Unit – S and Z Sounds Hi this is AJ Welcome to Unit We've got four more sounds to practice in the next five days Now, very important, practice the best you can but don't get frustrated, okay? As I have mentioned many times, some sounds are going to be very easy for you because they're already are in your language but there will be some sounds that are very very difficult for you and when that happens, just take a deep breath and relax Okay? The focus for you is just to improve Keep improving, you're not going to be perfect the first few days Even after five days you might not be perfect for a very difficult sound, but it's okay Keep improving Improving, improving, improving In future units you're still going to hear those sounds in different words So you'll still be practicing them So just relax go forward day by day Constant and never ending improvement That's the key to having a great American accent You will it, don't worry Let's talk about S first S like super, or smart or success-s-s-s S-s-s-s, okay this is a kinda of relaxed sound so the jaw here is gonna be a bit relaxed Not tight but relaxed Your teeth will be almost together but not completely, so not this s-s-s-s Although you can almost make it like this s-s-s, s-s-s, s-s-s, just open Very small space between your teeth, s-s-s, and then you're going to blow air through that little small space, and that's really it No vibration on this s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s Now your tongue, the front of your tongue is forward Not touching the teeth but almost s-s-ss-s-s-s-s, and it's the sound of that air pushing pass your teeth that makes the s sound s-s-s-s Let's practice it Look at my mouth on these videos and look how I'm using my mouth and my teeth So the tongue again is not touching the teeth but it's just, but almost and it's a little tiny space and blow air through S-s-s-super, s-s-s-super, s-s-s-super S-s-s-smart, s-s-s-smart S-s-s-success-s-s-s It's at the end and beginning both s-s-s-success-s-s-s, s-s-s-success-s-s-s, s-ss-success-s-s-s Exaggerate the s sound S-s-s-s-ertain, s-s-s-s-ertain, s-s-s-s-ertain It's spelled with a c, but it's an s sound, s-s-certain See! S-s-s-s-ee, s-s-s-s-ee, s-s-s-s-ee S-s-s-some, s-s-s-some All right, that's enough for s Next is the Z sound and Canada they say zed for the final letter of our language, but in America we say zee So zee or zed either one It's the same as the s sound, but we're going to add vibration It's a vibrating s sound So same thing, relaxed jaw, teeth almost touching, right? The tongue again gets almost to the teeth, and just vibrate Vibrate your tongue Z-z-z-z I can feel vibration too in my lips My lips are vibrating a little bit, and my tongue is vibrating a little bit So still blowing air through the teeth but get that vibration going You can, maybe in your throat too some vibration Z-z-z-z, definitely strong vibration in the throat Throat, tongue, lips, they all vibrate for the zed or the zee Z-z-z-z, za, za, za, za Let's some words Z-z-z-zany, z-z-z-zany Kinda means crazy fun Z-z-z-zany, z-z-z-zany Use your fingers to feel the vibration Z-z-z-zany, z-z-z-z-z-z-zany Z-z-z-zoo, z-z-z-zoo Strong vibration Z-z-z-zoo Z -z-z-zoom Zoom means goes very fast Z-z-z-zoom We're the band Led Z-z-z-zeppelin, z-z-z-zeppelin, z-z-z-zeppelin All right, that's the z sound Our next sound, sh So when we spell it we use two letters, but it's one sound There's two versions of this There's a vibrating version and a non-vibration version Let's the soft sh first Now for this the teeth are apart and one of the difference is that the, your lips and everything are kinda open forward S-h-h-h right The classic way to make this sound is like you want someone to be quiet, s-h-h-h See how my lips are pushing forward? S-h-h-h again that kinda kissy face, right? Or fish face, right? S-h-h-h So that's the first part Now, again your teeth are apart The teeth are open a