/oʊ/ vs /ɑ/ Vowel Sounds - American English Pronunciation Practice - Minimal Pairs

This video will help train your ear to hear the difference between the /oʊ/ as in ROSE vowel sound and the /ɑ/ as in OLIVE 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 O with your lips extended as they are when making the /w/ sound. As the circle created by your lips becomes smaller, the tongue moves from a middle to high position. Sample words: NO, DON'T, GO The /ɑ/ as in OLIVE vowel sound is the vowel sound in HOT and in the first syllable of FATHER. To make this sound, drop your jaw as if you are yawning. The lips do NOT round. The tongue is relaxed on the floor of the mouth. For more information on using colors to represent vowel sounds watch:    • The Color Vowel® Chart - A Teaching a...   Vowel Sounds /oʊ/ vs /ɑ/ - American English Pronunciation Practice - Rose vs Olive 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 on these links and make a purchase, Vivid English earns a small commission. The price to you is the same. #accentreduction #pronunciationpractice #americanenglish #vowelsounds #minimalpairs #americanenglishpronunciation