![]() ![]() "This is the world we live in." "This is the world we live in." You can drag it out for emphasis: "This is the world we live in." "This is the world we live in." Or you can snap right through it: "This is the world in the world we live in." A lot of Americans are mumblers, right? "We don't always talk so clearly like American English teachers." "This is the world we live in." "live-in" "live-in" "world- we" "world we live in." "This is the world we live in." "Where in the world are you?" "Where in the world are you?" "Hello? Hello. It almost sounds like one sound by the time you're saying it that fast. "It's a great big world." "It's a great big world." "world" /wɚld/. Right? "world" "world" Later in the video, we'll compare it to some similar sounding words. If you don't get it the first time, that's totally fine. əl/ and then add the 'd' /d/ "world" "world" "world" Love is a 'light' or 'clear l.' 'Dark 'l' is at the end of a syllable. 'were' And we have our 'darl l' /l/ /l/ So that dips down here, /ə/, and back up to the 'l' /əl/ Different than a beginning 'l': "light," "love." Doesn't have that *dark l sound* Right? No. That's a little round, but not as round as a 'w.' Right? 'were' /wɚ/ It's a little flatter. (01:01): 'er' /ɚ/ And so it's kind of floating in the mouth 'er', and the jaw is pretty closed. If you pull too far, you go, *weird sound*, right? 'er' /ɚ/ like you're biting down on something 'er.' Right? Not, *strange sound*, or if you pull your tongue too far, you go, *weird sound.* Right? You have your tongue down and then it pops up and it maybe pulls back a little bit, but not too far. So that's the most important in this one. So even though it's spelled 'o- r' the sound is still the same as 'er,' 'ir,' or 'ur.' Just like "bird," "teacher," "girl" that 'er' /ɚ/ sound. "World", just like "girl," it's a 'er' /ɚ/ + 'l' but then we add a 'd' at the end. And this is: "How Do You Pronounce World?" "World." So this has a similar ending- If you watch my video with "girl"- but now you have "world." Letters that sound different than they are spelledĮnjoy this free video lesson and please remember to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel to see lessons like this first! Two practice paragraphs using the word “world” several times with detailed breakdowns of: Practice sentences spoken at a native speaking speed for “world” The IPA symbols for each sound found in the word “world” / ˈwɚld/ How to pronounce “world” in the general American English dialect In this free English lesson you will learn: If you master just one word in 12 minutes, that will stay in your memory (especially your muscle memory for English pronunciation) longer than if you try to learn a million different words with that same amount of time. ![]() If you master the word “world” or any of the other words I have been teaching in this free video lesson series, “How do you pronounce…” it will help you pronounce many other similar words and sounds too.įocusing on one small thing until you master it, is extremely beneficial to your language learning. I wrote about it my bog and I’m repeating it again here because this quote shows why I focus on one word or sound at a time in many of my lessons. ![]() “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” -Bruce Lee
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