Click HERE to check .where the tip of the tongueis placed for theconsonant pair /t/ ... /d/ and compare with that of the above pair/θ/.../ð/. .It is very important to know the difference in the position.of the tip.of the tongue between these two pairs of consonants if you really want your /θ/ and /ð/ sound right!
Practise the voiceless consonant /θ/ and voiced consononat /ð/ in isolation, words, sentences
and paragraph with Dave Sconda.
Voiceless /θ/ at the beginning of the words: thankyou ... think ... thought
in the middle of the words: something ... nothing ... healthy
at the end of the words: math ... mouth ... both
used in sentences: I will eat anything healthy with my teeth.
. Thank you for driving back and forth this month.
. .I think Beth is travelling north on the path.
Voiced / ð/ at the beginning of the words: there ... that ... the
in the middle of the words: brother ... either ... other
at the end of the words: smooth ... breathe
used in sentences: Thatmothercan't breathe.
I ratherlikethisweather.
Voiceless /θ/ and voiced /ð/ used in a paragraph:
Pronunciation is rather fun! If you try another technique, think about the person you are talking with. Although you are pretending this method will make your speaking more smooth. That's all for now!
Dear teachers, even it's late... I really want to complete what I have done so far, hehe... I try hard to do it in a quiet place but it's not that easy, so - your great understanding on the back sound of my neighborhood here is very appreciated. It's funny but it's so true.
Here is my late recording for this session, Sorry. I know, my thanks are not enough for you. As you know, I mentioned in earlier session that /θ/ & /ð/ are two sounds which I have problem to distinguish. But, now after going through this study session, I think I could find the difference between the sounds /θ/ & /ð/, isn't it ?
I'm really sad teacher Gabriel :( I spent 3 days preparing for this study session.Unfortunately,you couldn't listen to me ,but after embedding I could listen to my recording again WEIRED,,,,,,, WEIRDER,,,
Well,I registered to use Audioboo,hopefully It works with me........!!!!
Teacher Gabriel,how can I be upset? Be sure that all your comments are welcomed and I accept them from the depths ofmyheart.Yes,you are right I recognized my mistakes about the sounds /θ/ and /z/,/ð/ and /s/.
I'll try to post my audio assignment here again,just to show you that I nver give up hope :)
You deserve respect and applausefrom me and your fellow learners for being persistent in achieving your objective, i.e. proper pronunciation. You workvery hard, something really satisfying on my part. Well done!
Now, did you listen to your “Vocaroo” for this study session after the embedding? Because, forgive me to say, I could only hear a droning noise which overpowers your own voice. I noticed similar problem with your audio assignment for SS7 but it wasn’t that bad! Regrettably, this time your voice is barely audible over the noise. Is it possible for you to use “Audiboo”? Why don’t you give it a try? If you are not familiar with Audioboo, you can read my blog “Make your voice heard” and learn how to use it.
Fortunately for me, I managed to pick your words vaguely (for the first 50 seconds or so) by turning up the volume to the maximum. I observed that…
1. You pronounced the voiceless consonant /θ/ like /s/. Therefore, you said ‘sick’ insteadof ‘thick’.
2. Your voiced consonant /ð/ sounds more like /z/. Hence, the word ‘that’/ðæt/ is turned into /zæt/.
Asma, don’t be upset or give up hope after reading my comment. This study programme is about teaching and helping EC learners to overcome the problem they face with certain phonemes of the English speech. So, please don’t blame yourself if you couldn’t make some sounds when they are introduced here. Perhaps you don’t have such sounds in your first language. I hope I made myself understood ;-)
Here are two things that I want you to do:
1. Watch the above “supplementary video”. See how Dave Sconda puts his tongue out when every time he uses the /θ/ and /ð/ consonant sounds, either in isolation or words.
2. Copy the minimal pairs in group in the comment box below and paste them onto the above TTS widget. Then, click the ‘play’ button and listen to the difference in pronunciation between the words in each pair.
