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PHONETICS SESSION!PHONETICS SESSION!

The /dThe /dʒ/ soundʒ/ sound

In the word “jam” In the word “jam” In the word “danger”In the word “danger”

Compare /dʒ/ with /j/Compare /dʒ/ with /j/

/j/ appears in the words /j/ appears in the words “you” & “yellow”“you” & “yellow”

Let’s begin with the Let’s begin with the /dʒ/ phoneme! /dʒ/ phoneme!

Put your tongue tip behind Put your tongue tip behind your upper teeth. Then your upper teeth. Then round your lips, as if you round your lips, as if you were going to kiss someone were going to kiss someone but with your mouth a bit but with your mouth a bit open. Keep on opening your open. Keep on opening your mouth and let the air come mouth and let the air come out. out.

Now I am going to Now I am going to produce the sound and produce the sound and you will repeat it. Are you you will repeat it. Are you ready? ready?

/dʒ/ /dʒ/

Let’s Let’s practisepractise a bit more. a bit more. Listen and repeat: Listen and repeat:

jam, danger, joke, majorjam, danger, joke, major

Perfect! Now that you Perfect! Now that you know how to pronounce know how to pronounce the /dʒ/ sound, we are the /dʒ/ sound, we are going to switch to the /j/ going to switch to the /j/ sound. sound.

The most important thing The most important thing is that now your tongue is that now your tongue isn’t going to touch your isn’t going to touch your teeth. Put your mouth as if teeth. Put your mouth as if you were pronouncing an you were pronouncing an /i/. The next step depends /i/. The next step depends on the following vowel on the following vowel sound. sound.

Let’s listen to some Let’s listen to some examples and you will examples and you will repeat them: repeat them:

you, yellow, yet, beautyyou, yellow, yet, beauty

GREAT!!!GREAT!!!

Now you are ready to Now you are ready to produce both sounds produce both sounds together. I am going to together. I am going to show you some words show you some words and you will repeat and you will repeat them. Ready?them. Ready?

/dʒ/ vs. /j//dʒ/ vs. /j/

joke/yolkjoke/yolk

jealous/yellowjealous/yellow

jet/yetjet/yet

You are doing a great You are doing a great job! Let’s turn to job! Let’s turn to something a bit more something a bit more difficult: difficult:

Tongue twisters! Tongue twisters!

/dʒ//dʒ/

Can you imagine an Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie imaginary menagerie manager imagining manager imagining managing an imaginary managing an imaginary menagerie?menagerie?

Let’s do it more quickly.Let’s do it more quickly.

Oops! Not like that. Oops! Not like that. Listen and repeat.Listen and repeat.

/dʒ//dʒ/

Can you imagine an Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie imaginary menagerie manager imagining manager imagining managing an imaginary managing an imaginary menagerie?menagerie?

Let’s do the same Let’s do the same with the other sound.with the other sound.

/j//j/

Your beautiful muse Your beautiful muse viewed a few yellow viewed a few yellow yolks.yolks.

Come on, a bit more Come on, a bit more quickly:quickly:

Your beautiful muse Your beautiful muse viewed a few yellow viewed a few yellow yolks.yolks.

Excellent! Keep Excellent! Keep on practising on practising

and…and…

SEE YOU SOON!!SEE YOU SOON!!