish.

IalsowanttoaddthatI’lloftenbeaskingyoutorepeatwordsand

sentencesonthesevideos.Trytothinkasifwewerebothsittingin

thesameroomandIamdirectlyrightinfrontofyou.Listen

carefullytothewordsandsoundsthatIgiveyou.Listencarefullyto

mypronunciationandwatchmymouth,thenrepeatthewordsback

tomeinyourownvoicewiththetechniquesthatI’mshowingyouas

clearlyasyoucan.Nowatfirstyoumayfeelabitoffoolishtalkingto

yourcomputerscreen,butreallyyoushouldn’t.Makebelieveyou’re

speakingdirectlytome.You’llfindthiswilltobeextremelyhelpful

andeffective.

Duringthecourseofthisprogram,Iwillbeginbyaddressing

consonantsoundsandthenlateronwe’llworkwithvowelsounds.

Nowvowelsounds,asyouknow,areAEIOandU,likeahh,ohh,

eee,ehh,ihhandooo.Andconsonantsoundsarebasicallyallthe

otherletters’sounds,likeb,ch,s,t,f,g,sh,wandofcourse,thereare

manymanymoresounds.

Theconsonantsthatwearegoingtocoverinthisfirstsessionarethe

consonantRandtheconsonantW.Ok,areyouready?Herewego.

Let’sgetstarted.Let’sstartwiththeAmericanR.

R’sareeverywhere.They’reprobablythemostcommonlyoccurring

consonantsoundinEnglish.OnereasonforthisisthatR’saffect

vowelsounds,especiallywhenanRfallsattheendofwordoraftera

vowelsoundasinthewordCAR,orthewordAIR,ortheword

TURN.

Afterworkingwithsomanynon-nativeEnglishspeakersfrom

aroundtheworld,IbelievetheRsoundisoneofthemaincausesfor

beingmisunderstoodinAmericanEnglish.Therefore,thisiswhyI’ve

chosentostartoutwiththissound.Nowwhensomelanguages,like

ourspeakingSpanish,theRisproducedbybringingthetongue

forwardinthefrontofthemouthbehindtheupperteethandrolling

ortrillingthetongue~,likethat.Nowwhensomeotherlanguages,

likeGermanandFrench,theRisproducedinthebackofthethroat,

butthisisnothowweproduceanRsoundintheUnitedStates.In

AmericanEnglish,inordertosayaclearRsound,twodistinctthings

hafta(haveto)happen.Thefirstthingisthatourmouthandlips

cometightlyforwardasifyouwouldbesayingtheOOsound.Dothis

withme,sayOOandmakesureyoubringingyourlipsalltheway

forward.SayOO.That’sit.Youseehowyourlipsareforward?

That’swhatyouwannado.Thisisthepositionyourmouthshouldbe

inwhenyouproducinganAmericanR,likethat,andI’llbetyou

knowwheneverItoldyouthat.Now,thesecondthingisthatyour

tonguemovesbackinyourmouth.Itdoesn’tcomeforward.It’s

pulledback.Thisisprobablytheoppositeofwhatyou’redoingright

now.So,forexample,inthewordRock,noticehowmylipsare

comingforwardandmytonguemovesbackinmymouthandIpush

outtheRsound.Watchthis:RRRock.Dowithmeandexaggerate

theR:RRRock.Watchwithmyheadturn:RRRock.Youseethat?

Seehowthewholebottomofmyfacecameforward.Don’tbeafraid

todothis.Thisforwardmouthmovementiswhatisgoingtogiveyou

anAmericanRsound.It’snot~andit’snotRockwithyourlipsflat.

Yourwholemouthreallyhasta(hasto)comeforward.NowlatterI

recommendthatyoupractisedoingthisinfrontofamirrorwhile

watchingyourmouth.ReallypushouttheRandremembertopull

yourtongueback.Nowonewayofcheckingifyou’redoingthis

correctlywithyourtongueisbyactuallyputtingyourfingeraround

aninchintoyourmouthwhilesayinganRsound.Watch

this,RRRock,likethat.Youshouldbeabletotakethetipofyour

fingerandfeelthetipofyourtongue.Ifyoudothesetwosimple

thingsbringingyourmouthforwardandpullingyourtongueback.

