sounds that are very very similar and add on top of that that the words also

end an L sound which sometimes distorts the vowel for um English learners a little bit

so let's go ahead and jump in the words are fill fell file and feel think

spelling leads to some confusion so let's go ahead and start over here we

have two l's we're only going to say one so each of these words has three

sounds you bite your bottom lip gently air moves out continuously all of these

words end in an L lll the tip of your tongue touches the back of your top

front teeth this is super key in these four words you must touch the tip of

your tongue to the back of your top front teeth for these words or the

vowels will sound a little bit different and a little bit off because that l is

considered a semi vowel you don't need to know all the details but just know

you need to say that all right so let's look at these short vowels over here

fill and fell they look so close okay so for the ih ih ih sound that very short I

sound ih versus the eh sound eh eh eh and that is the sound in Fell okay so for ih my

mouth is relaxed for eh my mouth is relaxed what's the difference for the eh sound my

mouth is a little more open ih eh ih eh

okay so when that happens when your mouth goes from a little more close to a

little more open your tongue is going to move down in your mouth we'll let that

happen don't fight against it so we're going to

have the tongue up here ih ih ih and then eh eh eh for the eh sound my

tongue points slightly down it doesn't have to but mine does okay so let's put

that all together fill fill fill fell fell fell alright so now let's move on

to those long vowels that I mark with that long line I and e all right so for

the I my mouth is going to be super open and then it is going to move to a smile

as you do this use this mouth opening to help you get your tongue in the right

spot when you do that without trying to make any sound your tongue moves even if

you don't think about it correct so use that so for the ah your tongue is going

to be way down and low in the bottom of your mouth and the backs gonna be pulled

up a little tiny bit ah and then you're gonna move to that e I and for that

last part of that I sound your tongue is way high in your mouth almost touching

the roof of your mouth but not all right I file file file all right now it might

sound like there's an extra little uh in there I'm saying that so slowly that

there probably is so I apologize for that when I say it at speed it'll be a

little bit better now lastly for feel we're going to say the long e sound and

to do that smile as you smile your tongue is going to be high and flat in

your mouth feel feel feel alright let's try them

all fill fell file feel fill fell file feel file

feel fell fill give it a try I know people are going to notice the

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