Fuzzy Wuzzya Tongue Twister for you!

Fuzzy Wuzzy

Fuzzy Wuzzy Was a bear Fuzzy Wuzzy Had no hair

Fuzzy Wuzzy Wasn't very fuzzy Was he?

Pronunciation, Pronunciation

• English pronunciation usually learned later in life

• English sounds are difficult to pronounce for non-native speakers

• Pronunciation is deeply connected to our sense of identity and sense of Self

Why invest in your English Pronunciation?

• Improves communication

• Increases status

• Brings more money

What keeps us?

• Shame, Embarassement & Fear!

The trap of right & wrong thinking

• If I get it right......

• If I get it wrong......

Check your Beliefs

• If I get it right.....

I am a good person

• If I get it wrong......

• I am a stupid person

Check your Beliefs

Check your Beliefs

• If I get it right... I am a competent person

• If I get it wrong... I am an incompetent person

Check your Beliefs

• If I get it right......I will be accepted and respected

• If I get it wrong...I am unworthy of respect

Check your Beliefs

• If I get it right...... I am likeable & lovable

• If I get it wrong..I am unlikeable & unloveable

Check your Beliefs

• If I get it right......I am a cool person

• If I get it wrong...I am a klutz

Check your Beliefs

• If I get it wrong... I will be poor

• If I get it right......I will make money

Check your Beliefs

• If I get it right...... I am a powerful person

• If I get it wrong......I am a weakling

Check your Beliefs

• If I get it right.....I am a succes

• If I get it wrong......I am a loser

Check your Beliefs

• If I get it wrong......I will suffer and die

• If I get it right.....I will not suffer & die

Check your Beliefs

• If I get it right......

• If I get it wrong...

What keeps us from investing in refining our pronunciation?

Outdated beliefs!

Empty your mind

Letting go of Beliefs

• allow yourself to make ‘mistakes’

• adopt a playful attitude to learning and practice

• have fun with the sounds, the mouth and tongue & lip exercises

• enjoy the process

Pronunciation Challenges

• Dutch - th becomes du - de, dat, dose

• French - th becomes ze - the, that, those

• German - th becomes zie - ze, zat, zose

• Chinese - r becomes l - loom, led, lale, loal

• Spanish - v becomes b - very - berry, vivacious -bibacious, vibrant - bibrant, valentine - ballentine

• Russian - l becomes ll lie - llie, love - llove

The five A’s of Articulation & Diction• Awareness of the problem; how am I saying it? listen to yourself

• Acceptance of the problem; yes, I am saying it! mental switch

• Adjustments in the way you shape the sounds; study the correct pronunciation, study and practice self study or coaching

• Attention to breathing, pacing and posture; take time to let the sounds roll of the tongue, slow down, stand erect and ground yourself prepare and create the right conditions each time you speak

• Application of all of the above practice - practice - practice

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Anatomy of Speech

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1GUTTERAL — the back of the tonguegood - great - gigantic - kind - cow2PALATAL — the flat of the tonguelanguage - light - laughter3CEREBRAL — the roof of the mouthtop - tickle - terrific -4DENTAL — the tip of the tonguethe - that - neat - 5LABIAL — lipsmom - bare - very - fuzzy - pan

Methods for Improving

• Analysis: record your voice; make an inventory of the problem areas

• When unsure of correct pronunciation listen to the word being pronounced and repeat the words Merriam Webster Dictionary The Visual Thesaurus

• Study words with similar sounds but subtle differences

English Sounds;Word Pairs

their - thereneat - needfade - faterug - rockhat - headlife - livedead - debt

phase - faze ship - sheepwalk - worklettuce - lettersface - faithvery - wearybug - buck

How Much Wood?A tongue twister

How much wood

would a woodchuck chuck

if a woodchuck

could chuck wood?

He would chuck

as much wood

as a woodchuck could chuck

Resources• Starfall

• Visual Thesaurus

• Merriam Webster Dictionary

• Laat je passie spreken!

• Splendid Speaking

• Pronuncian