I’mtellingyouyourspeech’sgoingtobeclearandyou’regoingto

soundsomuchbetter.

Ok,we’regoingtostartoutwithR’satthebeginningofwords.Here

wego.Repeatafterme.

Rock

Rip

Reach

Road

Rain

Rich

Rome

Raise

Robe

Rice

Verygood.Nowrepeatthissentence.

Theroundroosterrushedintothewrongroad.

Verygood.NowpronuncingR’slikethismayfeelalittleweirdto

you,butifyounoticethisishowmostAmericanstalk.

Ok.Nowlet’sdoR’sattheendofwordsorafteravowel.Whena

foreignspeakerproducesRwhichattheendofwordoffollowsa

vowel,it’susuallyveryweakgetsnotreallyheardandleavesthe

wordopenerunfinished,likeinthewordCAR.Nowyoumaysay

CARendingwiththeAvowel.Butit’snotCAR.It’sCAR/r/.Your

tonguehastapullback.CAR.Andalsoyourlipsclosealittlebitin

thefront.TheRneedstobeverystrongandyouneedtoclosethe

word.CAR.Let’spractisethesewords.Repeatafterme.

Car

Far

Star

Door

Bear

Four

Air

Year(nowhasahighvowelsoundEE.Year.)

Turn

Poor

Verygood.Ok.Nowlet’sdiscussR’sinthemiddleofwords.

InthewordVery,forexample,whichisafrequentlyusedwordin

English.TheRoccursinthemiddleoftheword.It’snotaDsound.

ThewordisnotVedi,orVehi,it’sVery.MakesurethattheRsound

isstrongandyourlipsarecomingforward.Yourtongueisbackand

youpushouttheR:Very,likethat.Practisethesesentenceswithme

niceandslow.HeisVeryVerynice,likethat.Seehowmylips

arecomingallthewayforward?Nextone.SheisVeryVerytall.

HerearesomemorepracticewordswithRinthemiddle.Repeat

afterme.

Direction

Arrange

Erase

Correct

Marry

Garage

Original

Hurry

Zero

Marine

Berry

Operation

Caring

Arrive

Everyone

Ok.Verygood.Now,R’sareoftencombinedwithotherconsonants

andformwhatwecallRBlends.Itisimportanttounderstandthat

theRsoundisthestronggestsoundoftheblendandyourlipsoften

comeforwardbeforeyouevensaytheword.Andexampleofthisis

thewordGrape.NownoticehowmymouthcomesforwardbeforeI

evensaytheword.Grape.Didyouseethat?Andnoticeinthe

wordGrapetheRsoundisstronggerandyouevenhearitmorethan

theGsound.Grape.HerearesomepracticewordswithRBlends.

Firstatthebeginningofwords.Herewego.

Training

Trust

Trip

Great

Tropical

Bring

Print

President

Product

Cracker

Crawl

Break

Ok.Nowinthemiddleofwords.

Subtract

Waitress

Nutrition

Australia

Introduce

Compress

Oppression

Betray

Verygood.Oknowlet’spractiseRsoundsinsentences.These

sentencesarefilledwithR’s.KeeptheRsoundstrong.Don’tforget

tobringyourmouthforwardandpullyourtongueback.Saythese

sentenceswithme.Herewego.

Thestoryhereadontheradiowasincorrect.

Hercareerinthelawfirmispermanent.

RichardandBrooketookarideintheirbrandnewRangeRover

truck.

EveryonewillrespecttheRoyalFamilywhentheyarriveatthe

airport.(BeshorterclosetothewordAir.It’snotairport.It’sAir,

Airport,likethatwithstrongRsound.)

ThetriptotheRockyMountainswillberescheduledonFriday.

