TH Sound Slides Pronunciation pdf class lesson
- 1. Welcome to your class PRONUNCIATION CLASS 1: TH SOUND
- 2. LET'S PRACTICE OUR READING SKILLS FIRST...
- 3. Steve was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1950. He moved to London with his parents when he was 5 years old. Steve started school there and his father began work at the hospital. Alongside him was four brothers and his mother who was a housewife. Steve and his family lived in England for 2 years then moved to Amman, Jordan where they lived there for 10 years. Steve would then move to Cyprus to study at the Mediterranean University. Unfortunately, he did not succeed at the University and returned home after 7 months. His parents were very unhappy he came home with this news so he decided to search for studies in America. He applied to many colleges and universities in the States and finally got some acceptance offers over there!
- 4. 1. When was Steve born? 2. When did he move to Amman, Jordan? 3. How many brothers did he have? 4. Why did he move to America? COMPRENHENSION...
- 5. WHAT'S THE TH PRONUNCIATION? It's a sound relatively unique to English, it's very commonly used in vocabulary.
- 6. HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE TH SOUND? VOICED (ð) UNVOICED (θ) There will be a vibration in our vocal cords. It's just an air flow through your mouth.
- 7. With the exception of being voiced or unvoiced, the /ð/ and /θ/ are nearly identical; the tip of the tongue is placed behind the top front teeth.
- 8. VOICED (ð) Between two vowels: Mother, bother, weather, etc. When followed by a silent e: Bath (unvoiced); bathe (voiced). At the beginning of functional words: This, that, these, those, then, than, they, them, their, there, therefore. WHEN IS IT VOICED OR UNVOICED? UNVOICED (θ) At the end of the word: Myth, mouth, bath, etc. Before a consonant or in the middle of compound words: Mouthful, truthful, throw, earthworm, etc At the beginning of most other words thunder, theatre, think, etc. There are 5 rules that should help you determine it:
- 10. Answer the following questions: Homework: Practice your pronunciation watching the video sent by the teacher ;) Answer the following questions: How many words with TH unvoiced sound do you know? Can you pronounce them by yourself? How many words with TH voiced sound do you know? Can you pronounce them by yourself? Let's Practice!