This video will help train your ear to hear the difference between the /ɛ/ as in RED vowel sound and the /eɪ/ as in GRAY vowel sound. Listen to each Minimal Pair and repeat the words aloud. (Minimal Pairs are words that sound exactly the same EXCEPT FOR one sound).
To make the /ɛ/ as in RED sound, the tongue is relaxed in the mid-high position. The lips are also relaxed and are farther apart than for the /ei/ as in GRAY sound.
The /eɪ/ as in GRAY vowel sound is a diphthong - a moving- sound - made up of two different target mouth positions and sounds. When making the GRAY vowel sound the lips are relaxed, not rounded, and the mouth is slightly open. The tongue moves from a mid-high to high position as the jaw moves up. Diphthongs are also thought of as "gliding vowels."
For more information on using colors to represent vowel sounds watch: [ Ссылка ]
How to Pronounce /ɛ/ vs /eɪ/ - American English Pronunciation Practice - Minimal Pairs
Listen and Repeat
●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Recommended YouTube Channels
@VividEnglishUS
Pronunciation:
@ClearEnglishCorner
@rachelsenglish
@hadar.shemesh
@SoundsAmerican
Listening/Speaking/Vocabulary Development:
@englishwithantonio
@LearnEnglishWithTVSeries
●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Recommended ESL textbooks*
Pronunciation and Accent Reduction:
Mastering the American Accent by Lisa Mojsin: [ Ссылка ]
Listening and Speaking:
The All Clear Series by Helen Kalkstein Fragiadakis
All Clear Listening and Speaking 1: [ Ссылка ]
All Clear Listening and Speaking 2: [ Ссылка ]
All Clear Listening and Speaking 3: [ Ссылка ]
Grammar:
Betty Azar's Red, Black, and Blue Grammar Book series
Basic English Grammar (beginner): [ Ссылка ]
Fundamentals of English Grammar (intermediate): [ Ссылка ]
Understanding and Using English Grammar (advanced): [ Ссылка ]
Writing:
Writing Clearly: Grammar for Editing (advanced) by Janet Lane and Ellen Lange:
[ Ссылка ]:
Business English:
English for Everyone - Business English Box Set:
(pre-intermediate to upper intermediate/course book + practice book):[ Ссылка ]
*Amazon affiliate links. If you click a link and make a purchase, Vivid English earns a small commission. The cost to you is the same.
#colorvowels
#englishpronunciationpractice
#americanenglish
#vowelsounds
#minimalpairs
#englishpronunciation
#pronunciationofenglishwords
#listenandrepeat
#howtopronounceA
#howtopronounce