Verygood.Oknowlet’stalkaboutWsounds.Wsoundsarevery

similartoRsounds.Themajorthingtokeepinmindisthatin

EnglishwhenyouseeaW,italwayshasaWsound.Likeinthe

wordWhat.Againnoticehowmymouthmovesforward.Onewayto

makesureyouweredoingthiscorrectlyistofirstsayoooowithyour

wholemouthforward,oooo,likethat,andthen,openandcloseyour

lipstomaketheWsound,likethis,ooooWaWaWa.That’showyou

produceaW.Wa,likethat.It’sneveraVsound,/v/,oryou’relike

bitingdownonyourlowerlip,never.We’llbegoingoverVsoundsin

thefourthsession.ThereasonImentionthisisbecausemanyforeign

speakers,especiallytheGermanspeakerssay,forexample,Vhatwith

VforthewordWhat.Insteadofsaying“Whatwillwedo?”,whichis

correct.Theymaysay“Vhatvillvedo?”Andthatisnotrightand

manypeoplemaynotunderstandyou.Bringyourmouthforwardon

thoseWwords.Whatwillwedo.Saywithme.Whatwillwedo.Very

good.

NowasIsaidtheWandtheRaresimilar,bothofthemaremade

withyourmouthintheforwardpositionandyourtonguepulled

back.Yourmouthshouldbealittlebittighterwhenyou’resayingan

R.ListentothesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweentheseRandW

words.

Rick–Wick

Right–White

It’snotVhitewithV.It’sWhitewithW.

Verygood.AlsobeawarethattheWsoundoccursinsomewords

beginningwiththeletterO,likeinthewords:One,Once.Youmight

notbeawareofthis.PractisetheWwordswithme.We’llstartout

withWatthebeginningofwords.Don’tforgettobringyourmouth

forwardatthebeginningofeachword.

Why

Which

When

What

Wipe

Wish

Weight

Wing

Verygood.OknowWinthemiddleofwords.

Always

Away

Beware

Awake

Someone

Rewind

Halloween

Hollywood

NowpractisetheseWsentences.

Thewindfromthewestwasverywet.(RememberVerystartswith

theVsoundfollowedbyastrongR.--Wasverywet.Verygood.)

Wewokeupandwashedthewhitewashcloth.

Wewaitedforthewaitresstogiveuswater.

WehadawonderfultimeinWashingtonandWisconsin.

Verygood.NowwhilewearetalkingtheWsounds,I’dliketo

mentionQsounds.HowareQsoundsrelated?Well,Qsoundsare

madewiththeK/k/soundandtheWsound/w/puttogether.Youmay

haveknownthat.So,forexample,thewordQuickispronuncedwith

theKandthestrongWsound.KWICK,likethat.Repeatsomeof

thesewordsbeginningwiththeQsound.

Question

Quiet

Queen

Qualify

Quit

Quebec

Quilt

AndalsointheCHwordChoir

Verygood.Ok,herenowisaparagraphwhichcontainsmanyRand

Wsounds.Youmaywannapractisereadingthisparagraphafew

times.NoticehowmylipscomeforwardandallmyRsandWs.Try

todothesamethinganddon’tforget.DonotrollyourR’~.Don’tdo

that.Herewego.

RaywasborninRussia.Hedreamedofbuildingtheperfectroller

coasterattheGrandCanyoninArizona.Hehadafriendnamed

FredwholivedinNorway.Fred’sprofessionwasdesigningrailroad

tracksandhiscareerinvolvedtravelingallaroundtheworld.Ray

thoughtitwouldbeperfectifFreddesignedhisrollercoasterride.

Fredwascreative,brilliantandworkedwellwithrailroadtracks.He

wouldbetheperfectengineerfortheproject.Theridetooktwoyears

toconstructandwaspaintedredandwhite.Everyonereallywanted

toridethebrand-newrollercoaster.

Verygood.NowifyoustronglypushoutthoseRsandWswhenyou

practiseeventuallyyourRsandWsoundsaregoingtobeclearand

yourspeechwillbemucheasiertounderstand.

Ifyouhavethetimewatchthesessionagainandpractiseyour

pronunciationalongwithme,thentakeoutyourtrainingmanual

andpractiseonyourown.Allthewordlistsandreadingpassages

thatareonthesevideosareinthemunualaswell.Ihopeyouenjoy

ourfirstsessiontogether.Fellfreetowatchthissessionagain.I’m

PaulGruberwiththePronunciationWorkshopandI’llseeyounext

time.

