the word 'interview'.

This week's Word of the Week is 'interview'. The first thing I want to talk about is the

T. When the T comes after the N, it can be dropped. So, 'interview' can be 'innerview',

innerview, with no T sound. A few other examples: the word 'center' can be 'cenner', and the

word 'internet' can be 'innernet'.

This is a three-syllable word, and the first syllable is stressed. It begins with the IH

as in SIT vowel, ih, ih. So you'll want to drop your jaw a little bit, the tip of the

tongue stays here, while the front part of the tongue reaches up towards the roof of

the mouth. The corners of the lips should stay relaxed, ih, ih, in-. Then we have the

N consonant sound, so the tongue tip goes up to the roof of the mouth. Inner-, inner-,

then you will pull the tongue back for the R sound: inner, inner, inner. If you want

to make the T: inttt-, bring your teeth together and stop the air with a quick release to make

the True T sound before pulling the tongue back for the R. Inner, inter. The last syllable

has the V consonant sound, vv, yy, the Y consonant sound, and the OO vowel, -view, -view.

So make sure your bottom lip comes up and makes contact with the bottom of the top teeth for

the V sound. VV, vv, -view, -view. Interview, interview. Again, stress on the first syllable.

DA-da-da, DA-da-da. Interview. Interview. I have an interview tomorrow.

That's it, your Word of the Week.  Try it out yourself.  Make up a sentence with

the word, record it, and post it as a video response to this video on YouTube.  I can't

wait to watch it.

That's it, and thanks so much for using Rachel's English.