New York.

This week's Word of the Week is actually two words, New York. New York begins with the

N consonant sound, where the front, flat part of the tongue will lift and touch the roof

of the mouth here, nn, nn. Then we have the 'oo' as in 'boo' vowel, New, New. So the lips

do have to round for that. New. Then we have the Y consonant sound, yy, and the AW as in

LAW followed by the R consonant sound. So for the vowel, the jaw has to drop, New Yo--,

and then the tongue will pull back for the R sound, New Yor--k. And the back part of

the tongue will lift up and touch the soft palate here, kk, and pull away to make the

K sound. Don't forget to drop your jaw for the vowel there. New York, New York. I live

in New York.

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.