English Highway Podcast: Pronunciation: The /J/ (#0273)

English Highway Podcast
Pronunciation: The /j/ (#0273)

Practice the /j/ sound using vocabulary words to create sentences.
Announcer: You’re about to listen to an audio lesson from OpenEnglish.com.

Welcome back. My name is Andres Moreno, and I’ll be your English
coach for this audio lesson. Our goal today is to continue to improve
your listening and speaking skills by working on key pronunciation tools.
Today we’re going to work with the letter “j.” Repeat after me:
“j”
“j”
“Jake”
“just”
Good job. Keep practicing. Repeat after me:
“j”
“j”
That’s it. Now some words:
“June”
“July”
“jam”
And again, come on:
“June”
“July”
“jam”
Way to go. Let’s keep practicing. Now let’s use these words in some
sentences. Repeat after me:
“I just remembered.”
And again:
Good job. Here’s the next one. Repeat after me:
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“journal”
“journal”
“I have to read the journal today.”
Way to go. Here’s the next sentence. Repeat after me:
“June”
“Today is June 2nd.”
Come on, again:
“June 2nd”
Way to go. You’re doing fantastic. Let’s keep practicing. Here’s the
next example. Repeat after me:
“job”
“I’m looking for a job.”
And again:
Great work. Let’s keep at it. Repeat after me:
“jog”
Come on. Let me hear that “j” sound:
“j”
“jog”
“j”
“jog”
Good job. Here it goes again. Repeat after me:
“jog”
“I will go for a jog.”
Good work. Let’s keep at it. Repeat after me:
“John jogs every morning.”
“John jogs.”

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That’s a hard one, come on:
“John”
“John jogs.”
“John is from Japan.”
“Japan”
Excellent. Let’s keep practicing. Repeat after me:
“John is Japanese.”
“He is Japanese.”
Way to go. Let’s keep at it. Come on, you’re doing great. You’re
mastering the “j” sound. Repeat after me:
“John is a jazz player.”
“jazz”
“John”
Way to go, great progress. Let’s keep practicing. Repeat after me:
“job”
“His job is fun.”
Once again:
“job”
That’s it. You’re doing great. Let’s keep at it. Repeat after me:
“Jenny”
“Jenny and John”
“John has a friend named Jenny.”

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“Jenny and John are in a band.”
Way to go. Here’s the next example. Repeat after me, and give it your
best:
“Jenny tells lots of jokes.”
Practice that “j” sound. Let me hear it:
“j”
“jokes”
Now the whole sentence. Repeat after me:
And again:
Wonderful. Let’s keep at it. Repeat after me:
“Jeffrey”
“Jeffrey is also in their band.”
“Jeffrey is from New Jersey.”
That’s a difficult sentence. Repeat after me:
“New Jersey”
“New Jersey”
“Their next show is in July.”
Let me hear that “j” sound. Shout it out:
“July”
That’s it. You’re doing great. Let’s keep practicing. Repeat after me:
“jackets”
“They wear black jackets.”
“jackets”

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Wonderful. Let’s keep at it. Repeat after me:
“January”
“They started playing in January.”
One more sentence, so give it your best. Repeat after me:
“Jack”
“Their manager’s name is Jack.”

Congratulations! That’s the end of this audio lesson. Thank you so much
for your time and effort. As always, my recommendation is for you to
listen to this lesson a couple more times. Keep practicing, keep at it
because remember, practice makes perfect!
For additional practice, turn on your computer and go to
OpenEnglish.com. At OpenEnglish, you’ll find hundreds of interactive
lessons and videos to help you perfect your English. Accelerate your
English today. See you soon.
Additional practice: Initial “j” sound
Words:
Jake
just
June
July
jam
journal
June 2nd
job
jog
John
Japan
jazz
Jenny
Jenny and John
jokes
Jeffrey
New Jersey
jackets
January
Jack
Sentences:
“I have to read the journal today.”
“I will go for a jog.”

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“John jogs.”
“He is Japanese.”
“John has a friend named Jenny.”
“Jenny and John are in a band.”
“Jeffrey is also in their band.”
“They started playing in January.”

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Announcer: You’re about to listen to an audio lesson from OpenEnglish.com.

Good job. Keep practicing. Repeat after me:

That’s it. Now some words:

And again, come on:

Good job. Here’s the next one. Repeat after me:

An original Open English production in association with Cl@se.

“I have to read the journal today.”

Way to go. Here’s the next sentence. Repeat after me:

“Today is June 2nd.”

Come on, again:

“Today is June 2nd.”

“I’m looking for a job.”

“I’m looking for a job.”

Great work. Let’s keep at it. Repeat after me:

Come on. Let me hear that “j” sound:

Good job. Here it goes again. Repeat after me:

“I will go for a jog.”

Good work. Let’s keep at it. Repeat after me:

“John jogs every morning.”

An original Open English production in association with Cl@se.

“John jogs every morning.”

“John is from Japan.”

“John is from Japan.”

Excellent. Let’s keep practicing. Repeat after me:

“John is a jazz player.”

“John is a jazz player.”

“His job is fun.”

“His job is fun.”

“Jenny and John”

“John has a friend named Jenny.”

An original Open English production in association with Cl@se.

“Jenny tells lots of jokes.”

Practice that “j” sound. Let me hear it:

Now the whole sentence. Repeat after me:

“Jenny tells lots of jokes.”

“Jenny tells lots of jokes.”

Wonderful. Let’s keep at it. Repeat after me:

“Jeffrey is also in their band.”

“Jeffrey is from New Jersey.”

That’s a difficult sentence. Repeat after me:

“Jeffrey is from New Jersey.”

“Their next show is in July.”

Let me hear that “j” sound. Shout it out:

“Their next show is in July.”

“They wear black jackets.”

“They wear black jackets.”

An original Open English production in association with Cl@se.

“They started playing in January.”

One more sentence, so give it your best. Repeat after me:

“Their manager’s name is Jack.”

“Their manager’s name is Jack.”

Additional practice: Initial “j” sound

An original Open English production in association with Cl@se.

An original Open English production in association with Cl@se.

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