早口ことば
日本語と同様に、英語にも早口ことば(tongue twisters)があります。早口ことばは遊びとして楽しいだけでなく、英語の発音訓練にも最適です。はじめはゆっくり、自信がついたら、スピードを上げて発音しましょう。小グループで、誰がうまく言えるか競ってみるのもよいでしょう。
(1) She sells seashells by the seashore.
(2) Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
(3) How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
If a woodchuck could chuck wood?
He would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would
If a woodchuck could chuck wood.
(2) Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
(3) How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
If a woodchuck could chuck wood?
He would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would
If a woodchuck could chuck wood.