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.

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Move one place forward: teeth for /θ/, ridge for /s/

Both targets are voiceless fricatives with continuous oral airflow. The main modeled difference here is place: /θ/ is dental; /s/ is alveolar. These diagrams are target models, not measurements of your mouth.

Target/θ/

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

Place: dental
Manner: fricative
Tongue tip: lightly at or between teeth
Airflow: continuous oral
Voice: voiceless

Reviewed /θ/ cue: For /θ/, place the tongue tip lightly at or between the teeth and let air flow continuously without voicing.

Contrast/s/

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

Place: alveolar
Manner: fricative
Tongue tip: near alveolar ridge
Airflow: grooved 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.