Learn how to Pronounce COLLAR and CALLER in this American English Pronunciation Lesson.
COLLAR is a band around a shirt or coat.
CALLER is a person who comes to visit or calls on the phone.
Both words are pronounced: /kɔlər/
Improve your accent and speak clearly with this ESL English pronunciation lesson.
Jennifer Tarle from Tarle Speech and Language guides you through a quick pronunciation lesson with quick tips to have you sounding clearer in no time. Learn how to pronounce English words correctly. Reduce your accent, gain confidence, and speak clearly today!
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Transcript:
hi everyone jennifer from tarle speech with your two for tuesday our words today are
collar a band on a shirt and
caller a person who visits or calls you on the phone
both of these words are pronounced exactly the same to say these words correctly we’re going to start with the k sound k to do this tip of your tongue is down back of your tongue is pulled up air puffs out for that vowel we’re going to move to the open short oh sound to do this wide open oval mouth tip of the tongue is low back of the tongue is pulled up oh now we are going to close the mouth and touch the tip of the tongue to the back of the top front teeth ol and then move the tongue away from the teeth we are no longer going to touch the teeth for that er sound at the end think square tense lips again tip of the tongue can either point down or flip back and the back of the tongue will be pulled up er er
let’s put it all together call er call er collar collar collar caller caller caller
and for a sentence the jolly man with the fur collar on his red coat is a frequent caller on christmas eve
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