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Advanced Communication Skills

Notes The F and V consonant sounds. These two sounds are paired together because they take the same
mouth position. F is unvoiced, meaning only air passes through the mouth, and vv is voiced,
meaning, uh, uh, vv, you're making a sound with the vocal cords. To make this sound, the
bottom lip raises and touches the very bottom of the top front teeth. Ff, vv. You don't want to
see your bottom lip disappear like that. It's actually the back side of the lip that's making contact
with the teeth, f, v. Here is a photo of the F and V consonant sounds on the right compared with
the mouth at rest. Here parts of the mouth are drawn in. The soft palate is raised for these
consonant sounds. The bottom lip simply raises to touch the top teeth. The tongue touches
lightly behind the bottom teeth. Sample words. Fan/van, fault/vault, photo/vote. Sample
sentence: They served a very fresh oven-baked flounder fillet. Now you'll see this sentence
upclose and in slow motion, both straight on and from an angle, so you can really study how the
mouth moves when making this sound.

[ ] ... 'b' as in 'bit' & [ ] ... 'p' as in 'pit'

These two sounds are paired together because they take the same mouth position. P is unvoiced,
p, meaning only air passes through your mouth. And B is voiced, bb, meaning, uh, uh, bb,
you're making a sound with your vocal cords. To make this sound, the lips will stay together
while the teeth part a little bit, pp, bb. These are stop consonants. In stop consonants, there are
two parts. There is a stop of the airflow, and a release. So the stop of the airflow happens, pp, as
the lips remain closed, and the release when they part and the air comes through. Here is the
sound from the front, where the lips are together but the teeth are slightly parted. That is why it
doesn't look relaxed. And here from the side. Again, you can see this tension in the chin as the
teeth are slightly parted even though the lips are closed. Here, parts of the mouth are drawn in.
The soft palate is raised in this sound, and the tongue itself raises just a little bit, but the tip of the
tongue is still touching the bottom front teeth. Sample words: pad, bad, pot, bought. Sample
sentence: Pick a big print for the bedspread. Now you will see this sample sentence up close and
in slow motion both straight on and from an angle, so you can really study how the mouth
moves when making this sound.

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