One of the most difficult English sounds for non-native speakers is “TH.” There is a voiced and unvoiced TH sound. Voiced as in words like “The,” “These,” “other,’ and many more, is the subject of this video with a rap from our friend Fluency MC. Tom and Fluency teamed up to create this learning gem, introduced by Jay from Simple English Videos.

Transcript

Hi everyone, I’m Jay from Simple English videos. Today we’ve got a treat for you. Jason, also known as Fluency MC, and Tom have teamed up to help you pronounce a very tricky
sound in the English language. THHHHH (no voice) and THHHH (voiced). The most common mistake students make is to keep their tongue inside their mouth. But doing that will only make a D or a T sound. To make the “THHHH” (unvoiced) sound or the “THHHH” (voiced) sound, push your tongue forward
so it’s touching your top and bottom rows of teeth with the tongue sticking out a bit. And don’t bite your tongue
or make your tongue too stiff, though. You need the air to flow out easily. “THHHH” (unvoiced) “THHHH” (voiced). This tongue position can produce, as we said, two sounds without the voice, “THHHH” for words like ‘think’ and ‘through.’ And with the voice, “THHHH” For words like ‘the,’ ‘these,’ ‘them.’ Okay. Now, the rap you’re about to listen to
is focused on the voiced TH sound. “THHHH.” So let’s listen to the rap. It will play twice. The first time, just pay attention to all the words with the “THHHH” (voiced) sound. The second time, try and join in and rap the words yourself. Okay, let’s listen.

(RAP TEXT IS ON SCREEN)

Now, if you need more practice to get the voiced TH sound “THHH” or the unvoiced TH sound “THHH,” keep watching this video, because in a few moments you’ll see a link to another video that Vicki and I made about just how to pronounce both sounds. Thanks for watching. Please subscribe if you haven’t already
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