Welcome to your class

PRONUNCIATION
CLASS 1: TH SOUND
 LET'S PRACTICE OUR
READING SKILLS FIRST...
 Steve was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1950. He moved to London with his parents

when he was 5 years old. Steve started school there and his father began work at the

hospital. Alongside him was four brothers and his mother who was a housewife.

Steve and his family lived in England for 2 years then moved to Amman, Jordan

where they lived there for 10 years. Steve would then move to Cyprus to study at the

Mediterranean University.

Unfortunately, he did not succeed at the University and returned home after 7

months. His parents were very unhappy he came home with this news so he decided

to search for studies in America. He applied to many colleges and universities in the

States and finally got some acceptance offers over there!

COMPRENHENSION...
1. When was Steve born?

2. When did he move to Amman, Jordan?

3. How many brothers did he have?

4. Why did he move to America?

 WHAT'S THE TH
PRONUNCIATION?
It's a sound relatively unique to English, it's very commonly used
in vocabulary.
HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE TH
SOUND?

VOICED (ð) UNVOICED (θ)

There will be a
It's just an air flow
vibration in our vocal
through your mouth.
cords.
With the exception of being voiced or unvoiced, the /ð/ and /θ/ are nearly
identical; the tip of the tongue is placed behind the top front teeth.
WHEN IS IT VOICED OR UNVOICED?
There are 5 rules that should help you determine it:

VOICED (ð) UNVOICED (θ)

Between two vowels: At the end of the word:

Mother, bother, weather, etc. Myth, mouth, bath, etc.

When followed by a silent e: Before a consonant or in the middle of

Bath (unvoiced); bathe (voiced). compound words:
Mouthful, truthful, throw, earthworm, etc
At the beginning of functional words:
This, that, these, those, then, than, they, At the beginning of most other words
them, their, there, therefore. thunder, theatre, think, etc.
VOICED (ð) UNVOICED (θ)

Mother Thank
Whether Method
Although North
Those Something
Them Thunder
Feather Birthday
Breathe Math
These Thermos
Brother Earthworm
Bathe Month
The Toothpicks
 Let's Practice!
Answer the following questions:

How many words with TH unvoiced sound do you know?

Can you pronounce them by yourself?
Answer the following questions:
How many words with TH voiced sound do you know? Can
you pronounce them by yourself?

Homework: Practice your pronunciation watching the video sent by the

teacher ;)