Diphthong sounds

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I have a problem with diphthong sounds pronunciation if you know a procedure or technique please help me becuse all my efforts failed and I remained suffer from the difficulty of distinguishing between the diphthong sounds pronunciation
 

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I have a problem with diphthong sounds pronunciation if you know a procedure or technique please help me becuse all my efforts failed and I remained suffer from the difficulty of distinguishing between the diphthong sounds pronunciation

Have a look at this video is very useful, personally as a student, it is the video I had learnt from it the diphthong sounds pronunciation :
Dailymotion - YouTube - IPA DIPHTHONGS - Arts video

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Which sounds cause you the most difficulty?
 

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- / ai / , 2- / ei / , 3- /Ͻi / , 4-/ au / , 5-/ iә / , 6- /eә / , 7- /әu / , 8 /uә /
 

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- / ai / , 2- / ei / , 3- /Ͻi / , 4-/ au / , 5-/ iә / , 6- /eә / , 7- /әu / , 8 /uә /

That narrows down the field!

Hi [1], say [2] boy [3], now [4] here's [5] where [6] to go [7] if your* pronunciation is poor [8]: An illustrated note on diphthongs ;-)

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PS * In Edinburgh, this would be [8]
PPS mara's is much better
 
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Hi dear friends
thanks for your help but the problem how can I teach my students the diphthong sounds how can I make them master the on the diphthongs pronunciation . I need some notes or rules to follow them when they pronunce diphthong sounds
 

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Hi, wethba.

There must be some useful tips here :)
 

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Thank you it was useful .Thank you so much again dear
 

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Thanks for the observation, Bob. :up: Maybe wethba should read this article to avoid confusion.
 

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Thanks Mara. :) (I just know how tempting it is for a harassed teacher to see a well-produced resource and say 'Yes, I'll use that' - only to be met with some embarrassing questions in the classroom!)

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