diphthongs = a sound that combines two vowel sounds.
/ai/
night
shine
prize
/ei/
today
late
date
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diphthongs= a sound that combines two vowel sounds.
/aʊ/
mouth
south
couch
/əʊ/
show
glow
though
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Tongue Twisters
If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch?
Betty Botter had some butter, “But,” she said, “this butter's bitter. If I bake this bitter butter, it would make my batter bitter. But a bit of better butter – that would make my batter better.”
So she bought a bit of butter, better than her bitter butter, and she baked it in her batter, and the batter was not bitter. So 'twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter.
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Improving your pronunciation
Step 1: awareness of the difference (between vowels that look the same and between your mother tongue and English)
Step 2: PRACTISE and check what you're doing is right (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/)
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I feel ready to start practising pronunciation on my own.