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[Darkness]

I'm looking for tongue twisters on here, but the search function is so useless on this site! Why doesn't dave upgrade his shit?!?!!

Anyway...anyone have a link of good tongue twisters in particular ones with P.B.R.L.TH,V....the typically letters Koreans have a hard time with.

Thanks

[I'm Seoul Lost]

"I'm not the pheasant pucker, I'm the pheasant pucker's wife"

[CentralCali]

More tongue twisters than you can shake a stick at!

[ttompatz]

[Rumple]

R/L
Larry's lower level turtle really likes to learn.

R/L and V/B
Robert's lover, the rare rabbit robber, lowered Luther's Luger through the louver.

TH/TH (voiced and unvoiced)
The thirty three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.

S/Z
Denise sees the fleece
Denise sees the fleas
At least Denise could sneeze
And feed and freeze the fleas

This one is hard: Ah (as in rock)/Oh (as in joke)/Uh (as in but)/Ooh (as in food) and R/L
Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery.

The holy mother of tongue twisters (for Koreans)
Helps with TH/TH, CH/TR, F/B, S/Z
Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew
While these fleas flew, a freezing breeze blew
The freezing breeze made these three trees freeze
The frozen trees made these trees' cheese freeze
That's what made these three free fleas sneeze

I have a routine with these. I write them on the board while they sit there, so they see one word at a time. After I write it, I say it slowly. After that, I say and have them repeat, one word at a time (or one phrase if they are advanced). Then I give them time to practice themselves. They take 5-10 minutes usually, and when the noise level drops (as they are finishing), we do it one line at a time as a group, then the whole thing as a group, then I go around the room having each one say it individually, to check for understanding, and I stop them if they make a mistake and correct them. Usually we do one tongue twister in 20 to 30 minutes, although it can be 10 minutes if they pick one up fast. I usually come with 4 prepared and do 2 or 3 in my allotted time.

[Darkness]

Awesome,thanks!!

[Carlyles Ghost]

Fluffy.
Fuzzy's.
Puffy.
Puppy.

Fluffy Fuzzy's Puffy Puppy!

[thatwhitegirl]

I've been doing tongue twisters this semester in each class as a warmup. I do a new one each class, plus review the ones we've already covered. I had to make a few up, but here are the ones I've used so far.

Zero zippers in the zebra zoo.

Ziggy the zestful Zulu likes zinc and zucchini.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. (They have a hard time with that one)

Sue sells seashells by the seashore. (reduced length for ease)

Larry the lazy lion lost his lovely lady lover.

Victor the violent vampire vanished with his victim forever.

Randy the royal rat ran around the red rhinoceros.

These things think the thoughts that those things think.


I write one on the board and say it for them. Then we go over the words and meanings. Then I break it up and we say it in bits. I give them a minute to practice and then I'll call on students. These are high schoolers that are at a fairly good level. It does seem to help their pronunciation, and it gets them into speaking English words right off the bat...good warm up, if nothing else.

[jkelly80]

Are tongue twisters appropriate for lower-level students?

I tried "Betty loves the velvet vest best" with 5th graders and they couldn't get it out. Any ideas for setting it up if they're not getting it? The idea earlier about breaking it up is great, but these kids can't even get one line down straight.

[Rumple]

[matthews_world]

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8136/tonguetwisters.html

Phonetics was one of the most interesting topics that I studied as a grad student. If you can decipher the following chart then you've got a pretty good grasp of the area. Rumple does a good job putting it into laymen's terms.




http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/15/IPA_chart_2005.png

[jkelly80]

[Rumple]

[jkelly80]

[ajuma]