Teaching spoken English

 In the morning so far I teach English to a group of about 25. They know English but need help on pronouncing the words. The Vietnamese language is difficult. We speak English with our mouths and tongues. We don't have a lot of sounds as in pitches. The Vietnamese speak with their tongue, throat and nose, they have many pitches. One word might go up while the same word goes down but has different meaning. And sometimes the pitch is so slight that we may not even hear it. Someone's name might sound like Ung to me, but it is actually shjuuong, and you say it with out moving your lips. I didn't realize how much I watch someones mouth when they speak to hear them. Here, you have to really listen, because they are using their throat. My objective is to teach spoken English. To repeat words that they have a hard time with. It is very difficult for them to say words with F and V. I am going back to using skills I learned while teaching my son Joshua to speak. He had a difficult time using his tongue, it is attached to the floor of his mouth more than yours and mine. He has conquered this difficulty so well that you can't even tell, can you? Sorry, Josh, your secret is out, haha.
Tuang is very good with computers, I will ask him to help me post photos later today. I have been trying the last 2 hours. This blog is all new to me, wish I had Carl, Lisa or KD here to show me how!