Here are the next two consonant sounds
we're going to target: /g/ as in 'gate'
and /k/ as in 'Kate'. One of these sounds is voiced and one of them is unvoiced, as
we've seen many times before in the
previous lectures. The unvoiced sound is
/K/ and the voiced one is /G/. So /k/ as in Kate is unvoiced, /g/ as in gate is voiced.
How do we produce this sound in
English? What part of the mouth do we use?
Well we use the back of our tongue.
Actually way way back. What we do is
we push the back of our tongue up, we
block the air and then we release. We
push the tongue down to produce the
sound. So when you're making these
sounds in English, when you're practicing
your pronunciation, be aware of the parts
of the mouth you're using. This will
raise your awareness and help you to
master each sound. When you're
producing /g/ and /k/ feel the part of
the mouth you're using. You're using the
back of your tongue. /g/ as in gate.
And /k/ as in Kate. They're a very
short and forceful sound coming through
from the back of your mouth. Now let's go
to the target sound practice for the
first sound /g/. Listen and repeat. Go.
Girl. Bag. Bigger. Yoghurt. Portugal. League.
Example. Grapes. As you saw the letter
'g' represents the sound /g/ but the
letter 'x' can also represent/g/ in the
word 'example'. So 'g' is actually in the
letter 'x' when we produce the sound.
Example. Can you hear that? Example.
So 'x', in English the letter 'x' represents
two sounds. Sometimes it can be a 'k' sound.
For example six S-I-X six. Can you hear that? But sometimes it can be a 'g' sound /g/
Example. So that's a difference in
the 'x' letter. It can represent different
sounds. Now let's move on to the /k/ pronunciation practice. Here is the
word list. Listen and repeat each one
after me. Car. Coat.
Kick. Milk. Comic. Cracker. New York. Six.
Chocolate. Did you notice the spelling? Very often 'c' represents the
/k/ sound, for example car C-A-R car /k/ car. Also, another letter combination is 'ck'
for example K-I-C-K kick/k/ kick. So this
is another letter combination that
represents this sound.Finally, as I
mentioned earlier, the letter 'x' sometimes
contains the /k/ sound. In the example six S-I-X six. Can you hear that?
Six. So that contains the /k/ sound as
well. Now let's move on to the minimal
pairs list. On the left we have the /g/ words and on the right we have the /k/ words.
Listen to each of the pairs and
repeat them after me. Goat, coat.
Girl, curl. Gave, cave. Bag, back. League,
leak. Log, lock. Now the last part. Let's
move on to the target sounds in use, in a
sentence. Sentence one. Have a look.
Focus on the highlighted orange parts
and repeat after me.
Gary gave the girl a gorgeous gold chain.
Sentence two we're looking at the /k/ sound. Remember this is the unvoiced sound.
Can you take Chris to the school next week?
OK, fantastic. And sentence number three
a combination of the two sounds.
I need cookies, cream, yoghurt, grapes, eggs, sugar and garlic from the supermarket. Thanks!
OK, fantastic. Well done. All the
exercises that we're doing during these
lectures you can go back to again and
again and again to practice and master
each sound. Also pause the video. When
you're repeating after me, you can pause
the video and repeat once or twice, as
many times as you like and then hit the
play button again so that you can resume
the lesson. See you in the next
lecture.