Vowel Sounds: short ʊ & long u: | English pronunciation

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0:00​ Short vowel sound ʊ
3:36 Long vowel sound u:
8:35 Tests on both sounds

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[salaheldin]

Hi! It was such a brilliant lecture, indeed. Thanks, Ms. Billie!

[sthefannysanmiguel]

So good, thank you for your explanation

[guillermotonatiuhperezpere]

This is exactly the video I was looking to recommend some practice at home, this pronunciation training will be really helpful for my students. Thank you!

[mbom]

your videos are insanely helpful for learning the IPA.Thank you!!!

[aminamimi]

Thanks teacher tomorrow I will do this lesson

[ola_m_lam]

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[SailingAgainstCurrent]

Super 👍 “Reviewing could learn something new.”温故知新。Thanks so much.

[collinroehner]

How about the word "humidity"? This word has always been interesting with its formation. How would you classify said word?

[AyaAhmed-uytj]

U really perfect ❤️ i have exam of phonetics tomorrow and u really help me, thanks for your help so much 💕

[elenoreyouri]

i hear some people pronounce poor with long u is that correct?

[ingibracov]

Nowadays they call it tense and lax, not long and short. Because anyone can make short sounds long and long sounds short.

[svtea]

for the women, it's transcription is /ˈwɪmɪn/ why did you say it's contain ʊ sound?