Unit – TH Sound Hello and welcome to Unit It's time to start working on those individual sounds Those specific sounds that might be difficult for you Now as you start to practice these sounds, don't forget about rhythm Rhythm is still important So when you are training and doing the training audios, you practice the sounds of course but also remember, good rhythm Pause when I pause Right? Get that music correct, make sure that's correct And then also, you'll be working of course on these specific sounds In this unit, a sound is very difficult for many people It's that TH sound One more word about these different lessons for the sounds In some of these units, the sounds will be very difficult for you and you might get frustrated It might feel like you're not improving That's all normal Just relax and keep following the five day Effortless English pronunciation process It's designed to be successful, it's designed for a reason So if on the first day and the second day and the third day it feels difficult, don't worry, just relax Okay? The point is not to be perfect, nobody's perfect Everybody makes mistakes Just focus on improving a little bit, a little bit each day Point number two Some of the units will be very, very easy for you because your language will already have the sound So you'll think, oh, this is easy I already have TH in my language or I already have R and L in my language so this is so simple No problem Still focus and your best for five days on that unit If the sounds are easy for you, then instead focus again on getting the rhythm, the music, the pitch correct You need to continually practice that rhythm so that you get the correct rhythm of American English So anytime you have an easy unit, with easy sounds, don't just become lazy, still practice all of those five things, recording yourself, pausing and imitating, listening carefully, tracking Do all of those things, so you can improve your speaking speed and so that your rhythm and music will continue to get better and better and better (claps) Time for our sound in this unit, the TH sound Now I mentioned there are actually two versions of it Lets learn the soft TH, we'll call it the soft TH And it sounds like this, th, th, th Now how you make that sound? Many people have problems with this sound so let me show you exactly how to it Now the first thing that happens when you make the TH sound is your tongue, ah, will actually come out you're pushing it out between your teeth So, put your teeth like this and there's a small space between your teeth And then push your tongue between Now an important note as you learn these specific sounds When you're practicing, them very strongly Now of course when I say the TH sound, I don't everything really, really big But I've been saying this sound my whole life, so it's easy for me But for you, you need to practice so I want you to it very strongly Exaggerate these sounds, make them sound super, super, super strong If I tell you to push your tongue out then push it out a lot Okay? When you improve later, everything can become a little smaller but when you're first learning, make everything big and exaggerated So tongue comes out and then you're going to actually, not really bite (laughs) but press your teeth against your tongue Right? So your, your tongue is touching both teeth and it's between them, like this Yeah? Th And then, the final part of making this soft TH, is you blow air Blow air through your teeth Nothing really moves, okay? So it's like this Th, that's it Th And you can hear, it's a very soft sound That's why it's called the soft TH Th So, I'm just closing the space with my tongue Kind of biting my tongue a little bit, softly, don't hurt yourself, and then blowing air Th Now another key part about this, to make it sound correct, especially in a word, is you to stretch this sound Because it's so soft, you need to make it a little bit longer Right? If you it really fast, nobody will hear it If you go, th, th, people won't hear the sound at all So you actually have to make it a little, a little slow, a little long Th, stretch it out Lets some words that have the soft TH I'll say them and then you practice with me, and we're going to be very, very strong with our TH sound, okay? Think Think Now see here I'm stretching the TH, I'm making that TH very slow I want you to that also, it's important Blow air Think Think Thing, what is that thing? Thing Three Three Three Thirty Thirty Thirty Thanks Thanks Thanks Bath It's at the end of the word now Bath Again make the TH very long, make it super long We're practicing Bath Bath Truth Truth Truth Math Math Last one Tooth Tooth Tooth Let's one more Mouth Mouth Mouth Th, th, th That's the soft TH! Congratulations (claps) The second TH, we could call it the hard TH, we could call it the vibrating TH It's a stronger sound It's a little bit louder sound and stronger, because there's a vibration Otherwise it's the same, so you everything the same with your tongue and your teeth Right? So, teeth again, tongue sticks out You're going to blow air just the same way Th So how we make it vibrate? Well now you need to vibrate your throat and your tongue Remember the last unit when I talked about vibration? It's very important for some sounds, this is one of those sounds You need to get the vibration very strong in your throat and your tongue even can vibrate Meaning it's going to shake very quickly And it will sounds like this, th Th It's the same sound, the only difference is now you're vibrating Your tongue doing this and your throat, it's also vibrating Th Th Th Th Same sound, same position Vibrate Th, th, th Let's some words with the vibrating TH That That Make it really long again, stretch it out, because we're practicing That That They They They The The or thee Same word Thee or the This This That That That Now in the middle