English Tongue Twisters

let's study some english tongue twisters why is it that most speech can be read out loud quickly with no problem why is it that most speech can be read out loud quickly with no problem why is the most special relationship with no problem easy other word combinations no way forget it i wish to wash my iris watch i wish to wash my irish wrist watch i wish to wash my iris which watch rush wash wrist rush tongue twisters this is a real thing and it happens in every language when you put similar sounds together and

try to say something quickly or over and over your brain can't always keep up practicing tongue twisters with tricky sounds may help your brain get better at telling your mouth how to make that sound let's start with what the guinness book of world records says is the hardest english tongue twister if this looks intimidating it's supposed to th is one of the hardest sounds for non-native speakers to make and the word six is really hard we have the k s t h consonant cluster break that down with me don't have to change the mouth position

too much the jaw drops a little bit more as the tongue makes a small movement through the teeth there's a chance you're going to want to practice that cluster on its own sixth sixth sheik's sixth sheep sick sixth six cheeks sixth sheep sick i have to break it up it's too hard to do all at once sixth sixth chic sixth sheep sick okay that's tricky let me try it a little faster sixth six cheeks sixth sheep sick i'm not sure i'm even saying that right sixth sick cheeks sixth sheep sick okay when you mess up

slow down do this out loud if your mouth gets in a jumble just slow it down that will help six sick chic six sheep sick this is not a sentence with meaning not a sentence that's grammatically correct it's just a string of words that is incredibly hard to say practice it to work on your th sound six six six cheeks sixth sheep sick sixth sick sixth six six sick sixth sixth cheeks sixth sheepsick sixth sixth sheik's sixth sheepstick okay there we go she sells sea salt yeah exactly she sells seashells by the seashore she sells

seashells by the seashore she sells seashells by the seashore she sells seashells by the seashore okay this tongue twister is a sentence that does make sense that is grammatically correct all the s's and sh's can really get mixed up as you say this quickly she sells the chills by the seashore she sells these shells by the seashore she sells seashells by the seashore she sells shells by the seashore she sells seashells by the seashore she sells seashells by the seashore remember if you're using tongue twisters to practice the brain speech connection slow it down there's

actually a little shortcut here when you have an ending z sound and a beginning s sound like here you can connect the words with just one s sound cell c cell c cell c sell seashells sells seashells sells seashells she sells seashells by the seashore okay now r is such a hard sound for non-native speakers some people make a w instead so this tongue twister is a real challenge do it slowly i wish to wash my irish wristwatch and of course we have shs ch to get mixed up as well i wish to wash my

irish wrist wash i can't even do it slowly i wish to wash my irish wristwatch man when you get to wrist watch it really gets hard i wish to wash my irish i wish to wash my irish wristwatch i wish to wash my irish wrist watch i wish to wash my iris wrist iris i wish to wash my irish wristwatch i can't go any faster than that practice it out loud with me i wish to wash my irish wristwatch i wish to wash my irish wristwatch i wish to wash my iris wristwatch there the more

i do it the easier it gets if you completely mess these up don't feel too bad here's my family trying to do them i wish to wash my irish wish watch i wish to wash my irish wish wash i wish to wash my iris wrist rot i wish to watch i wish to watch i wish to wash my hair i wish to watch my eye chic six chic sick six six cheeks six sheep six six sick she sells she she sells she's i want to wash my irish wristwatch wish i wish [Laughter] i wish to

wash my irish wristwatch i wish to wash my irish wristwatch so tongue twisters may work well as an exercise to help you with some tough english sounds you can find lots of tongue twisters online and if you want me to do another video on tongue twisters let me know in the comments especially if there are specific tongue twisters you want me to use what are you doing this summer do you want to study even more english in an even more structured way join the thousands of others that have signed up for my online school you'll

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