USE OF TONGUE TWISTERS IN TRAINING ENGLISH

Abstract

This study is dedicated to tongue twisters in modern English. The purpose of the article is to investigate how English patter words can be used to teach English phonetics (sounds, word stress, intonation). The object of research is the phenomenon of tongue twisters in general. The subject of the research is the search and verification of effective ways of using English tongue twisters in trainings on English phonetics and oral English speech. The research material is more than a dozen original English patter words. As a result of the research, the author came to the following conclusions: 1) the use of tongue twisters in learning any language – both native and non-native – is very effective for training the speech organs and improving the speech apparatus; 2) the form of the tongue twister dominates its content. In general, the results of this study confirm the material nature of the word. The practical value of this work is to identify and update the ways of using English tongue twisters in the modern methodology of teaching oral English speech. The article offers specific methods of using tongue twister technique in the educational process and provides examples of exercises with the studied material.