little more than the s or the z So a little bit more open and you're blowing through air again S-h-h-h-h-h-h, s-h-h-h, and for this one no vibration So blow air through your teeth s-h-h-h and push your lips and face forward So s is like this s-s-s-s-s-h-h-h, and we push, right and the air becomes more focused and it makes an sh sound, s-h-h-h, s-h-h-h, s-h-h-h, s-h-h-h, be quiet S-h-h-h Let's practice S -h-h-h-ow, s-h-h-ow S -h-h-h-ower, s-h-h-h-ower, s-h-h-h-ower S -h-h-hall I shall it, I will it S-h-h-h-hall S-h-h-h-hall S -h-h-h-ort, s-h-h-h-ort S -h-h-h-irt I'm wearing a s-h-h-h-irt, s-h-h-h-irt, s-h-h-h-irt S-h-h-hout! Shout! S-h-h-hout, s-h-h-hout That's the soft sh Next sh number two the vibrating or the hard sh we're just adding vibration So it's the same thing, teeth apart lips forward s-h-h-h, but now we're gonna vibrate again s-h-h-h, z-h-h-h, z-h-hh, z-h-h-h like vi-z-h-h-h-ion, u-z-h-h-h-ual That middle sound u-z-h-h-h-ha, u-z-h-h-h-ual, u-z-h-h-h-ual Z-h-h-ha, z-h-h-h, z-h-h-h, z-h-hh, z-h-h-h-h-h-h, z-h-h-h So again it's like an sh, s-h-h-h, but now you're going to add the vibration, tongue vibration z-h-h-h The front of my tongue is vibrating z-h-h-h It's a very strong vibration in my throat z-h-h-ha, z-h-h-ha Let's practice some words In the middle The sound is in the middle Vi-z-h-h-h-ion, vi-z-h-h-h-ion, vi-z-h-h-h-ion Vision means sight or seeing Vi-z-h-h-h-ion, z-hh-h, z-h-h-h It's in the middle vi-z-h-h-h-ion, vi-z-h-h-h-ion Another one, it's in, it's the second sound U-z-h-h-h-ual, u-z-h-h-ha, z-h-h-ha, u-z-h-h-h-ual, u-z-h-h-h-ual That's common, it's u-z-h-h-h-ual, u-z-h-h-h-ual A-z-h-h-ha is a part of the world A-z-h-h-ha It's not isa It's this second sh sound zha, A-z-h-hha, A-z-h-h-ha, A-z-h-h-ha Massa-z-h-h-h, that's the last sound massa-z-h-h-ha, z-h-h-ha, z-h-h-ha, massa-z-h-h-h It's spelled with a g but it's an sh sound Massa-z-h-h-h, massa-z-h-h-h, z-h-h-h, z-h-h-h, z-h-h-h Massa-z-h-h-h Remember, never trust English spelling It will always lie to you Maybe not always, but often, and the final one again is the last sound Presti-z-h-h-h, presti-z-h-h-h, presti-z-h-h-h Means status, fame, presti-z-h-h-h, presti-z-h-h-h, Presti-z-h-h-h Very good Practice, practice, practice Train, train, train The training audio, that's where the magic happens That's where you get better That's where you improve Follow that five day effortless English pronunciation process Every unit five days, five days Do all the steps exactly as I taught you You will get better See you at the training Unit – Practice Session Okay, you know what to Follow the five day Effortless English method Train every day Constant and never ending improvement Let's begin Super success shall certainly show up as I smash my fears I'll visualize certain success I'll see myself shouting and smiling as I practice Usually I shrug when I sometimes feel shy or suddenly make mistakes I casually shrug off mistakes I'm zooming towards super success and shall show my speaking skills soon I'm smart I'm zooming forward I have a sharp vision of success I am certain I'll succeed Now at a medium speed Super success shall certainly show up as I smash my fears I'll visualize certain success I'll see myself shouting and smiling as I practice Usually I shrug when I sometimes feel shy or suddenly make mistakes I casually shrug off mistakes I'm zooming towards super success and shall show my speaking skills soon I'm smart I'm zooming forward I have a sharp vision of success I am certain I'll succeed Now a little faster Super success shall certainly show up as I smash my fears I'll visualize certain success I'll see myself shouting and smiling as I practice Usually I shrug when I sometimes feel shy or suddenly make mistakes I casually shrug off mistakes I'm zooming towards super success and shall show my speaking skills soon I'm smart I'm zooming forward I have a sharp vision of success I am certain I'll succeed CLICK HERE