TH sound pronunciation slides.

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:

9. Thank
Method
North
Something
Thunder
Birthday
Math
Thermos
Earthworm
Month
Toothpicks
Mother
Whether
Although
Those
Them
Feather
Breathe
These
Brother
Bathe
The
VOICED (ð) UNVOICED (θ)

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!