Ok, I am a native English speaker and I was looking for a video like this to help my Spanish speaking friend learning English... And can I say that this video is just spot on!! I for real didn't even realize some of these rules myself (so I learned something new lol) but I these ladies are so clear, descriptive, and fun! Great work, very helpful! 👏🏻
I'm 72 years old; and I was looking at the girls in English class instead of listening to the teacher. Oh how much I have learned. When two vowels are together; the first one does the talking; and the second one is silent. Thank you SO-O-O Much Now I can get Bach to the girls (LOL).
You ladies are awesome. Not being a native speaker, I was having the most difficult time explaining short and long vowel sounds to my son who is in 1st grade. We are both learning from your videos.
I think telling these rules is a brilliant idea, but learning them is a tough journey. Especially for nonnative English speakers, it isn't an easier task to learn at all. But thank you for sharing this, it is a meaningful, a helpful, and a productive lesson especially learning the long and the short vowel. I wish to see more.
I like your vibes and energy. You teach in a fun and relaxed way. I started following your channel a little while ago and it has been really good for me.
Genius Ladies. Your Way of teaching makes a difference. Please solve my one pronunciation problem. Woman = Womin Women = Wimin In first a changed to i in second a and e changed to i why???? What rules of pronunciation apply above.
Thank you so much. I didn't know it. Now I learned (I need training yet). I am learning English and I had a notion that there was some rule about vowels, but I didn't know how to search/seek it until I found you! It's amazing! ❤😍👌😘💕💖
My goodness!!! You are so helpful thank you very much. Your videos looks like they are made for me. My biggest obstacles in learning English are gone thanks to you. Thank youuuuuuuuuu
As a Spanish speaker, I have a little difficulty finding the difference between the short sounds. To me, The short "a" and the short ""o" and "u" have the same short sound. Is that right? Could you eventually make a video about clarifying the difference between these short sounds? Once again you are fantastic!
Good point - the difference between the short a, e, o and u sounds is subtle. Many learners of English have difficulty hearing the difference, especially between a/e (man / men) and o/u (cop / cup). We do have a video about the first one, ( th-cam.com/video/L8ZHr2Jdzk0/w-d-xo.html ) but we will be happy to make one about the second.
Here is a video comparing the short O and U sounds. th-cam.com/video/Ln5_w2NxhxM/w-d-xo.html This one focuses on the short A and E sounds. th-cam.com/video/L8ZHr2Jdzk0/w-d-xo.html
Love your videos so much. Thanks a bunch. With the word 'been' though, sometimes I hear some native speakers (Americans) say it more like the name 'Ben'. Is that a dialect thing do you think?
i know how the following words are pronounced but... Could you explain WHY the vowels are long and short in the following words for me...I'm a little stumped! Alias Bilirubin vs Bilingual Yellow vs Yacht Ice Cream vs Igloo vs Alias (when do we use the i to be long, short, and as Ee?)
Although we use the word "rules" in the video, they are really just patterns. English pronunciation is complicated. Sometimes words come from other languages and maintain some of the original pronunciation features (ex. alias is from Latin). Sometimes a prefix or suffix is involved (ex. bilingual -> similar to bicycle) Sometimes a says "aw" as in father (ex. yacht). As for ice cream and igloo, they do follow the patterns --> ice = magic e; igloo =single vowel in a syllable is short (CVC without the initial C)
How about the word geology? Both vowels are pronounced. Is it an exception to the rule? Or is a word which happens to belong to a different rule/category?
The CVVC rule is the least reliable of the 3 vowel rules in the video. There are many exceptions to it. -ology is a suffix. It will be pronounced as ology, regardless of what comes before it.
You can't expect most of the not native English speakers just to MIMIC the vowel sounds. The size of empty space in the initial position is DIFFERENT for speakers of other languages. The tension of the oral muscles is also different. Everything is different. The first thing every English learner must do is to CREATE a native English speaker INITIAL POSITION inside their mouth. And nobody teaches this thing! If it learned from the beginning the acquisition of the English sounds would become much easier and more natural. But still relearning the initial position of a foreign language is incredibly difficult for most of the learners.
I am having this very difficulty trying to learn the German vowel sounds. As native English, I can easily distinguish and produce English sounds, but for a new language, like German, I'm at a complete loss. I am finding it very difficult to learn mouth positions without the immediate feedback of an instructor.
