Pronunciation Lab

Practise with trustworthy examples. Reviewed audio is used where it is available. On other items, you can still record, listen back and retry. Pronunciation feedback appears only where this lab has a reviewed feedback check.

See · feel · keep the vowel compact

Keep FOOT /ʊ/ short, relaxed and back

For FOOT /ʊ/, keep the tongue high toward the back with light lip rounding and a compact, relaxed quality. This lab teaches the target directly rather than forcing an artificial vowel contrast.

Near-high back rounded vowelFOOT /ʊ/

Schematic target articulation. It is not a measurement of the learner's mouth.

Place: —
Manner: —
Tongue tip: —
Airflow: —
Voice: voiced

What you are hearing: these short clips come from the reviewed sentence at the end of this lab. Use them as context examples for the sound.