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How to pronounce voiced TH /ð/ and voiceless TH /θ/ sounds

Three
Say it again. Did you pronounce it as /tri:/ or /thri:/?

        During practicum in a primary school in Malaysia, I've found that most of my pupils are unable to pronounce words containing voiced TH /ð/ (i.e. them, other, with) and voiceless TH /θ/ (i.e. three, north) sounds or widely known as dental fricative consonants (DFC). I believe there are many ESL learners out there are facing the same problem. Therefore, I've resorted to creating this blog to aid those pupils. Hope you'll learn something from this post :).

INTRODUCTION TO DENTAL FRICATIVE CONSONANTS

Before we dive deep into what DFC is, let's watch this song video first. This video is to introduce you to the voiced and voiceless TH sounds as well as how to pronounce those sounds.
Have you got the gist of what DFC is?

THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN VOICED AND VOICELESS TH SOUNDS

Watch the videos below to get a thorough explanation on voiced and voiceless TH sounds.
The first video is about the voiced TH sound.

The second one is about the voiceless TH sound.


Now that you've watched the videos, let's take a look at these infographic posters I designed. I tried my best to summarize and simplify the information regarding DFC in these infographics. I hope you can understand and internalize them.


LET'S PRACTICE

There is no point in learning if you didn't practice. So, I've created some games for you!
Click here to open the Throunce Game. (p/s: You must download the ppt to play the games.)
Here are more links to online games.
https://www.learning-english-online.net/pronunciation/the-english-th/
https://www.passporttoenglish.com/Beginning-English/Lesson4/Pronunciation.html
http://www.engames.eu/pronunciation/voiceless_th_sound/Pronunciation-VOICELESS%20TH%20(Web)/index.html

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  1. Thank you for posting this. Really need it. Hope you dont mind if i use it to aid my teaching. 😊

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  2. The game was soo good and fun . Thank you !

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    1. Thank you so much for visiting this post <3.

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Sakina Najwa binti Sabri

PISMP TESL B JUNE 2017

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Digital Innovation in Teaching and Learning

Institute of Teacher Education International Languages Campus