Are you having problems talking in English? Do you find yourself stuttering on some words? Are you too slow in speaking English?
Filipinos are fond of speaking in English. The language has been a part of daily conversations that using it seems like it is Filipino’s mother tongue. The familiarity with the language all started in school where the mode of instruction is in English and books are almost all printed in the English language. However, due to the regional dialect Filipinos have, which greatly influences the manner of their speaking, mispronouncing words and minor problems in reading in the English language are observed.
There are lots of ways in practicing and improving one’s English speaking skill. One way is through tongue twisters.
Tongue twisters are groups of words or phrases that are created to help someone practice articulation and even pronunciation properly. Most tongue twisters are to be repeated thrice so that the speaker will get used to the words and articulate them appropriately. Here are some best tongue twisters one can use:
• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
• Something in a thirty-acre thermal thicket of thorns and thistles thumped and thundered threatening the three-D thoughts of Matthew the thug - although, theatrically, it was only the thirteen-thousand thistles and thorns through the underneath of his thigh that the thirty year old thug thought of that morning.
• How much wood could Chuck Woods' woodchuck chuck, if Chuck Woods' woodchuck could and would chuck wood? If Chuck Woods' woodchuck could and would chuck wood, how much wood could and would Chuck Woods' woodchuck chuck? Chuck Woods' woodchuck would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood as any woodchuck would, if a woodchuck could and would chuck wood.
• She sells sea shells on the sea shore;
The shells that she sells are sea shells I'm sure.
So if she sells sea shells on the sea shore,
I'm sure that the shells are sea shore shells.
• There's a sandwich on the sand which was sent by a sane witch. (3x)
These tongue twisters are best to be familiar with the articulation in English. Moreover, they are a good practice for pronunciation, stress and even breathing when speaking in the English language.
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