Unit 10 – T and D Sounds Hello and welcome to unit ten, we are almost to the middle We have two important sounds in this unit, T and D, that are very close sounds again these two But you need to make them sound different So we are going to practice them in this unit The T and the D, let's start with the T, TT-T-T-T-T Okay, first of all, with the T, your lips are open, right so not closed, open T-T-T-T-T-T-T, your tongue is up and it's touching the top of your mouth, T If you want you can touch your top teeth, the back of your top teeth, you can touch the top teeth if you want T-T-T-T-T or just a little back, touching the top of your mouth, just behind your top teeth, either one So your tongue is up, it's touching your mouth Now here's an important part, you have to seal the air block the air with your tongue And you create pressure Remember when we did P, P-PP-P, we created pressure in our mouth, we had the air pressure, and then we suddenly PUH, released it Same thing with the T, but now we're using, we're not using our lips, this time we use our tongue to block the air So our tongue goes up, and you're kind of pushing, you should feel like some tightness in your neck Like you're pushing air but it's not coming out And then what you do, your drop your tongue to make the T sound and the air comes out quickly T-T-T See, it's a very quick, strong burst of air, T-T, you're blocking the air, you create the pressure in your neck, in your throat, in your mouth with the air Drop the tongue, T, it releases, T-T-T Let's practice some sounds Two, two, two Ttrue It's not false it's true True, true, true Tterrific, terrific T-T, terrific, terrific, terrific Make that T sound very strong The air just pops out Talk, talk, talk Teach, teach, teach Tell, tell Now the T is also at the end of words, it's a very important sound, T and the D both, very important at the end of words In fact with the verbs, the T and the D sounds can change the meaning So you have to pronounce these sounds very strongly at the end of words As usual, I want you to exaggerate the T at the end of the words So for example, the past tense of walk is walked It's a T sound Walked, walked, walked, walked Ate Past tense of eat Ate, ate Strong T Ate, ate What, what, what I'm exaggerating, I'm doing it too strongly but we need to this for practice What Because if it's too soft it sounds like this: What, what, what It's a little too weak So we want to make that nice strong T at the end What, what, what All right, good enough, let's go on to the D, D as in dog Now, you should be used to this, it's basically the same sound but we're adding vibration So composition is the same, it's up, touching the top of your mouth Right? The lips are open just like the T, you create the air pressure, same as the T You drop the tongue, same as the T, D-D-D The difference, vibration, vibrate your throat D-D, you should feel T-TT-T, no vibration Now with the D, D-D-D, vibration, D-D, you can even vibrate the tongue a little bit if you want to, but especially your throat Let's practice some D sounds Day Night and day Day, day, day Dare, dare, dare, dare Decide, decide Beginning and end D sound Decide, decide Make the ending sound very strong Decide Make it too strong when you practice Decide, decide, decide Do, it, do, do, D-D-D-D, do, do, do, All right, you've got it, you understand how to make these sounds You also know, at the end of words, you must make them extra strongly So enough talking it's time to go to the training audio Time for you to practice these sounds Of course when you're doing the training audios don't forget rhythm, get the rhythm, get the music also See you in the training audio Unit 10 – Practice Session As you the five day Effortless English Pronunciation process, try to copy me exactly Exaggerate Do the American accent much stronger than you think you need to Make the accent super strong Let's begin Daily discipline and daily training decides what accent you'll display while talking Do the techniques taught in the five day method Day after day decrease the old terrible accent Trade it for a true and terrific native speaker accent What you want today is improvement Just improvement Little by little with time your mistakes will be cleaned, improved, perfected, eliminated, reduced, and eventually erased Don't hesitate Do what you must every day Your victory is assured Now, at a medium speed Daily discipline and daily training decides what accent you'll display while talking Do the techniques taught in the five day method Day after day decrease the old terrible accent Trade it for a true and terrific native speaker accent What you want today is important Just improvement Little by little with time your mistakes will be cleaned, improved, perfected, eliminated, reduced, and eventually erased Don't hesitate Do what you must every day Your victory is assured Now, a little faster Daily discipline and daily training decides what accent you'll display while talking Do the techniques taught in the five day method Day after day decrease the old terrible accent Trade it for a true and terrific native speaker accent What you want today is improvement Just improvement Little by little with time your mistakes will be cleaned, improved, perfected, eliminated, reduced, and eventually erased Don't hesitate Do what you must every day Your victory is assured CLICK HERE .. .Unit 10 – T and D Sounds Hello and welcome to unit ten, we are almost to the middle We have two important sounds in this unit, T and D, that are very close... audios don't forget rhythm, get the rhythm, get the music also See you in the training audio Unit 10 – Practice Session As you the five day Effortless English Pronunciation process, try to copy... again these two But you need to make them sound different So we are going to practice them in this unit The T and the D, let's start with the T, TT-T-T-T-T Okay, first of all, with the T, your lips