The American English Accent The Explosive Sounds T and P

The American English Accent The Explosive Sounds T and P The "explosive consonants" Previously we said that the vowels are an important factor in hearing a "foreign" accent. But not only the vowels. The commander must also consonants. When we say that English consonants are "explosives" in the sense that they have spoken with a sudden release of air. And 'this feature that distinguishes the English accent of a speaker trying to speak their language. You should try to speak as an American and has become the American way of pronouncing English consonants. Feature is the nature of explosives English consonant that is the basis for many jokes about the pronunciation of English, which is the leaing of other languages. Of 'the following sentence with the most exaggerated American accent, you can: "Peter, answer me! You can talk to? "Did you exaggerate the words of Peter, can we talk? If you do, the sounds that sound bad in your language is correct in English. Most of my students are shy and speaks quietly, but I think it is pronounced correctly. In this way, they never pronounce correctly because they do not practice pronunciation. Do not listen to your mistakes, do not believe that the effort to achieve the correct sound, and worst of all, begin to say: "Well, I understand and that is what counts." Do not be afraid! You overdo it in English it sounds a lot to be able to comment on them in general later in his progress with the language. What are the sounds that give the English language? Explosives. And the mispronunciation of the sounds is what makes foreign accent. To say the words of Peter, can we talk? in a language that will probably not use the same force as in English. For the "p" word of Peter, Peter, or Piotr, you close your mouth, and then open the sound to exit. The same goes for the "t" to talk of work. However, in English we have to expel a little 'explosion of air to the sound of "p" and "t", which is why you call the sound "explosive", because they are small an' explosion ' ! Teachers of Spanish for English speakers to teach them not to expel the air from these sounds. The words are often words like "father", "Thomas", etc, with a lit match in front of his mouth. The student has to pronounce Spanish correctly without blowing the game. His work is the opposite. You should be able to extinguish the match (or hear the explosion of air on the back of the hand), when the English pronunciation sounds explosives. Listen to these sounds! To listen to the sound of the letter "p" To hear the sound of the letter "t"