1. Pronunciation Why? Needs to be “good enough”
Be aware of common problems for those with your native language

2. Pronunciation Work: [s] and [z]
sink, sank, sister, pass z
zoo, zen,
cousin, buzz

3. Pronunciation Work: [s] and [z]
Unvoiced
Voiced s
sink, sank, sister, pass z
zoo, zen,
cousin, buzz

4. Pronunciation Work: [s] and [z]
Where is your tongue?
Unvoiced
Voiced s
sink, sank, sister, pass z
zoo, zen,
cousin, buzz

5. Pronunciation Work: [s] and [z]
Where is your tongue?
Unvoiced
Voiced
All of tongue is inside mouth s
sink, sank, sister, pass z
zoo, zen,
cousin, buzz

6. Pronunciation Work Where is your tongue? Unvoiced Voiced
All of tongue is inside mouth s
sink, sank, sister, pass z
zoo, zen,
cousin, buzz
Tip of tongue is stuck out between teeth (~1 cm)

7. Pronunciation Work Where is your tongue? Unvoiced Voiced
All of tongue is inside mouth s
sink, sank, sister, pass z
zoo, zen,
cousin, buzz
Tip of tongue is stuck out between teeth (~1 cm)
th (symbol:ð)
then, mother, breathe

8. Pronunciation Work Where is your tongue? Unvoiced Voiced
All of tongue is inside mouth s
sink, sank, sister, pass z
zoo, zen,
cousin, buzz
Tip of tongue is stuck out between teeth (~1 cm)
th (symbol:θ)
think, thank, method, path
th (symbol:ð)
then, mother, breathe

9. Pronunciation Overview
Look at the handout
“Consonant Pronunciation”
You need to be aware of what your face/tongue/lips/jaw are doing.
But doing it “right” needs to be automatic (without concentration).

10. “This, That, There” This: finger on forehead That: finger on chin
There: point to another person
You MUST pronounce [th] correctly!
not “dis” or “zis”
remember your tongue

11. [th] contest
With partner, make up a sentence that has a LOT of [th] words.
Aim for using both voiced and unvoiced [th] at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end of words.
At least 15 words long and interesting!
Practice saying the sentence.
Better speaker coach the weaker?