TEFL Tips – Pronunciation

2007 December 10
by garydenness

There are some letters of the alphabet that Mexicans really struggle with. “I had a bery nice joghurt today at the cafe down the roadth. I saw a hiraffe at the ospital” When I was a kid, we learned the alphabet differently to how most non natives are taught. They learn a as in angel, b as in bee, c as in cede. They is no perfect way to teach the alphabet pronunciation wise, as many letters have 2, 3 or more different sounds in different words. But if someone is really struggling you could teach them the alphabet like this… Apple Burn Curd Dirt Egg Fern Girl Hurt Igloo Joint Kurd Learn Murder Nerd Orange Perm Queue Roast Sir Turn Umbrella Vern Water Xray Zebra.

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