How to Pronounce TH Advanced English Pronunciation Lesson
hi i’m vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm them seem th help me please
let’s talk about it in today’s
pronunciation lesson we’re going to talk
about two different ways to pronounce th
i know that the th sound is pretty
challenging for a lot of people so let’s
break it down and help you to start to
understand it and use it yourself
the first th sound that we’re going to
talk about is what i’m going to call a
voiced th and that’s because your voice
box here is going to be active so let’s
practice a sentence using a lot of
voiced th sound to help you feel
comfortable with it for the voiced th
i’m going to use my hand here on my
throat so that i can know if i’m
actually using my voice or not this is
just a little tip to help you feel if
you’re using it correctly
the sentence is those friends that they
know are going over there with them
alright we’ve got a lot of words that
start with th and all of these are the
voiced th those them do you hear that
kind of vibration that’s happening
that’s my voice box and my tongue
working together it’s not pure air we’re
going to talk about that in the next th
sound but this is a voiced th those that
they know those friends that they know i
want you to do the same thing with me
we’re exaggerating over emphasizing
right now that’s okay because once you
get those sounds to feel a little more
comfortable for you you can scale back
and not be so exaggerated but first of
all for pronunciation practice let’s a
saturate so I want you to say the
sentence with me use your hand here on
your throat and let’s say those friends
that they know are going over there with
them did you notice that a lot of these
words are kind of those boring words
those they they’re they’re not really
descriptive words like Theodore Thursday
those are going to be the next sounds
the Aird sounds so I hope that you had a
chance to quickly practice voiced th now
let’s talk about the second kind the
second kind of th we can call unvoiced
or I’m going to call it aired th because
really it’s only air your voice box can
go to sleep you’re just gonna make an
aired sound a good way to practice this
is with a piece of paper we’re going to
exaggerate this and I’m going to show
you with the words that I’m saying in
our sample sentence
are you ready for the sample sentence
I’m gonna say it and I want you to watch
this paper move each time that I say th
and you can practice it for yourself as
well for Thursday’s theme my thesis will
be theater thankfully oh did you see how
this paper moved so lovely that means
that we’re using the aired th correctly
Thursday thesis theme theater thankfully
you’re pushing the air out of your mouth
and your voice box is sleeping great
what happens if I use a piece of paper
and talk about the moist th the ones
that we already talked about at the
beginning do you think this paper is
going to move is it going to do anything
well let’s try what if I said that first
sentence again using this paper those
friends that they know are going over
there with them did move
not at all it was just sitting here that
means that the air that’s coming in out
of my mouth is not the same as the
second th the second th is a lot of air
so we’re going to emphasize Thursday
theatre thankfully thank you let’s mix
them together and see what happens
I have a short challenge and it’s for
you I want you to put your hand here and
also to use your piece of paper I want
you to see for yourself and also in this
video which one is active at which time
do you feel your voice here for the
first word or do you see the paper
moving for the first word it is are you
ready my theme is about them my theme is
about them my theme is about them ooh
which one is a voiced th and which one
is just air can you say that sentence
yourself I want you to take a moment
imitate my mouth make sure your tongue
is coming out a little bit that’s the
perfect sign of a th but you know it’s
not the only thing we need to make sure
your voice is doing the correct thing
the air is doing the correct thing and
your tongue is doing the correct thing
so the tongue is just one piece of the
puzzle my theme theme your tongue
sticking out is going to help give you
the air my theme is about them my tongue
is sticking out a little bit mmm but
it’s not quite so strong because there’s
no air it’s just my voice them seem them
seem I hope that this quick th practice
is useful for you I recommend repeating
these sentences out loud you can do it
and let me know in the comments below
what is the sentence that mixes these th
sounds say it out loud to yourself and
we can practice with each other
sentences thanks so much and I’ll see
you the next time bye
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