{"id":991,"date":"2015-04-28T03:56:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T07:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rachel-smith-live.prev21.rmkr.net\/?p=991"},"modified":"2024-05-13T02:39:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T02:39:54","slug":"word-comparisons-chinese-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/word-comparisons-chinese-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Comparisons for Chinese Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this video, I go over the difference between five different sets of similar words: \u00a0town\/tongue, south\/source\/sauce, down\/done, pool\/poor, bike\/back.<\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span class=\"entry-tags\">Tagged With: <a href=\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/tag\/comparison\/\" rel=\"tag\">Comparison<\/a><\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">YouTube blocked?<\/span> <\/strong><a href=\"#video\">Click here to see the video.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AC0SFULHGQQ\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"Word Comparisons for Chinese Students:  American English pronunciation\" title=\"Play video &quot;Word Comparisons for Chinese Students:  American English pronunciation&quot;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AC0SFULHGQQ<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AC0SFULHGQQ\" title=\"Word Comparisons for Chinese Students:  American English pronunciation\">Word Comparisons for Chinese Students:  American English pronunciation (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AC0SFULHGQQ)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/p>\n<p><h2>Video Transcript:<\/h2><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span id=\"STtranscriptContent1\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">I recently received the following email: <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent2\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">I found I still have some difficulty pronouncing the following words. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent3\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">When I talk to American people, they often ask me to repeat. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent4\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">I feel these words sound very similar. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent5\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">I asked other Chinese people and they all agreed: <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent6\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">it is hard for them to differentiate. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent7\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">I wonder if you could demonstrate in your blog if it&#8217;s possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span id=\"STtranscriptContent8\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">So, she has listed five word pairs, and I am happy to do it. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent9\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">The first one: the words town and tongue. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent10\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">These two words are different not only in the vowel, <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent11\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">but also in the final consonant sound. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent12\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Town ends with an N [n], and tongue with an NG [?]. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent13\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">So, I&#8217;ve already done a blog entry on the difference between those &#8211; <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent14\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">town, tongue &#8211; but basically on the word &#8216;town&#8217;, <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent15\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">it&#8217;s this part of the tongue that touches, <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent16\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">and it touches more forward: nn. And on the NG in &#8216;tongue&#8217;, <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent17\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">it&#8217;s a further back part of the tongue that touches, <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent18\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">and it touches further back. Town, tongue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span id=\"STtranscriptContent19\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">The vowel sound is different as well. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent20\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">The first is the &#8216;ow&#8217; as in &#8216;now&#8217; [a?] diphthong. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent21\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">You have to be careful to make both of those sounds. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent22\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Town. Ow. So, your lips need to get smaller. Town. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent23\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Tongue is the &#8216;uh&#8217; as in &#8216;butter&#8217; [?], <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent24\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">which is more open and more relaxed. Uh, tongue, tongue, town. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent25\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">So in general on the word &#8216;tongue&#8217;, the sound is a little further back. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent26\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">First the vowel, uh, and then the consonant ng. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent27\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Town, ow, ow, the sound is further &#8211; in this part of the face, <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent28\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">and the consonant sound is also further up. Town, tongue, town.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span id=\"STtranscriptContent29\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">The next set of words were three words: south, source, and sauce. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent30\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Now, the first, south. Again it has the &#8216;ow&#8217; as in &#8216;now&#8217; diphthong. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent31\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Ow, south, south. So you have to make sure <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent32\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">that you get those two sounds in there. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent33\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Source is also written in IPA with a diphthong, <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent34\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">the &#8216;oh&#8217; as in &#8216;no&#8217; [o?] diphthong, but it&#8217;s followed by an R [?], <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent35\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">and R&#8217;s are notorious for changing the color of the vowels that come before. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent36\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Source. I would not say &#8216;oh&#8217; &#8211; rr. It&#8217;s more of a one vowel sound, I find. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent37\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">I think the R kind of takes over the second part of the diphthong. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent38\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Source, source. So rather than having a very defined &#8216;oh&#8217; as in &#8216;no&#8217; &#8211; <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent39\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">source, source, o- &#8211; it&#8217;s the first part of that diphthong into an R. Source.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span id=\"STtranscriptContent40\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">The last: sauce. This one has no diphthong. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent41\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">It has a single vowel, the &#8216;aw&#8217; as in &#8216;law&#8217; [?]. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent42\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">So, aw, the sides of the cheeks come in a bit, aw, <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent43\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">the corners of the mouth come in just a bit and <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent44\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">this part comes away from the face just a touch. