Tongue Twisters

     I remember my very first student, her name is Stella, a twelve-year old Korean girl. She was very good in English and we had great conversations. We studied for a long time, 8 months to be exact. That was my first online teaching experience. I wasn't that good. Stella got bored. I ran out of interesting topics. I ran out of enjoyable games. So I tried different tongue twisters. I believed it would be helpful for her. She seemed to have enjoyed it. I won't forget Stella and the laughs that we shared. I learned a lot from her. 

Here are some of the tongue twisters that we practiced.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop.

Where she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits. 

Send toast to ten tense stout saints' ten tall tents.

The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.

Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?

Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins.

Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut-Butter, 'tis the peanut-butter picky people pick.

There those thousand thinkers were thinking how did the other three thieves go through.

Betty Botter bought a bit of butter.
The butter Betty Botter bought was a bit bitter
And made her batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter makes better batter.
So Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter
Making Betty Botter's bitter batter better

sources: wikipedia, English Tongue Twisters