If you still find it difficult to differentiate the /θ/ from /s/ and /ð/ from /z/, don’t worry about them for now! Because, in Study Session 8 I’m going to introduce the voiceless /s/ and voiced /z/, then you should be able to make a clear sound of these two pairs. However, you can record the assignment again if you managed to learn to pronounce the consonants /θ/ and /ð/ after watching the supplementary video. Good luck!
Thank you so much, Teacher Gabriel for your nice words, :)
Now let me tell you, that it's always a pleasure to read your comments, for they are no less than a balm to the soul!...... :-) Besides this, I love reading your comments addressed to other members too, having a feeling that I'm reading a very carefully written literary work, with vividly marked new words and phrases, which are hardly repeated in your next comments!.. That's really what is worth appreciation and admiration. :)
" Devoiced", is this a good explanation why I had difficulty in saying "th" when it's placed at the end of the word. ? Gabriel
on the other hand ;
A good pronunciation will be obtained when the picture could have been completed which "linking and reducing" are the more important skills in order to make it enhanced. Isn't it Gabriel ? I mean, achievement is still far away :))) Oh my God.......
I’m glad you asked the question. Let me rephrase it so that the other learners will know what we two are talking about!
“Is the ‘th’ at the end of a word is pronouncedthe same as when it appears at the beginning and in the middle of a word?”
We all know that the letter combination ‘th’ makes two different sounds, i.e. voiceless /θ/ and voiced /ð/. We also know that the vocal cords don’t vibrate for /θ/ but they do vibrate for /ð/.Well! Besides the terms ‘voiceless’ and ‘voiced’ used to describe these characteristics, there is one more term - ‘devoiced’. The term ‘devoiced’ is normally applicable to ‘voiced consonants’.
What it means is, in layman’s terms, that a voiced consonant loses it’s ‘strength’ and becomes ‘weak’ at the end of a word – it is pronounced without the vibration of the vocal chords making it partly (or wholly) voiceless. 'Devoiced' applies to all voicedconsonants! It’s a common thing in normal speech.
I would like to remind here that I didn’t practise this in the above list of minimal pairs because I had to emphasize the /ð/ sound in order to make it clear so that you could distinguish this sound from the other sounds, especially /d/.
My advice is one must often listen to well spoken English to get a clear picture of the whole idea. This is where the AudioPal TTS Tool comes in handy. Selma, please don’t hesitate to ask me if you have further queries. Thank you! Happy learning!!
While studying that pairs again, I need to be sure that if "th" sound is at the end of words, should we pronounce it more slightly or less emphasis than the other positions ?
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Online recording software >> I am really looking forward to your assessment
Thank you and best regards :)
Hello bro,
Here is my late recording for this session, Sorry. I know, my thanks are not enough for you. As you know, I mentioned in earlier session that /θ/ & /ð/ are two sounds which I have problem to distinguish. But, now after going through this study session, I think I could find the difference between the sounds /θ/ & /ð/, isn't it ?
Hello my teacher,
I'm really sad teacher Gabriel :( I spent 3 days preparing for this study session.Unfortunately,you couldn't listen to me ,but after embedding I could listen to my recording again WEIRED,,,,,,, WEIRDER,,,
Well,I registered to use Audioboo,hopefully It works with me........!!!!
Teacher Gabriel,how can I be upset? Be sure that all your comments are welcomed and I accept them from the depths of my heart.Yes,you are right I recognized my mistakes about the sounds /θ/ and /z/,/ð/ and /s/.
I'll try to post my audio assignment here again,just to show you that I nver give up hope :)
I wish you all the best.
Hi, Asma!
Now, did you listen to your “Vocaroo” for this study session after the embedding? Because, forgive me to say, I could only hear a droning noise which overpowers your own voice. I noticed similar problem with your audio assignment for SS 7 but it wasn’t that bad! Regrettably, this time your voice is barely audible over the noise. Is it possible for you to use “Audiboo”? Why don’t you give it a try? If you are not familiar with Audioboo, you can read my blog “Make your voice heard” and learn how to use it.
