Today's lesson will be brief and
interesting but before I start, I would like to show you a sentence that has
all the letters of the alphabet. In other words, it is a sentence that
comprises the 26 English alphabet.
“The quick brown fox jumped over the
lazy dog”
I saw it on my font app and I love
it. I don't know if you've come across it but I think it should be a very
popular sentence because it uses all the letters of the alphabet. This makes it
a great way to practice your English pronunciation every day.
Today, I want to give you some tips
on how to practice speaking and pronunciation in English and this will take us
to pronunciation and enunciation. Our word example for today is
"February." First of all, let's see the meaning of pronunciation and
enunciation.
What
is Pronunciation?
Pronunciation
is properly saying each group of letters to make the correct sounds.
What is Enunciation?
Enunciation
is speaking clearly in order to allow someone to understand what you are
saying.
Now let’s look at our word example “February”:
Correct
pronunciation -
“Feb-rue-air-ee”
Correct
enunciation: saying
the word slowly and clearly.
However, if you said “Feb-you-air-ee”
slowly and clearly, you would be enunciating well but your pronunciation would
not be correct.
Or, if you said “Feb-rue-air-ee”
properly but you said it very quickly and quietly, your pronunciation is
correct but nobody will be able to hear you.
Therefore, for your speaking and
pronunciation to be considered as correct, you must enunciate and pronounce words well.
Thanks for reading!
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