SessionTwo

1.Voicing

2.Consonantpairs

3.ConsonantS

4.ConsonantZVoicing

Hi,welcomeback.AgainmynameisPaulGruberandthisisthe

PronunciationWorkshopsSecondSession.Ihopethingshavebeen

goingwellsincewelastmet.Iwouldliketojustmentionagainthere

areliterarllyhundredsoflanguagesaroundtheworldandevery

languagehasitsownsetofcharacteristics.WhatI’vedoneinthis

programistoaddressthemostsignificantpronunciationerrors

madebymostforeignspeakersthatyoumayfindthatnotevery

lessonpertainstoyouindividuallypronunciationproblem.Ifthat’s

thecase,well,that’sgreatcauseyou’llgetlesstoworkon.ButIhate

youtomissoutanythingimportant.Therefore,Istilldorecommend

thatyouwatchallofthesessionsinchronologicalorderfromthefirst

sessiontothelastsessiontogetthemostoutofthisprogramand

latteronifyoufeelyoumeedmorepractice,reviewthesesionswhich

youfeelmayneedmoreattention.

Ok.Let’sgetstartedwithtoday’ssession.Inthisvideo,we’regoing

totalkaboutVoicing.We’llalsotalkaboutConsonantPairsand

whattheyareandthenwe’llcoverSsoundsandZsounds.Ok,here

wego.

Voicing.You’regoingtohearmesaythiswordalotandyouneedto

understandwhatitiswhatI’mtalkingabout.Allspeechsounds,all

ofthemareeithervoicedorunvoiced.Now,whatdidthatmean?

Well,first,let’stakealookatthisvideo.Itmaylookalittlebit

disgusting.Doyouhaveanyideawhatitis.It’slooklikesomething

thatisopeningandclosing.I’llgiveyouahint.You’vegotpairof

theseandyouusethemwhenyouspeak.Anyidea?Thosewerevocal

chords.Vocalchordsarethosetinymusclesthatarerightherewhen

yourthroatthatvibratesquicklyandcreatsoundandthatsoundis

yourvoicethatyoucaneasilymakeyouvocalchordsvibratebyjust

sayingAH.That’sit.That’svoicing.Voicingiswhenyourcocal

chordsarevibrating,producingasound,andyoucanfeelthe

vibrationsifyouputyourhandrighthereonyourthroat.Dothis

withme.Putyourhandonyourthroatandnowlet’sloudsayAH.

Doyoufeelthevibration?Thoseyourvocalchordsvibrating.Now

allvowelsoundsarevoicedA,Oh,OO,AE,EE.Youcannot

produceavowelsoundwithoutvoicingit.Nothingwouldcomeout.

Yousee?Youneedvoicing.AH.Soallvowelsarevoiced.Now,

consonantsarecompletely

differentstory.Someconsonantsare

voicedandsomeconsonantsarenotvoiced.Andmanyconsonants

arewhatwecallpaired.So,let’stalkaboutPairedConsonants.Let’s

lookatthesound.TheletterPmakes/p//p//p/--that’sthesoundof

theletterP.Areyourvocalchordsvibratingwhenyou’resayingthe

sound?/p//p//p/.Youfeelingvibrationsinyourthroat?No,yourvocal

chordsnowarenotproducingasoundsothereforethePsoundis

whatwecallunvoicedbecausethereisnovoicing.Andthisisthesign

thatI’mgoingtomakewhenthere’snovoicing.

Sonowlet’slookatthesamesoundthePsound/p//p//p/.Butthis

timewe’lladdvoicingbyvibratingourvocalchords.Nowwewon’t

changethethingwithourmouth.We’llkeepthatthesame,we’ll

justaddvoicing.SowhathappenstothePsound/p//p//b//b/.It

becomesaBsound.Watchagain.P—novoicing,/p//p//p/./b/--B,

voicing./p/--/b/.Youseethateverythingherestaysthesame.The

onlydifferencesmyvocalchordsareeithervibratingorthey’renot

vibrating.SowesaythePsoundandtheBsoundarePaired

Consonants.They’reproducedexactlythesamewayhereinyour

mouth,butthePsoundhasnovoicingandtheBsound/b//b/does

havevoicing.Ok.Havingsaidthat,let’slookatanothersetof

consonants.HowabouttheletterT.Whatsounddoesthatmake?

