/oʊ/ vs /u/ Minimal Pairs - American English Vowel Sounds - #englishlisteningpractice #vowelsounds

This video will help train your ear to hear the difference between the /oʊ/ as in ROSE vowel sound and the /u/ as in BLUE vowel sound. Listen to each Minimal Pair and repeat the words aloud. (Minimal Pairs are two words that sound the same EXCEPT FOR one sound). The /oʊ/ as in ROSE sound is a diphthong - or moving sound. The mouth position changes as the sound is formed. Begin with your lips rounded in a big circle and move them into a smaller tighter O with your lips puckered forward as they are when making the /w/ sound. As the circle created by your lips gets smaller, the tongue moves from a middle to high position. Sample words: NO, DON'T, GO To produce the /u/ as in BLUE vowel sound, the lips are rounded and extended forward, as if blowing out candles. The tongue is slightly tense and in a high position. For more information on using colors to represent vowel sounds watch:    • The Color Vowel® Chart - A Teaching a...   Vowel Sounds /oʊ/ vs /u/ - American English Pronunciation Practice: Minimal Pairs - Listen and Repeat ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● Recommended YouTube Channels ‪@VividEnglishUS‬ Pronunciation: ‪@ClearEnglishCorner‬ ‪@rachelsenglish‬ ‪@hadar.shemesh‬ ‪@SoundsAmerican‬ Listening/Speaking/Vocabulary Development ‪@englishwithantonio‬ ‪@LearnEnglishWithTVSeries‬ ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● Recommended ESL textbooks* Pronunciation and Accent Reduction: Mastering the American Accent by Lisa Mojsin: https://amzn.to/3F1veBs Listening and Speaking: The All Clear Series by Helen Kalkstein Fragiadakis All Clear Listening and Speaking 1: https://amzn.to/3VpOrlJ All Clear Listening and Speaking 2: https://amzn.to/3gEVvw3 All Clear Listening and Speaking 3: https://amzn.to/3tXNBBh Grammar: Betty Azar's Red, Black, and Blue Grammar Book series Basic English Grammar (beginner): https://amzn.to/3AJtqdU Fundamentals of English Grammar (intermediate): https://amzn.to/3F1HZMr Understanding and Using English Grammar (advanced): https://amzn.to/3AKm9dL Writing: Writing Clearly: Grammar for Editing (advanced) by Janet Lane and Ellen Lange: https://amzn.to/3u0Eyzf: Business English: English for Everyone - Business English Box Set: (pre-intermediate to upper intermediate/course book + practice book):https://amzn.to/3F1YxUF *Amazon affiliate links. If you click a link and make a purchase, Vivid English earns a small commission. The cost to you is the same. #accentreduction #pronunciationpractice #americanenglish #vowelsounds #minimalpairs #americanenglishpronunciation #listenandrepeat