I'm John Russell.

Today I would like to introduce you to a traveling sound.

Oh, to make the O sound.

Your lips should be very rounded and tense.

Oh, Oh, your tongue should be toward the middle and back of your mouth.

It should be a little tense to an important point.

Your tongue should travel or move a little bit too.

Oh is not a pure vowel.

Rather, it is a vowel sound, followed by a semi vowel, sometimes called an off glide.

The term off glide suggests that your tongue has to travel a little bit.

Many languages of the world do not have tense fouls that air followed by semi vowels.

This means that many English learners do not pronounce the semi vowel in Oh.

The result is that the O sound can sound slightly unusual to native speakers.

If you don't say it correctly, let's explore some common words that have the O sound.

Many of them have something to do with Travel Boat Road or consider this sentence.

We drove slowly on the open road.

I used the O sound four times in that sentence.

My tongue is tired now.

Well, that was quite a journey We went on with the O sound.

Which reminds me Where do you go after you travel another place with the O sound home.

Keep up the good work.