Tongue Twisters 繞口令

Could you please make a programme on tongue twisters? I think it would be useful for the audience to practise pronunciation. Thank you.

Fei, Macau

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In today’s programme, Helen Hu and Feifei Feng bring you some of the most well-known tongue twisters in English.

Tongue twisters are great fun. This is one of the few types of wordplay that exists in every language.

And for language learners, they’re perfect for practising pronunciation and impressing others.

They are also challenging for native speakers too, as you will find out.

Einstein sticking out his tongue

Tongue twisters are challenging for many people

We ask English teacher Sarah Morgan about English tongue twisters and tips on how to improve our tongue twisting techniques.

Why not have a go at the tongue twisters in our programme. You can find them by downloading the script.

If you have a question about English, email our team at questions.chinaelt@bbc.co.uk. We may answer it in this programme.

Glossary 字彙

tongue twister 繞口令

wordplay 文字遊戲

impress 給人留下深刻的印像

native speakers 英語為母語的當地人

tips 提示

techniques 技巧