Vietnamese Help With 'th'

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sampsond Thursday 28th of July 2005 03:14:35 AM
help with 'th' - I've been trying to help two Vietnamese girls with their English. We found out that the "th" is something that I can't seem to teach them. We've worked on words like "the" and "thief". The best they can do is an "z" sound or an "s" sound. Does anybody have any suggestions on methods we can try. They can't seem to make their tongues work quite like an english speaking person.

Daan Thursday 28th of July 2005 09:28:53 PM
- hum, back in primary school they taught us to make the "th"-sound by slightly pushing our tongue against our teeth and breathing out. it's something like that, i don't quite remember, it's become an automatism.

hollyday Wednesday 03rd of August 2005 12:42:05 PM
- A speech therapist I knew used to tell kids to "bite your tongue" and hold it there. Then exhale quickly like an exasperated sigh while letting go of your tongue.

Hope it helps ~

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	sampsond	Thursday 28th of July 2005 03:14:35 AM
	help with 'th' - I've been trying to help two Vietnamese girls with their English. We found out that the "th" is something that I can't seem to teach them. We've worked on words like "the" and "thief". The best they can do is an "z" sound or an "s" sound. Does anybody have any suggestions on methods we can try. They can't seem to make their tongues work quite like an english speaking person.
	Daan	Thursday 28th of July 2005 09:28:53 PM
	- hum, back in primary school they taught us to make the "th"-sound by slightly pushing our tongue against our teeth and breathing out. it's something like that, i don't quite remember, it's become an automatism.
	hollyday	Wednesday 03rd of August 2005 12:42:05 PM
	- A speech therapist I knew used to tell kids to "bite your tongue" and hold it there. Then exhale quickly like an exasperated sigh while letting go of your tongue. Hope it helps ~