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    Unit 1 - /ð/ and /θ/: André de Souza Dulcinete Chagas Deborah Furness Giovanna Garcia Liliane Patrício

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    Unit 1 - // and // Andr de Souza Dulcinete Chagas Deborah Furness Giovanna Garcia Liliane Patrcio

    // and //
    WHAT ARE THEY?
    They are the TH sound in English. There is no TH sound in Portuguese. There are two TH sounds: Unvoiced (//) - with NO vibration of the vocal cords like in thank you. Voiced (//) - with vibration of the vocal cords like in that.

    // - Unvoiced
    HOW TO PRONOUNCE IT?
    With your tongue between your teeth, say the S sound - /S/. Pretend that you have a lisp = LNGUA PRESA and say the sentence: CIDA SABE SAMBAR
    http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/pronunciation/ mp4/con_voiceless_6.mp4

    // - Unvoiced
    LET'S PRACTICE:
    thank thousand thief - three something anything everything north bath mouth - birth

    // - Voiced
    HOW TO PRONOUNCE IT?
    With your tongue between your teeth, say the Z sound /Z/. Pretend that you have a lisp = LNGUA PRESA and say the sentence: A CASA DA ZEBRA AZUL
    http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/pronun ciation/mp4/con_voiced_6.mp4

    // - Voiced
    LET'S PRACTICE: them their though - they either other rather neither leather without

    MOST IMPORTANT
    They are dental, which means that the tongue is placed between the teeth, while the air escapes through the gaps between the tongue and teeth.

    Can you name these pictures?

    Comparing these words


    //
    Sink think Tree three Fought thought Mouse mouth Boot booth Deaf death

    //
    Day they
    Dough though Doze those

    Den then
    Dare - there

    Exercises
    http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/minpair1.html

    REFERNCIA BIBLIOGRFICA
    GODOY, Sonia M. Baccari de; GONTOW, Cris; MARCELINO, Marcello. English Pronunciation for Brazilians. So Paulo: Disal, 2006, p. 287

    http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frame set.html http://www.fonetiks.org/engsou5au.html http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/ pronunciation/mp4/con_voiceless_6.mp4 http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/ pronunciation/mp4/con_voiced_6.mp4 http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/minpair1.html

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