The problem with German vowel sounds for a native English arises from the fact that Germans use the upper part of the root of their tongue to concentrate on the sounds. I.e. in that part lies the FOCUS. On the other hand native English use their upper lip and nose to make the FOCUS. The difference in the location of these two places makes a huge difference in the sounds. From my observations, it is harder to move the focus from back to forward and vice versa than to move it up and down. For example, Russians have the focus horizontally in the same position as Germans do but vertically the focus is lower. Russians concentrate on the lower part of the root of their tongue when speaking. So for most of the Russians, it is extremely difficult to move the focus in the English position. It seems the same is true for an English trying to speak Russian. It may take months of practice just to adapt to a new position. And then months to practice the sounds. It is really hard but possible. And even with immediate feedback from a native, it is still very hard to do. One needs to create a new habit of the mouth and the tongue positions. We tend to relax and take our usual positions all the time. Foreign positions are unnatural for us especially if they differ a lot.
Would you say, I am an unicorn Or I am a unicorn If “an” was taught to me personally that you use it before a word that starts with a vowel Example : I am an apple. I am a grape.
Hi David. Good question; this is a confusing point. You are right that "an" comes before a vowel, but it is based on the sound, not the spelling. Because English letters sometimes have different sounds, it gets complicated. UNICORN sounds almost like it starts with a Y, so it goes with "a". Example: She saw a unicorn. In the word UMBRELLA, the sound is different, so we use "an". Example: She had an umbrella. Another example is HOUR, which starts with a consonant, but the H is silent, so we use "an". Example: The test was an hour long. I hope that helps!
Extra English Practice yes it was bothering me for quite a bit yesterday. Thank you for clarifying a little bit. I saw a Instagram post about something and it contained the error, im not sure if the person did it on purpose or accidental but it was brought up and I thought i was going crazy because im in college and I didnt know about this weird one at least it wasn’t something I thought about before, other than writing on the internet im usually fantastic with grammar
No problem. It's interesting to find new and surprising aspects to language. BTW, we have a little video on this very thing: th-cam.com/video/PQHGldz8OBw/w-d-xo.html
The third rule only works for 2 vowels together. Even then, sometimes it doesn't work. Ex. bread = short e, plaid = short a In English, rules should be called patterns, and we should remember there are always exceptions.
I'm afraid you're going to have to learn each one separately. Here's one hint: often, if you consider the QU in a word to be one sound (/kw/), the rest of the word follows the rules. Quiet is an exception. (Queen = rule 3, quick = rule 1, square = rule 2, quail = rule 3)
excuse me .. i'm not a native speaker of english ..but i'm still learning english could you help me what about more than 2 vowel letters in 1 word like " scientific or biodegradable" are they spoken with complete of long vowel sounds /short vowel sounds or is there any rule again to speak like those words ? thank you before :)
Yes, there are words where there are two vowels together, and both are spoken. Unfortunately, I've never heard of a rule to explain or predict this. Some other examples are theatre, bias, diagram, triumph, create, coordinate, geology, etc.
You're great!, I loved this video and I found it so clear and useful. I'm an English teacher but not a native speaker, and I'm always looking for the way my practice can be improved. And also how to improve myself. Thanks a lot😊
This is a wonderful lesson, but I suggest that you can give the meaning of the words because most of these words are useful for learners. It would be very great if they could know the meaning.
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Ok, I am a native English speaker and I was looking for a video like this to help my Spanish speaking friend learning English... And can I say that this video is just spot on!! I for real didn't even realize some of these rules myself (so I learned something new lol) but I these ladies are so clear, descriptive, and fun! Great work, very helpful! 👏🏻
Thanks! We're glad to hear it!
I'm 72 years old; and I was looking at the girls in English class instead of listening to the teacher. Oh how much I have learned. When two vowels are together; the first one does the talking; and the second one is silent. Thank you SO-O-O Much Now I can get Bach to the girls (LOL).
Good lord. Where were you when i was in high school. If i had had you as english teachers. Those classes would have rocked
aw, thanks! We hope our current students think our classes rock! 😂
After an extensive search, I finally found a clear and effective explanation. Thank you both.
