Pronunciation Lab

Practise with trustworthy examples. Reviewed audio is used where it is available. On other items, you can still record, listen back and retry. Pronunciation feedback appears only where this lab has a reviewed feedback check.

See · compare · continuous friction for /ʃ/, stop-plus-friction for /tʃ/

Sustain /ʃ/; build and release /tʃ/

Both consonants use a postalveolar constriction. /ʃ/ is continuous voiceless friction, while /tʃ/ begins with a complete closure and releases into similar friction. Keep the following vowel and final consonants stable.

Voiceless postalveolar fricative/ʃ/

Schematic target articulation. It is not a measurement of the learner's mouth.

Place: postalveolar
Manner: fricative
Tongue tip: —
Airflow: continuous oral
Voice: voiceless

Voiceless postalveolar affricate/tʃ/

Schematic target articulation. It is not a measurement of the learner's mouth.

Place: postalveolar
Manner: affricate
Tongue tip: —
Airflow: affricated oral
Voice: voiceless

What you are hearing: these short clips come from the reviewed sentence at the end of this lab. Use them as context examples for the sound.