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American English Pronunciation
Lesson 25
Learning objectives
  • Pronounce the sound in the words cot, coat, came, cave
  • Learn how to spell this sound
  • Learn the proper mouth position when making this sound
  • Pronunciation practice
  • Tongue twisters test
How to spell this sound
c cut, cot, coat, cane, cage, collie, came, come, cave, coal, cap
k kale
quit, quiet, quite, queen
 

Note: the red letters all have the same sound

 
Mouth position
  • Air is released from your mouth and then quickly stopped
  • Your lips should be slightly separated
  • The middle part of your tongue should be in the upper part of your mouth
Coming sometime in August 2008
Toilet Seat Pronunciation - Mouth position pictures using a toilet seat.
  • This is an UNVOICED sound which means:
    • Your Vocal Cords DO NOT vibrate when making the sound
    • You CANNOT listen to your Vocal Cords vibrating if you cover your ears
    • You CANNOT feel your Vocal Cords vibrating if you place your hands on your neck
Pronunciation practice
Look at your mouth in a mirror and practice pronouncing the following words. Make sure your mouth, lips, and tongue are in their proper positions.
 
cut cot coat cane
cage collie came come
cave kale coal cap
 

Note: the red letters all have the same sound

 
Tongue twisters test
 
Try saying the following tongue twisters as quickly as possible.
 
  • Crisp crusts crackle crunchily.

  • I correctly recollect Rebecca MacGregor's reckoning.

  • Quick kiss. Quicker kiss.

  • Kris Kringle carefully crunched on candy canes.

  • Pretty Kitty Creighton had a cotton batten cat. The cotton batten cat was bitten by a rat. The kitten that was bitten had a button for an eye, and biting off the button made the cotton batten fly.

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