Exercise 5.6

Adapted from: Hermans, (2018)

 

Go back to the list of words from exercise 5.2 once more. Watch the video to take a close look at how your teacher moves the tip of his tongue between his teeth when pressing air through the narrowing between his teeth. Listen to every word in recording 5c afterwards and copy what you hear as closely as possible.

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Record yourself while doing this. Then, listen back to your recording for improvements, practise a few times and record yourself again.

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Send your final recording to your teacher, who will decide how well you have pronounced the ‘voiceless’ /th/ in every word. Also play your recording to a classmate and listen to his/her recording, so that you can give each other feedback as well.

 

Beginning:                            middle:                                  end:

think                                     something                              with

thing                                     anything                                path

three                                     nothing                                  bath

thank                                                                                  moth

Thursday                                                                            both

throw                                                                                  cloth

                                                                                          sloth

                                                                                          death

                                                                                          math

                                                                                          wrath

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