•Thank
•Think
•Through
•Thousand
Unvoiced
\θ\ & \ð\
• The
• This
• Them
• Their
Voiced
•Often replaced with /s/ or /t/
•Often replaced with /z/ or /d/
English or not
English?
English |
Not English |
Not English |
the |
de |
ze |
them |
dem |
zem |
this |
dis |
zis |
although |
aldough |
alzough |
other |
oder |
ozer |
|
/b/ & /v/ |
/b/ |
/v/ |
bat |
vat |
very |
berry |
•Japanese
•Spanish
•Korean
•Arabic
|
/p/ & /f/ |
/p/ |
/f/ |
pan |
fan |
pat |
fat |
Past |
fast |
• Korean
Other consonant problem areas
/j/ |
/dʒ |
You |
Jew |
Yes |
Jess |
•Spanish
•Make sure the tongue doesn’t touch the top of the mouth
Flied lice
/l/ |
/r/ |
Long |
wrong |
Light |
right |
•Japanese
•Chinese
•Thai
•Korean
•Make sure the tongue doesn’t touch the roof of the mouth to produce /r/.
•Try working with the lips.
Over rolled ‘r’
•Arabic
•Spanish
|
/t ʃ/ & / ʃ/ |
/t ʃ/ |
/ʃ/ |
Chip |
ship |
Watch |
wash |
Cheap |
sheep |
Chop |
shop |
•Portuguese
•French
•Arabic
•Thai
•Try starting with a /t/ sound and slowly adding the /ʃ/
/ʃ/ & /s/
/ʃ/ |
/s/ |
she |
sea |
shells |
sells |
shit |
sit |
• |
Japanese |
• Work on the lips |
• |
Indonesian / Malaysian |
|
Final position
• /t ʃ/ /dƷ/ /t/ /ʃ/
•Final position difficult for Koreans
•richy churchy
•georgey
•mixeder
•finisher