hi Jennifer from Tarle speech with your pronunciation question actually I
was surprised I've gotten this request several times in the past year yes I am
behind on requests thanks for all of them I just can't keep up so we have two
words jealous envy of a person's achievements and zealous very eager or
enthusiastic so let's take a look at these words several of my clients
actually struggle with the J vs. the Z sound why do my students struggle with
this some languages don't have the J sound so for the J sound the tip of your
tongue is going to touch your teeth J J J starts by touching the teeth and
then it pulls back J J J you can see my lips are slightly puckered for
that sound they're more rounded not puckered and then again my tongue is
moving from the D and then it's pulling back J J J for the Z my lips are a
little more retracted means they're pulled back kind of like a smile and the
tip of my tongue is either going to be down or behind my top front teeth and
the air is going to keep moving out zzzz yes my voice box is on and moving so again
for the J touch the teeth j and for the Z do not touch the teeth zzzz alright next
we're going to move to the short e for both of these words and then end with
the L to do this you're going to open your mouth slightly tongue is going to
be about here eh l eh l so again you're gonna open your mouth move your tongue
from out here and then touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top
front teeth and then end with that second syllable us relaxed mouth for
that short u and that end with an s by letting that air keep moving out of
the mouth the tip of your tongue is either down or behind your teeth it is
not touching your teeth so let's put those all together jealous jealous
jealous
zealous zealous zealous jealous and zealous and for a sentence she was
jealous that he was so zealous give it a try I know people are going to notice
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