Mother Mother Okay? I'm doing it very strong, I'm making IT very slow, so you can hear it and practice it Mother It's not muther, right? That's the soft one You have to get the vibration Mother Make the vibration super strong, exaggerate it as you practice so you can really get the difference Mother Together Together Together Together Breathe The end of the word Breathing, right? (breathes) Breathe This is the way that its, uh, telling you to it It's like a verb Breathe Breathe Breathe It's vibrating Now this is an important word for the TH because there's another word, breath Breath is a noun, breath is the air that comes in and out Breath That's the soft TH Breath But breathe, with the vibration, that's the verb That's the action of breathing So it changes the meaning if it's soft or hard Let's practice the TH, the soft one first Breath Breath Breath (breathes) Take one breath Breath Now the verb Breathe Breathe Breathe Vibration Let's practice one more variation and this is where we add an R sound, because this can also be very difficult for some people So TH and then you add an R So the TH sounds exactly the same, it might be soft, it might be vibrating But then for the R sound, I'm going to give you a little tip Make the R sound very loud Right? When you have THR, for example, the word throw Throw Make the R very strong Some people make the R soft and they say thow, thow, thow It sounds It doesn't sound right So you got to get that R sound nice and strong It's throw Throw Here I'm making that R very hard Now if R is difficult for you, don't worry, relax There's a, there's a whole unit to teach you how to pronounce R correctly So just play with it in this unit This is really focused on TH, so I'm just adding the R for a little extra practice Let's a few words Throw Throw The other thing you can with that THR, is at the end, with the R, you can push your lips out a little bit Throw See, watch my lips Throw See how they, they come together and out a little? With the R sound? Throw Throw Throat Throat Throat Throat Through Go through the house Through Through Through Through Through Through (laughs) And, uh, we'll the number three I'll each sound quite slowly Three Three Watch how my lips move because of the R Three See, I start with the normal TH Th But for the R sound I have to push my lips in a little bit Three Three Three (claps) Okay, well, this is just teaching you how to it The real practice happens in the training audio because for the next five days, you're going to be listening very carefully to these TH sounds And then you're going to be, you know, pausing and imitating, pausing and imitating So you'll be saying these TH sounds again and again and again Right? And you'll be recording yourself And, and saying these TH sounds with a loud voice out loud, and then you're going to be tracking the, uh, the most, the biggest challenge because you'll be doing it at a, at a quick speed Right? So you're going to get a lot of practice in the next five days with lots (snaps) and lots (snaps) and lots (snaps) of TH sounds So, (claps) you know what to Go to the training audio and for the next five days, follow that same five day process See you in the training audio Unit – Practice Session Welcome to the training lesson Remember to follow the five day method Let's begin I am thankful that I'm thoroughly training my mouth to speak English smoothly Although it's not always easy I breath deeply when I speak My throat relaxes and I feel strength throughout my body Others think English is something difficult They are wrong Like an athlete, I think positively Therefore, I improve and grow healthier, wealthier and more successful I thrive as I improve my pronunciation Although I know success takes time, I am not bothered There will always be another challenge in life, but nothing scares me I breathe My mouth smiles I feel thoroughly healthy and happy I'm succeeding and thriving through daily practice Now at medium speed I am thankful that I'm thoroughly training my mouth to speak English smoothly Although it's not always easy I breath deeply when I speak My throat relaxes and I feel strength throughout my body Others think English is something difficult They are wrong Like an athlete, I think positively Therefore, I improve and grow healthier, wealthier and more successful I thrive as I improve my pronunciation Although I know success takes time, I am not bothered There will always be another challenge in life, but nothing scares me I breathe My mouth smiles I feel thoroughly healthy and happy I'm succeeding and thriving through daily practice Now a little faster I am thankful that I'm thoroughly training my mouth to speak English smoothly Although it's not always easy I breath deeply when I speak My throat relaxes and I feel strength throughout my body Others think English is something difficult They are wrong Like an athlete, I think positively Therefore, I improve and grow healthier, wealthier and more successful I thrive as I improve my pronunciation Although I know success takes time, I am not bothered There will always be another challenge in life, but nothing scares me I breathe My mouth smiles I feel thoroughly healthy and happy I'm succeeding and thriving through daily practice CLICK HERE ... stretching the TH, I'm making that TH very slow I want you to that also, it's important Blow air Think Think Thing, what is that thing? Thing Three Three Three Thirty Thirty Thirty Thanks Thanks Thanks... bit Throw See, watch my lips Throw See how they, they come together and out a little? With the R sound? Throw Throw Throat Throat Throat Throat Through Go through the house Through Through Through... Now this is an important word for the TH because there's another word, breath Breath is a noun, breath is the air that comes in and out Breath That's the soft TH Breath But breathe, with the