A20:30
'b' vs 'p'
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Make tricky words clearer
Pronunciation
Practise words and short phrases that learners often find hard to say clearly.
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Focus areas
- 6Individual SoundsThe consonants and vowels learners find hardest — th, r/l, v/w, -ng.
- 7Minimal PairsWord pairs that differ by a single sound — ship / sheep, vote / boat.
- 6Word StressWhich syllable to hit — PHOtograph vs phoTOgrapher, REcord vs reCORD.
- 8Connected SpeechLinking words, weak forms, contractions, and dropped sounds.
- 6Consonant ClustersSound stacks — str-, -sts, strengths, twelfths — without adding a vowel.
- 6Tongue TwistersPlayful, repeatable drills that isolate a problem sound.
- 6Intonation & RhythmRising and falling tone, and moving the sentence stress to shift meaning.
- 5RhymesRhyming sets that lock one vowel in place across different spellings.
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