AboutDebra Duenas Expertise I can answer any questions on grammar and writing, creative writing, or literature. If you are doing it for your English or Language Arts class, I should be able to give you a hand. I can also help with poetry analysis.
Experience I have taught 8th, 9th, and 10th grade English and Literature, and Communications. And, oddly, 7th grade Math! I am presently a school librarian.
Education/Credentials BA in Secondary Education
BA in English
MFA in Creative Writing
Expert: Debra Duenas Date: 5/9/2008 Subject: the letter h
Question Hi there..I am teaching English to 11 year old kids in Malaysia. While I can easily pronounce the hah sound of the letter h in the word "her" when it appears alone, It seems hard and rather unnatural when I try getting the hah sound of h when i read things like " built her nest" or something like " nothing brilliant here " . I always end up sounding " built..ther nest " . Can you please tell me how one should say the phrase " nothing brilliant here". My guess is " nothing brillian..theer " . Please enlighten me.
Answer Are you American or British and teaching English or Malaysian teaching English? This would really affect your pronunciation.
The 'hah' in here is completely different than the 'th' in there.
I am not a TESOL specialist but given your explanation,I would enunciate and speak slowly. Make a clean break between the word preceding the 'h' word and the 'h' word itself.
Nothing brilliant...here. Until they understand the sound.