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent45\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Aw, sauce, sauce. An important thing to note is that the <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent46\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">first word, south, ends with a TH. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent47\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">I have noticed that it can be a mistake for <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent48\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">people from China to pronounce the TH as an S, <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent49\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">in which case it would be sou-ss. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent50\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">I can see how that sounds so much like sauce and source. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent51\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Sou-ss. So that is going to be a major way to differentiate and <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent52\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">make sure that you are pronouncing it correctly, <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent53\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">is if you say &#8216;south&#8217;, and put the unvoiced TH [?] <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent54\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">on the end where you tongue comes through the teeth. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent55\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">South, source, sauce.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span id=\"STtranscriptContent56\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">The next pair of words: down and done. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent57\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Just like the first pair, town and tongue, <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent58\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">the vowel sounds here are the &#8216;ow&#8217; as in &#8216;now&#8217; <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent59\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">and the &#8216;uh&#8217; as in &#8216;butter&#8217;. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent60\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">However with down and done, they both end simply in an N, <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent61\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">whereas with town and tongue, tongue ends in the NG sound. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent62\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Ow, uh. Down, done. So the important thing here to differentiate <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent63\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">it to make sure you make both of the sounds of the diphthong. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent64\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Ow, ow. Down, done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span id=\"STtranscriptContent65\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">The next set of words: pool and poor. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent66\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Both of these words can be difficult to pronounce on their own. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent67\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">And I know that for people whose native language is Chinese, <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent68\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">the L and the R can be especially hard to differentiate. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent69\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">The word pool: the vowel sound is the &#8216;oo&#8217; as in &#8216;boo&#8217;. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent70\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">But it is a dark L, which means you go through another <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent71\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">vowel-like sound before the L sound. Poo-uh-l. Pool. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent72\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Poor has a diphthong sound, it is the &#8216;ur&#8217; as in &#8216;lure&#8217; [] diphthong sound.<\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent73\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">And it&#8217;s so hard because the diphthong almost has the R sound in it, <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent74\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">because as I&#8217;ve said in previous entries, the R is a <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent75\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">vowel sound and a consonant sound both. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent76\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">It&#8217;s the R &#8216;ran&#8217; [?], and the &#8216;ur&#8217; &#8216;her&#8217; [?] sound. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent77\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Poor, pool, poor. So, the important difference <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent78\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">here is what the tongue does at the end. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent79\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">In the word pool, the tip of the tongue comes up an touches here. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent80\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Pool- ul. Poor, rr, when it ends in the R sound, <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent81\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">the tip of the tongue is not touching anything at the end of the word, <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent82\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">and the tongue has raised and the sides of the tongue are <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent83\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">pressing against the insides of the teeth. Pool, poor. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent84\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">So the vowel sounds in IPA would not be written the same, <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent85\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">but that is definitely not the most important <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent86\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">difference between these two words. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent87\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">The important difference is the final tongue position, <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent88\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">and therefore the final consonant sound.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span id=\"STtranscriptContent89\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">And the final request is for the words &#8216;bike&#8217; and &#8216;back&#8217;. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent90\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Bike has the &#8216;ai&#8217; as in &#8216;buy&#8217; [a?] diphthong, <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent91\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">and I actually just did a pronunciation evaluation with a <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent92\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Chinese student and I noticed that this diphthong caused <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent93\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">some problems. He often didn&#8217;t make the two separate sounds. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent94\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Ai, ai, bike, bike, ike, ike. So that&#8217;s going to be the <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent95\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">important thing that really forms this word, <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent96\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">making sure you pronounce both sounds of that diphthong. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent97\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Back, back has simply the &#8216;aa&#8217; as in &#8216;bat&#8217; [\u00ca] sound, aa, <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent98\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">where the jaw is going to drop a little bit more than in ai, ai. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent99\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Aa, the corners of the mouth come up, ai, the corners of the <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent100\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">mouth stay more relaxed in the first sound of the diphthong. 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