Posts

Showing posts from March 6, 2010

Helpful Tongue Twisters

Image
Tongue twisters are not just fun to do, they also help us train our tongue in pronouncing  (English) sounds correctly.                                                                                        To practice the sounds                                                                                       of  /p/   and   /e/  :  Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. How many pecks of pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?  If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?" To practice the sounds of  /r/ :  Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery. To practice the contrasting sounds  of  /l/  and  /r/ :  Laura and Larry rarely lull their rural roosters to sleep. There are free fleas for all the loyal royalty. Sri Lankans are really leery of Landry's rules To practice the contrasting sounds of  of  /b/ and /v/ :  Betty loves the velvet vest best. To pr