So now, we are in a Primary School in London, and I'm going to demonstrate to you some of the tools and techniques, which we are describing in the course, and techniques. Let's go. ... ... We are going to work on a new sound today. Open your ears as wide as possible, look at my lips, and at my mouth and listen very carefully and repeat all together the words I am going to say. >> Fog. >> Fog. >> Careful. >> Careful. >> Sift. >> Sift. >> Refill. >> Refill. >> Funny. >> Funny. >> Cliff. >> Cliff. >> Often. >> Often. >> Fight. >> Fight. >> Now, did you notice that there is a sound that is coming in all the words that I said? >> Which sound is it? >> 'f' >> 'f'. The sound is 'f'. Very good. So the sound we are going to work on today is the sound 'f' ... I am going to give you the list of words you just heard. And I will ask you for each word to circle on your page the letter which corresponds to the sound 'f' ... with your favorite color. So pick up your favorite color. Watch out. I don't ask you to read each word, I simply ask you to circle the letter corresponding to the sound 'f' ... in each of the word I just said. As quickly as possible, but without making mistakes. You don't need to read the word. Just circle for each word the letter that corresponds to the sound 'f'. The first word is fog. Let's circle the letter. And then we have careful, where is the letter? There it is. Sift. Refill. Funny. Cliff. Often. Fight. So, the sound we are going to work on today is the sound 'f' ... corresponding to the letter, what letter? What is the name of the letter? >> F. >> The letter is F. Very good. Now children we are going to work all together and we are going to try to feel what is happening in our throat and with our mouth when we pronounce the sound [SOUND]. Remember that there are four things that may move in your throat and in your mouth when we say a sound. The vocal chords are in the throat and they are like two chords of a guitar. Now let's put our two hands around our neck like this. Let's pronounce, all together, two sounds, the sound 'f' as in flower and the sound 'v' as in violin. Let's do it all together. One, two, three, [SOUND]. Once again. 'f' ... 'v' ... Do you notice a difference between the two? When you pronounce 'v' ... what do you feel in your throat? