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.

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Keep the velar stop shape; switch voicing for /ɡ/

Both targets are velar oral stops. Build the same back-of-tongue closure and oral release. /k/ is voiceless; /ɡ/ is voiced. Focus on the laryngeal change without moving the closure forward.

Voiceless velar stop/k/

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

Place: velar
Manner: stop
Tongue tip: —
Airflow: oral release
Voice: voiceless

Voiced velar stop/ɡ/

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

Place: velar
Manner: stop
Tongue tip: —
Airflow: oral release
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.