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Practice Your English Pronunciation /f/ vs /v/ Sounds | Course #12

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Practice Your English Pronunciation /f/ vs /v/ Sounds | Course #12

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0:00In this video, I'm going to focus on two consonant sounds.
0:04The sounds /f/ and /v/.
0:08So the ‘f’ sound and the ‘v’ sound.
0:11They may sound similar but they are actually quite different.
0:15And they are very important sounds in the English language
0:19so I really want you to be able to hear the difference
0:22and pronounce them correctly.
0:25Let's take two example words.
0:27The first word is the word ‘fan’.
0:30Can you hear the /f/ sound?
0:34‘fan’
0:36The second word is ‘van’.
0:40Can you hear the /v/ sound this time?
0:42‘van’.
0:44So ‘fan’ and ‘van’.
0:48I know guys.
0:50They sound really similar, but they are different.
0:53And we're gonna practice together.
0:55By the end of this video, you will be able to pronounce them correctly.
1:00I promise.
1:01So keep watching.
1:05Before learning about the /f/ and /v/ sounds in English,
1:10you need to focus on the IPA spelling.
1:13It's very useful.
1:15You can also watch how I move my mouth, and obviously you need to repeat after me in this video.
1:22I know you can make those sounds guys so let's do it together now.
1:26First, let's produce the /f/sound in English.
1:31What you're going to do is - you're not going to use your voice.
1:35It's a voiceless sound so no vibration in your throat.
1:40You are going to place your teeth against your bottom lip
1:47and you're going to push out some air through your teeth and your bottom lip.
1:53So, /f/.
1:55Okay, please watch my mouth and repeat after me.
2:00/f/
2:11Let's practice with the word ‘fan’.
2:15Repeat after me.
2:18fan
2:22fan
2:27fan
2:30Good.
2:31As for the/v/sound, it's exactly the same as the/f/sound.
2:37But this time, you are going to use your voice.
2:40It's a voiced sound so you are going to feel some vibration.
2:44Okay
2:45So /v/.
2:49Can you please repeat after me.
2:51/v/
3:02Let's practice with the word ‘van’.
3:05Please repeat after me.
3:08van
3:12van
3:16van
3:20Good.
3:21Let's now practice with minimal pairs.
3:24Words that sound very very much alike but the sounds are actually different.
3:30They are very useful if you really want to hear the difference between the two sounds.
3:36First, let's practice producing the sounds themselves.
3:40Please repeat after me.
3:42First, the/f/ sound.
3:47/f/
3:58Now the/v/ sound.
4:00Repeat after me.
4:02/v/
4:13Let's now do both.
4:15Repeat after me, guys.
4:18/f/ /v/
4:35Let's now take our words.
4:37Repeat after me.
4:40fan
4:43van
4:47fan
4:50van
4:54fan
4:58van
5:01Good, guys.
5:03Okay, guys.
5:03Let's now go through minimal pairs together.
5:07Please watch me and how I move my mouth.
5:10And repeat after me.
5:12Let's do this.
5:15belief
5:18believe
5:22calf
5:25carve
5:29fail
5:32veil
5:36fast
5:39vast
5:42fat
5:45vat
5:49fault
5:52vault
5:55fear
5:58veer
6:01fee
6:03V
6:07feel
6:09veal
6:13feign
6:15vein
6:19fender
6:22vendor
6:25ferry
6:28very
6:31file
6:34vile
6:37fine
6:40vine
6:43foul
6:46vowel
6:49grief
6:52grieve
6:55leaf
6:58leave
7:01life
7:04live
7:07proof
7:10prove
7:13safe
7:16save
7:19serf
7:21serve
7:24staff
7:27starve
7:30strife
7:33strive
7:36surf
7:38serve
7:41waif
7:44waive
7:47Great, guys.
7:48Okay, students.
7:49Let's now practice with a few sentences containing these consonant sounds.
7:55The first sentence is, ‘The vendor sold me a new fender.’
8:02Please repeat after me.
8:04‘The vendor sold me a new fender.’
8:14The second sentence.
8:15‘Live a fast and vast life.’
8:20Please repeat after me.
8:22‘Live a fast and vast life.’
8:30Good.
8:31And finally, ‘Save your money in the safe.’
8:36Please repeat after me.
8:38‘Save your money in the safe.’
8:46Good.
8:47Let's move on.
8:48Let's now move on to listening practice.
8:52I'm now going to show you two words.
8:55I will say one of the two words and I want you to listen very carefully and
9:01to tell me if this word is ‘a’ or ‘b’
9:06Let's get started.
9:08So you have two words, ‘a’ and ‘b’.
9:11Now which one do I say?
9:15‘a’ or ‘b’?
9:16Listen.
9:18belief
9:21One more time.
9:22belief
9:25Was this ‘a’ or ‘b’?
9:28It's ‘a’, guys – ‘belief’.
9:31‘b’ would be ‘believe’.
9:37save
9:40save
9:43‘a’ or ‘b’?
9:44It's ‘b’, ‘save’.
9:46‘a’ is ‘safe’.
9:52carve
9:55carve
9:58It's ‘b’, ‘carve’.
10:01‘a’ would be ‘calf’.
10:05Now listen to me.
10:07feel
10:10feel
10:12It's ‘a’, ‘feel’.
10:15‘b’ is ‘veal’.
10:20fender
10:23fender
10:25'a' or 'b'?
10:27It's ‘a’, ‘fender’.
10:29‘b’ would be ‘vendor’.
10:35Listen to me, guys.
10:37very
10:40very
10:42It's ‘b’, ‘very’.
10:45‘a’ is pronounced ‘fairy’.
10:50vine
10:53vine
10:57It's ‘b’, ‘vine’.
10:59‘a’ is ‘fine’.
11:04starve
11:07starve
11:10‘a’, ‘b’ - what do you think guys?
11:14It's ‘b’, ‘starve’.
11:16‘a’ would be pronounced ‘staff’.
11:21strife
11:24strife
11:27It's ‘a’, ‘strife’.
11:29‘b’ is ‘strive’.
11:33And the last two words surf
11:36surf
11:41‘a’ ‘b’?
11:44It's ‘a’, surf.
11:46‘b’ would be ‘serve’.
11:51You now understand the difference between these two consonant sounds.
11:55The /f/ sound and the/v/sound in English.
11:59Of course it takes a lot of listening and speaking practice to master these sounds,
12:05but you can do it.
12:06So keep practicing to be able to pronounce them correctly
12:10and to train your ear to hear the differences between the sounds.
12:15Also make sure to watch my other pronunciation videos
12:19if you want to improve your English skills.
12:21So see you next time.