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Solve Major Problems with th/s/sh for IELTS Speaking and Listening

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Channel: IELTS Energy TV · 2017 · Education

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Today we’ll solve your problems with th/s/sh for IELTS Speaking and Listening.
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Did you know that pronunciation is directly linked to listening comprehension?

Thus, if you are unable to enunciate the difference between the English sounds, such as th/s and s/sh, this is a problem. 

Errors in this pronunciation can prevent meaning from coming through in your speaking. For example, she thinks and she sinks are phrases with entirely different connotations!

Also, on your Listening Exam, if you cannot hear the difference between thinks and sinks, you may write the wrong word as an answer.

So, the lesson today is very useful in a number of ways!

How to use this lesson:

1. Listen to me and copy out loud.
2. Repeat the lists of words over and over again by yourself.
3. Put each word in your own sentence, and say them out loud.

The key to improving phoneme awareness, or pronunciation of specific sounds, is to drill them out loud.

List of words from the video:

th/s/d

sink         think
sin           thin
with         wis (not a real word)
though    dough          so
thought   dot               sought 

s/sh

see         she
sign        shine
sip          ship
sop      shop

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