/t//t//t/.Isthatvoicedorunvoiced?/t//t//t/--It’sunvoiced.Yourvocal

chordsarenotvibrating./t//t/.Nowdon’tchangethethingwithyour

mouth.Justtakethesamesoundandaddvoicing.WhatdoesthatT

soundbecome?/t//t//d//d//d//d/becomesaDsound.Sowesaythat

theTsound/t/andtheDsound/d/arealsoPairedConsonants.

Ok.Nowlet’slookattheFsound/f/.We’rebitingdownonyour

lowerlip/f/.Isthatavoicedsoundorunvoicedsound?/f/it’s

unvoiced.Yourvocalchordsarenotvibrationg./f/.Nowsamesound

butthistimeweaddvoicing./f//v/.V.ItbecomesaV/v/.Yousee

that?F/f/novoicing.Vvoicing./v/.SotheFandVarealsoPaired

Consonants.

Therearemanymoreconsonantsthatarepairedandwe’llgetto

thoseatanothertime.Butfornow,I’mgoingtotomentionjustone

more.TheSconsonant,madewiththeairgoingthroughyourfront

teeth./s/.Anyvoicinggoingonwiththesound/s/.No,theSsoundis

unvoiced./s/.Whatwouldbeifyoudidn’tchangethething.Youjust

addvoicing.WhatwouldtheSsoundbecome./s//z/.Itwillbecome

aZsound/z/.SoShasnovoicing/s/,Zhasvoicing/z/.SowesaytheS

soundandZsoundarealsoPairedConsonants.Andthisbringsusto

whatIwouldliketocovertodaySsounds/s/,Zsounds/z/andhow

theyworkintermsofwordendings.Ifindthatmostpeoplewho

learnEnglishasasecondlanguagedonotusethepropervoicingon

/s/and/z/endings.Sowhathappensisitcancauseyourspeechto

soundunclearandsometimesmaycauseyoutobemisunderstood.

I’mgoingtoshowyouthreeeasyrulesthatwillhelpyoupronunce

manyofthesewordscorrectly.

ThisfirstruleiseasyandthisoneIknowyouprobablydoalready.

Rule1:Ifthelastsoundinawordisunvoiced,andyou’readdingan

S,well,thentheSremainsunvoiced,too.Letmeexplainthat.Take

thewordCup.Cup.ItendswiththeunvoicedP/p//p/Cup/p//p/or

thenifyouaddanStothewordCuptomakeaplural.TheSyou

addalsoremainsunvoiced.So,forexample,youhaveonecuportwo

cups.There’snovoicingattheendofthatword.TheSremains

unvoiced.Onecup.Twocups.That’seasy.Youalreadydothis.I’ll

showyouanotherwordCat.CatendswiththeunvoicedT/t//t/.One

cat.Twocats.AgaintheSendingisunvoiced.Cats.Thisalsogoesfor

verbslikeintheverbBreak.IBreak.Breakendswiththeunvoiced

Ksound/k//k/.There’snovoicingonthatK.Sowhenyouputthe

wordinthethirdperson.HeBreaks.TheSyouaddalsoremains

unvoiced.Hebreaks.

Istop(endswiththeunvoicedP/p/).Istop.Hestops./s/unvoicedS.

Stops.NowasIsaidyoualreadyfollowthisruleandtherereallyisn’t

anythingyoudon’tknow.

