This poem will get the student acquainted to some allophones of the English language that could be difficult to pronounce, specially because the phonetic fit between the graphemes and the actual pronunciation of the sound that these graphemes represent are very distant from one another within the phonetic context of the English Language; condition makes difficult to improve in the prosodic features of the language.
Guillermina
Ration never rhymes with nation,Say prefer, but preferable,Comfortable and vegetable.B must not be heard in doubt,Debt and Dumb both leave it out.In the words psychology,Psychic, and psychiatry,You must never sound the p.Psychiatrist you call the man Who cures the complex, if he can.In the architect, chi is KIn arch it is the other way.
Guillermina
Please remember to say iron. So that it’ll rhyme with lion.Advertisers advertise,Advertisements will put you wise.Time when work is done is leisureFill it up with useful pleasure.Accidental, accident,Sound the g in ignorant.Relative, but relation,Then say creature, but creation.Say the a in gas quite short,Bought remember rhymes with thwart,Drought must always rhyme with bout,In daughter leave the “gh” out.
Guillermina
Wear a boot upon your foot.Root can never rhyme with soot.In muscle, sc is s,In muscular, it’s sk, yes!Choir must always rhyme with wire,That again will rhyme with liar.Then remember it’s address.With an accent like posses.G in sign must silent be,In signature, pronounce the g.
Guillermina
Please remember, say towardsJust as if it rhymed with boards.Weight’s like wait, but not like height.Which should always rhyme with might.Sew is just the same as so, Tie a ribbon in a bow.When You meet the queen you bow,Which again must rhyme with how.In perfect English make a start.Learn this little rhyme by heart.
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