Real ESL

Vocabulary and Transcript

You know, today I was planning on going to the beach and I thought, you know, a lot of my students have a problem with that sound, beach,
that e sound, eee.

The big confusion - it seems to be - comes between the e sound and the soft i sound. “i”
(It’s) very different - if you want to say:
That woman is a bitch.
Soft i sound.
(A bitch is NOT a woman who has sex with many guys, it is not a dog or an ugly woman - A bitch is a woman who is not nice or says rude things)

Or:
I’m going to the beach.
You don’t want to say, “That woman is a beach.” People will look at you - what? She’s not a beach, she’s a woman.
You have to make sure you say these words correctly.

The difference between e…see, look at my mouth - e - my mouth stretches out and everything tightens.
And “i”
Your mouth barely moves and the sound comes from here. Your tongue is relaxed.
Really, very opposite mouth movement
Okay, let’s try a few.

The hard e sound:

eat
feet
reach
enormous (very big)

Or the soft i sound

sit
hit
(um)
mitt
(uh)
impossible

Alright, let’s do a couple comparison words.

reach rich
beach bitch
eat it

Okay. You try! And that’s it. I’m Kim Purcell. At realesl.com.