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Gary Orman

Annie Zhao

Face Gymfor Chinese Speakers

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Fast

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Enunciation - exercise

Say the following sentence

There·s(z)

more tolearning than just

reading, writing

and arithmetic.

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Warm UP

bend over at the waist, letting your arms dangle

let your mouth hang open and let your tonguehang out

then shake your head side to side letting your tongue wag to and fro (make any sound you like)

keep your tongue sticking out as far as possibleand say:

BETTY THOUGHT SHE BOUGHT A RABID DOG

repeat but with your tongue in its proper place

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Warm UP

scrunch your face upas tightly as possible...even your eyes

 ² imagine you've eaten

something very sour 

open your eyes andmouth as wide asthey'll go

stick your tongue outas far as it will go

REPEAT

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Tongue Twister 

Rubber baby buggy bumpers

REPEAT

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Important Consonants

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F/V fricative PINYIN: fu

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How to say it

The F is exactly like in Chinese

But V is the same sound but

vibrate your vocal chords in your throat at the same time (´voiceµ).

[f]

[v] ´10

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DRILL

fair  

fan

suffer 

safe

WITHOUT VOICE

vet

vat

victor 

favour 

WITH VOICE

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TH/TH fricative PINYIN: si (stick out tongue!)

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How to say it

Make the same sound as si but stick your tongue out at the same time.

 ² THINK

Do the same but ´voiceµ the sound. ² THE

th

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DRILL

thigh

think

thought

WITHOUT VOICE

though

then

Thither 

WITH VOICE

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L liquid PINYIN: L

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 ² Push your tongue hard against the palate of 

your mouth just behind the top teeth.

 ² L ´

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DRILL

laugh

silly

salt

usual

EXAGGERATE!

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R liquid (also DL) PINYIN: er 

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DRILL

rat

sorry

tree

real

drill

EXAGGERATE the Ls

and ROLL the Rs!

lorry

red lorryyellow lorry

lorry

red lorryyellow lorry