Short YouTube pronunciation tip by Hadar Shemesh explaining how to make the English "th" sound smoother when it follows words that end in n, d, t, or l. She advises keeping the tongue on the teeth (prepared for "th") instead of moving from a final t or similar consonant, and demonstrates with repeated examples ("the", "all the", "good thing").
Here's a little tip. If you're struggling with a th sound in English. If a word starts with a th, like the this, that, those, them, and the word before it ends with N, D, t, or l, then instead of placing the tongue right behind the teeth like it did in, you want to place it on the teeth in, so it's ready for the th. The. So you don't move it at all in the Instead of at the place the tongue on the teeth for the t? At, and then relax it for the th. At the. At the. It almost becomes like one sound. Instead of saying all the. All the. All the. All the. All that chaos. Instead of saying good thing, good thing, good thing. But only do that before the th. Okay.
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