speech and language question of the week

today's pronunciation question is how do

i pronounce the word organization

let's take a look at the word this word

is spelled O RG AN IZ AT ION and it is

pronounced or ga na zay shun orgonna

zay shun the stressed syllable here is

towards the end of the word zay this

syllable will be loudest and the longest

in the word so let's look at these first

three syllables we're going to say those

very quickly start by saying or by

rounding your lips and then pulling them

back slightly the uh back of your tongue

will be pulled up towards the roof of

your mouth for the R OR OR add the

ga syllable do this by putting the tip

of your tongue in the bottom of your

mouth and the back of your tongue will

be pulled up for the g sound

add the short vowel uh or ga orga then

move to the na syllable do this by

touching the tip of your tongue to the

back of your top front teeth then add

the short uh vowel again this is

a very relaxed vowel and it's very very

quick your tongue is just sort of in the

middle of your mouth and your lips are

relaxed na organa

then add the stressed syllable zay do

this by starting with the Z sound by

putting the tip of your tongue behind

the back of your top front teeth keep

that air moving out of your mouth and be

sure that your voice box is moving so

that you have voicing for the Z sound

then move to the a vowel to make this

vowel by opening your mouth wide and

then moving to a smile a zay organa

ZAY and then end with shun do this by

keeping the air moving

out of your mouth for the SH sound round

your lips for this sound Shh then add

the un to it do this by adding that short

vowel uh then touching the tip of your

tongue to the back of your top front

teeth for the n sound

tion organa zay shun organization

let's give it a try organization

organization organization

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it a try people are definitely going to

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