You ladies are awesome. Not being a native speaker, I was having the most difficult time explaining short and long vowel sounds to my son who is in 1st grade. We are both learning from your videos.
That's great! We are glad you can learn together from our videos!
I think telling these rules is a brilliant idea, but learning them is a tough journey. Especially for nonnative English speakers, it isn't an easier task to learn at all. But thank you for sharing this, it is a meaningful, a helpful, and a productive lesson especially learning the long and the short vowel. I wish to see more.
Yes, it's so true that learning these things is a very difficult task! We're glad you found this video helpful though, and good luck!
Practice, thank you for your response.it would be a great idea if you can bring more words with long and short sound.
Loved this video ! Can you make a video explaining some exceptions to these rules ? Thank you !!
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Very well done. I needed a video to explain this concept in a simple way to adult Spanish speakers. This is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!
That's great! We love hearing that other teachers find our materials useful.
The most clear explanation I have ever seen. You are both amazing! ❤❤
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I like your vibes and energy. You teach in a fun and relaxed way. I started following your channel a little while ago and it has been really good for me.
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Please solve my one pronunciation problem.
Woman = Womin
Women = Wimin
In first a changed to i
in second a and e changed to i
why????
What rules of pronunciation apply above.
There's no real rule here. This word is just one of many exceptions, unfortunately!
I started laughing after the test because I didn't believe I will understand vowel sound as easy as you two did. Thank you very much ❤❤
Thank you so much. I didn't know it. Now I learned (I need training yet). I am learning English and I had a notion that there was some rule about vowels, but I didn't know how to search/seek it until I found you! It's amazing! ❤😍👌😘💕💖
My goodness!!! You are so helpful thank you very much. Your videos looks like they are made for me. My biggest obstacles in learning English are gone thanks to you. Thank youuuuuuuuuu
You are so welcome! We're glad we could help!
As a Spanish speaker, I have a little difficulty finding the difference between the short sounds. To me, The short "a" and the short ""o" and "u" have the same short sound. Is that right? Could you eventually make a video about clarifying the difference between these short sounds? Once again you are fantastic!
Good point - the difference between the short a, e, o and u sounds is subtle. Many learners of English have difficulty hearing the difference, especially between a/e (man / men) and o/u (cop / cup). We do have a video about the first one, ( th-cam.com/video/L8ZHr2Jdzk0/w-d-xo.html ) but we will be happy to make one about the second.
It is the same problem for us "Italians"!
Here is a video comparing the short O and U sounds. th-cam.com/video/Ln5_w2NxhxM/w-d-xo.html
This one focuses on the short A and E sounds. th-cam.com/video/L8ZHr2Jdzk0/w-d-xo.html
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Plz give more examples by the way ur explanation is very well
Thanks. We'll keep this feedback in mind.
It was one of the most useful courses I've ever had, so much new thing to learn, thanks.
Please explain about Y sound also.. if already done please send the link...
We haven't done that yet. Thanks for the suggestion!
Thanks for sharing it, very useful these rules
You're welcome!
One of the most useful video about vowels... Great job
Thanks!
Love your videos so much. Thanks a bunch. With the word 'been' though, sometimes I hear some native speakers (Americans) say it more like the name 'Ben'. Is that a dialect thing do you think?
I'm in love with this channel.
Thanks a lot for these amazing videos 🙏🏻💜
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Cuold you increase the volume?
Hi! The audio (volume) in our earlier videos was not great, but we think it is better in our more recent videos!
i know how the following words are pronounced but...
Could you explain WHY the vowels are long and short in the following words for me...I'm a little stumped!
Alias
Bilirubin vs Bilingual
Yellow vs Yacht
Ice Cream vs Igloo vs Alias
(when do we use the i to be long, short, and as Ee?)
Although we use the word "rules" in the video, they are really just patterns. English pronunciation is complicated.
Sometimes words come from other languages and maintain some of the original pronunciation features (ex. alias is from Latin).
Sometimes a prefix or suffix is involved (ex. bilingual -> similar to bicycle)
Sometimes a says "aw" as in father (ex. yacht).
As for ice cream and igloo, they do follow the patterns --> ice = magic e; igloo =single vowel in a syllable is short (CVC without the initial C)
Professional! Your videos are absolutely marvellous: short, up to the point, cheerful and easy to remember. My students love them! Thank you!
