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