User's Manual

Last update: 29/08/01

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Air passing through the mouth and nose (characteristic of nasals)

Airstream (perceptible by placing the hand in front of the mouth)

Sharp expulsion of air

Terminology

Alveolar ridge: situated behind the incisors.

Tip of the tongue: the extremity of the tongue.

Blade of the tongue: situated behind the tip of the tongue.

Front of the tongue: situated between the blade and the centre of the tongue.

Centre of the tongue: the middle of the tongue.

Back of the tongue: inner extremity of the tongue.

Vocal chords: muscles situated either side of the larynx whose movements determine voice production.

Glottis: opening between the vocal chords.

Uvula: fleshy elongated part situated at the extremity of the palate.

Velum (soft palate): muscle situated on the upper part of the mouth which extends the hard palate rearwards.

Palate (hard palate): hard upper part of the mouth.

General functions

To run or stop the pronunciation exercise,

click on the Play / Stop button.

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sentence), click on the Previous button.