You're so welcome! And thanks for the encouragement!
I love the rhymes she's a quick wit.
I really like your video
thanks!
They are two incredible teachers
Absolutely excellent. The way you guys have put this video together is on another level compared to similar ones on TH-cam.
Thank you!
I think it’s a full information about English sounds
U r both got it
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hai madam...is rule 3 applied for 3 or 4 vowels sounds in a word
great exercise and useful in any classroom
Great, thanks!
I learned so much because of you!!!
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Very informative I'm impressed good job keep it up
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why doesn't the long vowel sound rule work for the word GIVE
Unfortunately, there are exceptions to the rules, and this is one of them.
Clear, simple and very effective. Thanks a lot
So good..... Explanation is quite amazing 👌
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Amazing way of simplifying things. Chapeau
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I have pronunciation problem with vowel and silent letter. Plz guide me.
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How about the word geology? Both vowels are pronounced. Is it an exception to the rule? Or is a word which happens to belong to a different rule/category?
The CVVC rule is the least reliable of the 3 vowel rules in the video. There are many exceptions to it.
-ology is a suffix. It will be pronounced as ology, regardless of what comes before it.
Soap soup. When 2 vowels are walking the second does the talking.
Yes, unfortunately for learners, English is full of exceptions !
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The word 'paid and meet ' are long vowels sound ?
Yes
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Hi, I love this video and I hope to improve m'y English here. I don't understood (in 12:04) why "paid" and "meet" don't contain a long vowel sound.
Great question. Paid and meet do both contain a long vowel sound. However, if you follow these words, you cannot finish the maze.
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Very good explanation loved it ❤️ thankyou so much
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Thanks a lot . I'm enjoy your video without stress and it's very helpful for me to improve my pronunciation. I also like your homework!
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Excellent way of teaching
WOW! you two are amazing. More material for my classes. Thanks a lot !
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Great explanation. Thank you ladys.
you are awesome I like ypur way to explain the vowels
Thanks!
Thank for the excellent video
i like everthin you guys shiwed us in this video specifiquelly
when tow vowels go walking the first one i does the talking .
Great, thanks!
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I loved the way you guys explained this topic. It is very clear. Thanks so much. This is very helpful.
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Thanks a lot, you are so helpful.
We're glad you found it useful.
Hi girls, can you explain why 'ie' is pronounce differently in 'lie' and 'Natalie'.
Thanks
Sometimes "ie" is pronounced like the long I, and sometimes like the long E. The third vowel rule is often broken, unfortunately.
Wow! Lovely and useful video! Thank you❤
very nice and easy rules
Great!
You can't expect most of the not native English speakers just to MIMIC the vowel sounds.
The size of empty space in the initial position is DIFFERENT for speakers of other languages. The tension of the oral muscles is also different. Everything is different.
The first thing every English learner must do is to CREATE a native English speaker INITIAL POSITION inside their mouth.
And nobody teaches this thing!
If it learned from the beginning the acquisition of the English sounds would become much easier and more natural.
But still relearning the initial position of a foreign language is incredibly difficult for most of the learners.
I am having this very difficulty trying to learn the German vowel sounds. As native English, I can easily distinguish and produce English sounds, but for a new language, like German, I'm at a complete loss. I am finding it very difficult to learn mouth positions without the immediate feedback of an instructor.
The problem with German vowel sounds for a native English arises from the fact that Germans use the upper part of the root of their tongue to concentrate on the sounds. I.e. in that part lies the FOCUS. On the other hand native English use their upper lip and nose to make the FOCUS. The difference in the location of these two places makes a huge difference in the sounds. From my observations, it is harder to move the focus from back to forward and vice versa than to move it up and down. For example, Russians have the focus horizontally in the same position as Germans do but vertically the focus is lower. Russians concentrate on the lower part of the root of their tongue when speaking. So for most of the Russians, it is extremely difficult to move the focus in the English position. It seems the same is true for an English trying to speak Russian.
It may take months of practice just to adapt to a new position. And then months to practice the sounds. It is really hard but possible. And even with immediate feedback from a native, it is still very hard to do. One needs to create a new habit of the mouth and the tongue positions. We tend to relax and take our usual positions all the time. Foreign positions are unnatural for us especially if they differ a lot.
