A: Sound Production

Your learner may find it difficult to produce certain sounds. Let your learner know that this is normal. They have used their articulatory muscles in certain ways for a long time and it will take a lot of practice before they grow accustomed to moving these muscles in a different way.

We use breath as power and the sound changes depending on the use of the seven other articulators (parts of our head.) These seven articulators are our:

• Vocal chords
• Tongue
• Teeth
• Lips
• Jaw
• Roof of the mouth
• And nose (for "m", "n" and "ng")

Consonants

Consonant sounds are divided into two main categories - voiced and unvoiced.

1. Voiced

Put your hand directly underneath your Adam's apple and say the following words:

• bad
• door
• goat
• van
• zoo