A Flea And A Fly
Many of my students have pronunciation issues with English. Two big ones are the R-L confusion and the English "F" sound. Here is something I use to practice with them.
A flea and a fly flew up a flue,
Said the flea, "Let us fly",
Said the fly, "Let us flee,
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
This is also a good way to talk about words that sound alike but have different meanings and spellings.
How are you with tongue twisters?
7 comments:
The names Kelly and Carrie have cause some confusion from time to time, resulting is a conversation that sounds a bit like the old "Who's On First" routine ; ). More of a brain twister than a tongue twister, though.
Not good here, I have a Japanese friend here and she has the same problem with those letters.
My two year old grandson, who chatters up a storm, has the funniest/cutest way with words.
You should hear him say, Mrs. Tiggywinkle.
I'm teaching him Little Diddle Dumpling, a little bit of a tongue twister. Fun with words.
Hi Pamela its a real tongue twister for me,a good way for them to learn xx
Wow that is indeed a tongue twister, Pamela!
I have heard it said many times that English is one of the hardest languages to learn as a 2nd language... I'm sure you're doing wonderfully with your students/
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I'm not great with them but I'm going to try to remember this one1
I didn't know that one - it's cute :) I like tongue twisters, but I don't think I'm very good with them.
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