I m learning a lot with you ,thank you for your videos.
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Would you say,
I am an unicorn
Or
I am a unicorn
If “an” was taught to me personally that you use it before a word that starts with a vowel
Example :
I am an apple.
I am a grape.
Hi David. Good question; this is a confusing point. You are right that "an" comes before a vowel, but it is based on the sound, not the spelling. Because English letters sometimes have different sounds, it gets complicated. UNICORN sounds almost like it starts with a Y, so it goes with "a". Example: She saw a unicorn. In the word UMBRELLA, the sound is different, so we use "an". Example: She had an umbrella.
Another example is HOUR, which starts with a consonant, but the H is silent, so we use "an". Example: The test was an hour long.
I hope that helps!
Extra English Practice yes it was bothering me for quite a bit yesterday. Thank you for clarifying a little bit. I saw a Instagram post about something and it contained the error, im not sure if the person did it on purpose or accidental but it was brought up and I thought i was going crazy because im in college and I didnt know about this weird one at least it wasn’t something I thought about before, other than writing on the internet im usually fantastic with grammar
No problem. It's interesting to find new and surprising aspects to language.
BTW, we have a little video on this very thing: th-cam.com/video/PQHGldz8OBw/w-d-xo.html
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You girls are amazing !!!
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This is english pronunciation made simple, great work. Thank you!
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Excellent work...
I love it but try to add volume when you speak please
Thanks for the feedback. We have tried to improve the audio in our more recent videos.
excellent lesson congratulations
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Tks for it. What about the «i» from «written»?
Hi, Regina. The "i" in "written" is a short sound. The same sound that is in the words "bin" and "mitt".
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It’s really useful,thanks
Very nice job madam
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That was very helpful. Thank you very much!
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amazing plz say it all the rules of these vowels..and how to spell correctly any type of word
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Hi there , I have a question that about the third rule if more then 2 vowel come one time so what should we speak ??
The third rule only works for 2 vowels together. Even then, sometimes it doesn't work. Ex. bread = short e, plaid = short a
In English, rules should be called patterns, and we should remember there are always exceptions.
Do you have specific words in mind, bandim?
Yes just like beautiful and quiet and so many word have just like this 3 or 4 vowel in a row
I'm afraid you're going to have to learn each one separately.
Here's one hint: often, if you consider the QU in a word to be one sound (/kw/), the rest of the word follows the rules. Quiet is an exception. (Queen = rule 3, quick = rule 1, square = rule 2, quail = rule 3)
It's good but u didn't mention CV WORD like GO, PI ,LO all of them have one vowel but they take long vowel sound
Correct. Syllables that end with a vowel are often called "open syllables" and the vowel sound is usually long.
I love you guys. Please make more videos! They are very helpful.
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Thank you soooo sooo sooooo much ladies, the rules, you gave are just benific... Love from morocco🇲🇦❤️
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What is the rule in "beauty"?
Like too many English words, it's an exception. It doesn't follow the rules.
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@@ExtraEnglishPractice is there any online courses for spoken English?I want to join, thanks
At the moment, we have one. It's a conversation course. You can find details here: extraenglishpractice/courses.
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I almost never make a comment but this video has helped me to teach vowel sounds. Thank you from California!
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Thanks you are very clear
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Great!what a way to teach sounds!
excuse me .. i'm not a native speaker of english ..but i'm still learning english could you help me what about more than 2 vowel letters in 1 word like " scientific or biodegradable" are they spoken with complete of long vowel sounds /short vowel sounds or is there any rule again to speak like those words ? thank you before :)
Yes, there are words where there are two vowels together, and both are spoken. Unfortunately, I've never heard of a rule to explain or predict this. Some other examples are theatre, bias, diagram, triumph, create, coordinate, geology, etc.
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Pls how to use intrusion y w and r
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You're great!, I loved this video and I found it so clear and useful. I'm an English teacher but not a native speaker, and I'm always looking for the way my practice can be improved. And also how to improve myself.
Thanks a lot😊
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This is very useful video
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This is a wonderful lesson, but I suggest that you can give the meaning of the words because most of these words are useful for learners. It would be very great if they could know the meaning.
Thanks for the suggestion.