Hello and welcome to unit ten, we are almost to the middle.
We have two important sounds in this unit, T and D, that are very close sounds again
these two.
But you need to make them sound different.
So we are going to practice them in this unit.
The T and the D, let's start with the T, T- T-T-T-T-T.
Okay, first of all, with the T, your lips are open, right so not closed, open.
T-T-T-T-T-T-T, your tongue is up and it's touching the top of your mouth, T. If you
want you can touch your top teeth, the back of your top teeth, you can touch the top teeth
if you want.
T-T-T-T-T or just a little back, touching the top of your mouth, just behind your top
teeth, either one.
So your tongue is up, it's touching your mouth.
Now here's an important part, you have to seal the air block the air with your tongue.
And you create pressure.
Remember when we did P, P-P- P-P, we created pressure in our mouth, we had the air pressure,
and then we suddenly PUH, released it.
Same thing with the T, but now we're using, we're not using our lips, this time we use
our tongue to block the air.
So our tongue goes up, and you're kind of pushing, you should feel like some tightness
in your neck.
Like you're pushing air but it's not coming out.
And then what you do, your drop your tongue to make the T sound and the air comes out
quickly.
T-T-T.
See, it's a very quick, strong burst of air, T-T, you're blocking the air, you create the
pressure in your neck, in your throat, in your mouth with the air.
Drop the tongue, T, it releases, T-T-T.
Let's practice some sounds.
Two, two, two.
Ttrue.
It's not false it's true.
True, true, true.
Tterrific, terrific.
T-T, terrific, terrific, terrific.
Make that T sound very strong.
The air just pops out.
Talk, talk, talk.
Teach, teach, teach.
Tell, tell.
Now the T is also at the end of words, it's a very important sound, T and the D both,
very important at the end of words.
In fact with the verbs, the T and the D sounds can change the meaning.
So you have to pronounce these sounds very strongly at the end of words.
As usual, I want you to exaggerate the T at the end of the words.
So for example, the past tense of walk is walked.
It's a T sound.
Walked, walked, walked, walked.
Ate.
Past tense of eat.
Ate, ate.
Strong T. Ate, ate.
What, what, what.
I'm exaggerating, I'm doing it too strongly but we need to do this for practice.
What.
Because if it's too soft it sounds like this: What, what, what.
It's a little too weak.
So we want to make that nice strong T at the end.
What, what, what.
All right, good enough, let's go on to the D, D as in dog.
Now, you should be used to this, it's basically the same sound but we're adding vibration.
So composition is the same, it's up, touching the top of your mouth.
Right?
The lips are open just like the T, you create the air pressure, same as the T. You drop
the tongue, same as the T, D-D-D.
The difference, vibration, vibrate your throat.
D-D, you should feel T-T- T-T, no vibration.
Now with the D, D-D-D, vibration, D-D, you can even vibrate the tongue a little bit if
you want to, but especially your throat.
Let's practice some D sounds.
Day.
Night and day.
Day, day, day.
Dare, dare, dare, dare.
Decide, decide.
Beginning and end D sound.
Decide, decide.
Make the ending sound very strong.
Decide.
Make it too strong when you practice.
Decide, decide, decide.
Do, do it, do, do, D-D-D-D, do, do, do, do.
All right, you've got it, you understand how to make these sounds.
You also know, at the end of words, you must make them extra strongly.
So enough talking it's time to go to the training audio.
Time for you to practice these sounds.
Of course when you're doing the training audios don't forget rhythm, get the rhythm, get the
music also.
See you in the training audio.