/I/ and /i:/

These are some links to help you with these two sounds.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/vowel_short_1.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/vowel_long_1.shtml

Wikipedia /wI kI 'pi: di: ja/ is a great place to learn about pronunciation.  Check out this page on /I/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-close_near-front_unrounded_vowel

Look on the left near the bottom and find what a pronunciation teacher from your language has to say about the pink sound.


Good luck.

The Pronunciation Videos

Yesterday I promised to send you a video on /r/, the sound.

Here it is:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/con_other_6.shtml

There are lots of different sounds featured.  Learn about the way she makes them-- the 'how' not the 'what'.

There are lots of pronunciation resources online.  Learn about them slowly.  The best resources are here at http://howjsay.blogspot.com/ .

Go slowly.  Enjoy it.