Pronunciation Challenges

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Tongue Twisters

Is your tongue tired yet? There’s just something inherently fun about tongue twisters. They are silly and nonsensical, but they still manage to make us smile. Perhaps because they offer the a challenge in an area that is typically par for the course – pronunciation. For native speakers, a pronunciation challenge is amusing and sometimes frustrating, but mostly it is just fun. For English as a second language speakers, however, pronunciation challenges are a part of every day. Not every ESL student has the same struggles, but most do have something they need to improve when it comes to their spoken English. That is where tongue twisters enter in. If you have ever thought about how to use them in your pronunciation lessons but weren’t sure how to make it work for your students, here are some tips on how to do it right.

Example of Tongue Twisters:

Consonant Blends

Two consonants that form a blended sound can be hard for new English speakers. Build up their confidence with these:
                 She sells seashells by the seashore
                 I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen
                 I thought I thought of thinking of thanking you
                 Slim slam slap
                 A big black bug snoozed on a big black rug
                 He threw three free throws
                 Thin sticks, thick bricks
                 Fred fed Ted bread and Ted fed Fred bread

L vs. R

Some of your students may have difficulty saying L and R. Asian language speakers often confuse the two letter sounds, so these tongue twisters are perfect practice.
                Red lorry, yellow lorry
                Truly rural
                I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream
                Rolling red wagons
                Red blood, bad blood

B vs. V

Spanish speakers frequently pronounce these two letters the same way, making it very hard to hear the difference. These rhymes will get your students speaking clearer.
              Blue blurry vines blind 
              Betty loves the velvet vest best
              Barber baby bubbles and a bumblebee
              Burnt base, vicious  vase
              Vivacious Val vacuumed Violet’s very vivid vehicle

Vowels

The correct pronunciation of vowels is essential if your students are going to be fluent in their new language. These tongue twisters will give them plenty of practice with enunciating their vowels.
             Eddie edited Earl’s easy music
             Gooey gopher guts
             Excited executioner exercising his excising powers excessively
             Annie ate eight Arctic apples
             An orange oval spooks the odd operative
             An awful aardvark and an aching ape ate an antelope

Bonus Twists

These ones can be a good way to fill a little extra time between classes or simply to break the tension in a classroom. Better yet, ask your students to share tongue twisters in their native language, too. Nothing is more entertaining than seeing the teacher attempt a funny twist in another language!
             Printed papers under pressure make pens prickle
             The poor boar pours batter over his putter
             Six sticky skeletons
             Thunder sunders thick sticks

See this video how to do tongue twisters


Let's practice!!

1. Here I provide some tongue twisters and I want you to practice say the tongue twisters in correct pronunciation.
2. Record your voice in the form of mp3.
3. Sent to my gmail : zaahinbaroroh@gmail.com

1.     Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
2.     Betty Botter bought some butter
But she said the butter’s bitter
If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter
But a bit of better butter will make my batter better
So ‘twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter
3.     How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood
As a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood

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