ButonruleNo.2,nowthisoneyouprobablydonotdo,Sopay

closeattentiontothisrule.WhenaddinganStoawordtomakea

plural.IfawordendswithanyofthesesoundsSZSHCHor

DG(J)asinJudge.Don’tworry.Youreallydon’tneedtomemorize

this.Itwillbecomeautomatic.WhenyouaddanSending,thistime,

wealwaysaddtheendingIZZZZZwiththevoicedZ.Itdoesn’t

matterthatit’sspelledwithanS.It’sneverS,unvoiced,never.It’s

alwaysIZZZZZwithvoicedZ.Ok.Dothiswithme.Putyourhand

onyourthroat,causeIwantyoutofeelthevibrationinyourneck

andsayIZZZZZ.FeelthatrighthereIZZZZZ.Ok,solet’slookat

thewordPage,forexample,whichendsinavoicedsound.OnePage

becomesTwoPagewiththatvoicedZ.TwoPages.It’snotTwo

Pages/s/,unvoiced,no.It’sTwoPages/z/withthevoicedZ.Even

thoughyouspellthewordlikethis,inAmericanEnglishyou

pronuncethewordlikethisPAGEZZ.You’reprobablysayingI

neverknewthat.Seewhatyou’relearningfromme.Ok,let’slookat

anotherwordinthewordBUS,forexample,BUSendswithanS

sound/s/.BUS.Soifyoumakeaplural,you’regoingtoaddthe

endingIZZZZZwiththevoicedZ.Sowe’vegotOneBusorTwo

Buses.Buses.TwoBuses.ThelastsoundyouhearisthatvoicedZ,

Buses.

Nextone.Lunch.LunchendswiththeCHsound[?].Sowe’vegot

OneLunchorTwoLunches.Lunches./IIIZ/.Verygood.Let’sdo

someverbs.Raise.Meaningliketoraisemyhand.Thiswordisabit

unusualbecauseeventhoughitisspelledwithanS,it’spronunced

withthevoicedZ.SowesayIRaisewiththevoicedZending.Andhe

Raises.Raise.HeRaiseshishand.It’svoiced.Nextone.Brush.Like

toBrushourteeth.IBrush.HeBrushes.Brushes.It’savoiced

ending.Push.IPush.HePushes.Hepushes.Verygood.Byvoicing

theseendings,yourspeechwillbecomeclearer,sharperandcleaner.

Mostlikelyyouhaven’tnoticedthatAmericanEnglishspokenthis

way,butnowasIpointedoutlistenforwardwhenyouhearpeople

speak.Toananativelistener,thismakesaverybigdifference.

Ok,herecomesthethridrule.Thisone’seasy.Ifawordendswitha

vowelsound,allyoudoisaddavoicedZ.It’ssimple.Let’slookat

thewordTree.Thelastsoundyouhearinthatwordisthevowel/EE/

andrememberavowelisalwaysvoiced.Sothewordendsinavoiced

sound.Tree.Sowhatyouwannadoifyou’regoingtoaddanSto

wordlikethistomakeapluralisyoucontinuethevoicing

throughoutthewholewordandaddonavoicedZ.Soherewego.

You’vegotOneTreeorTwoTrees.It’snotTrees/s/

withthe

unvoicedS.It’sTress/z/withthatvoicedending.Youseethat.

Anotherexample,thewordDay.Itendswiththevoicedsound/e/,so

youhaveOneDayorTwoDays.It’snotDays/s/unvoicedS.Days/z/,

withvoicedZending.Nextone.Shoe.Oneshoe.Twoshoes.Nextis

theverbFly,whichendswiththevoicedsound[а?].Soyou’vegotI

Fly.HeFlys.Keepthatendingvoiced.Flys.Thelastsoundyouhear

inthewordGameistheMsound/m/,whichisavoicedconsonant.

Sobecauseofthat,whenyouaddanS,theSshouldalsobevoiced.

Onegame.Twogames.Games.Anotherword.Headendswiththe

voicedD/d/,sowegotOneHeadorTwoHeads.Heads.It’svoiced.

Twoheads.Verygood.Nextword.Trainendswiththevoicedn.See

that?Soyou’vegotOneTrainorTwoTrains.TwoTrainswiththe

voicedZending.SongendswiththevoicedNGsound,soifyoumake

aplural,don’tforgettoaddavoicedZending.You’vegotOne

SongorTwoSongs.TwoSongs.

NowwhatIjustshowedyoutakesomepracticetoactually

incorporateintoyourEnglish.ButIcantellyoufrom

pastexperiencethatmostmyclientswereabletomastertheseSand

Zvoicedendingsinjustafewweeks.

Ok,nowforsomethingelse.Asyouknowbynow,Englishisa

difficultandcrazylanguage.AllthesewordsthatI’mgoingtoshow

younowarewrittenwithanS,however,they’reallpronuncedwith

voicedZ.WhythisisIhavenoidea,butthisishowEnglishis.

Herewego.ThewordIs.It’snot/Is/(unvoiced).It’spronuncedasif

itwereaZ/IZ/.Thisisgood.Youhearthat.Is.His.Samething.It

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