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Minhhai2209 Posted 16 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Could you please check my pronunciation of /ʊ/ and /u:/?

Could you please check my pronunciation of /?/ and /u:/? I'm trying to correct my pronunciation Emotion: smile.

For some reason, the audio feature didn't work on my PC (I'm looking into it), so I'll link to the audio files on my Windows Live Skydrive. I apologize for any inconvenience.

/?/
http://cid-2017aeb917fd7137.office.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/shortu.mp3

http://cid-2017aeb917fd7137.office.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/shortu1.mp3

/u:/
http://cid-2017aeb917fd7137.office.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/longu1.mp3
http://cid-2017aeb917fd7137.office.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/longu.mp3

Thanks a lot.
  

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I would say it's generally ok, that is, you seem to know well enough how to distinguish them.

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  • I would say it's generally ok, that is, you seem to know well enough how to distinguish them.
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I would say it's generally ok, that is, you seem to know well enough how to distinguish them. Emotion: smile
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I think you should:

1. open your mouth more (stretch it) when using vowels
2. Articulating has to be lighter

here you can see two different clips showing American and British English:

American
http://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/giantsquid
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well , you dont sound too natural... i would have to hear it in context but you do get the major difference. everybody would understand you.
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