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Listening to the Difference


The following examples illustrate some
difficulties that Vietnamese speakers
have in correctly pronouncing sounds
in English.


Play the sounds below.
Several phonemes are compared.


Math
Mat






Sing
Sink






Chair
Share







Fetter
Feather






Scheme
Scream






Bee
Pea






Sank
Thank











Check-Up: Match each audio clip to the correct image.

Math/Mat
Right
Wrong






Walk/Work
Wrong
Right






Born/Burn
Wrong
Right






Sing/Sink
Right
Wrong






Robe/Rope
Wrong
Right






Face/Faith
Wrong
Right






Boat/Both
Wrong
Right






Bat/Bath
Right
Wrong






Gross/Growth
Right
Wrong






Bear/Pear
Wrong
Right

Can you say this?
Kristen's pretty kite climbed into the cloudless clear skies above.


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Paul ripped his ragged pants on the rusty gate post.

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Phrase...

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