Fortunately for me, I managed to pick your words vaguely (for the first 50 seconds or so) by turning up the volume to the maximum. I observed that…
1. You pronounced the voiceless consonant /θ/ like /s/. Therefore, you said ‘sick’ instead of ‘thick’.
2. Your voiced consonant /ð/ sounds more like /z/. Hence, the word ‘that’ /ðæt/ is turned into /zæt/.
Asma, don’t be upset or give up hope after reading my comment. This study programme is about teaching and helping EC learners to overcome the problem they face with certain phonemes of the English speech. So, please don’t blame yourself if you couldn’t make some sounds when they are introduced here. Perhaps you don’t have such sounds in your first language. I hope I made myself understood ;-)
Here are two things that I want you to do:
1. Watch the above “supplementary video”. See how Dave Sconda puts his tongue out when every time he uses the /θ/ and /ð/ consonant sounds, either in isolation or words.
2. Copy the minimal pairs in group in the comment box below and paste them onto the above TTS widget. Then, click the ‘play’ button and listen to the difference in pronunciation between the words in each pair.
If you still find it difficult to differentiate the /θ/ from /s/ and /ð/ from /z/, don’t worry about them for now! Because, in Study Session 8 I’m going to introduce the voiceless /s/ and voiced /z/, then you should be able to make a clear sound of these two pairs. However, you can record the assignment again if you managed to learn to pronounce the consonants /θ/ and /ð/ after watching the supplementary video. Good luck!
~* GS *~
@ Asma
Thank you so much, Teacher Gabriel for your nice words, :)
Now let me tell you, that it's always a pleasure to read your comments, for they are no less than a balm to the soul!...... :-) Besides this, I love reading your comments addressed to other members too, having a feeling that I'm reading a very carefully written literary work, with vividly marked new words and phrases, which are hardly repeated in your next comments!.. That's really what is worth appreciation and admiration. :)
Warmest regards...
Charos
Hello my dear teachers:
Record music and voice >>
It's really challenging,I know my recording is full of mistakes :D
Thank you Gabriel for your promptly respond,
it fell into place now,
" Devoiced", is this a good explanation why I had difficulty in saying "th" when it's placed at the end of the word. ? Gabriel
on the other hand ;
A good pronunciation will be obtained when the picture could have been completed which "linking and reducing" are the more important skills in order to make it enhanced. Isn't it Gabriel ? I mean, achievement is still far away :))) Oh my God.......
Dear Selma,
“Is the ‘th’ at the end of a word is pronounced the same as when it appears at the beginning and in the middle of a word?”
We all know that the letter combination ‘th’ makes two different sounds, i.e. voiceless /θ/ and voiced /ð/. We also know that the vocal cords don’t vibrate for /θ/ but they do vibrate for /ð/. Well! Besides the terms ‘voiceless’ and ‘voiced’ used to describe these characteristics, there is one more term - ‘devoiced’. The term ‘devoiced’ is normally applicable to ‘voiced consonants’.
What it means is, in layman’s terms, that a voiced consonant loses it’s ‘strength’ and becomes ‘weak’ at the end of a word – it is pronounced without the vibration of the vocal chords making it partly (or wholly) voiceless. 'Devoiced' applies to all voiced consonants! It’s a common thing in normal speech.
I would like to remind here that I didn’t practise this in the above list of minimal pairs because I had to emphasize the /ð/ sound in order to make it clear so that you could distinguish this sound from the other sounds, especially /d/.
My advice is one must often listen to well spoken English to get a clear picture of the whole idea. This is where the AudioPal TTS Tool comes in handy. Selma, please don’t hesitate to ask me if you have further queries. Thank you! Happy learning!!
~* GS *~
Hello Gabriel,
I have a question, could you clarify me please ?
While studying that pairs again, I need to be sure that if "th" sound is at the end of words, should we pronounce it more slightly or less emphasis than the other positions ?
Thank you in advance,
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