Monday, May 25, 2020

Peter Piper to Practice the P Sound

Tongue twisters are fun words games we use to challenge our pronunciation. As an English learner, you can use tongue twisters to help with pronunciation of certain sounds. Peter Piper Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,wheres the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? Listen to the Peter Piper recording. Improving Your Pronunciation In this tongue twister, Peter Piper, you can work on your ps. The p sound is  voiceless  and is similar to the b sound which is voiced. The difference between the two sounds is that the p does not use the voice. Practice the difference in these sounds with minimal pairs—words that only have a difference between the p and b sound.   bob - popblob - plopbeg - pegpitch - bitchpeck - beck Feel the Sound Difference Place your hand on your throat and say pop and you will feel no vibration. Place your hand on your throat and say bob and youll feel vibration. Use lots of breath to help you get the plosive p sound strong. Pronounce your p with a strong explosion of air through the lips.

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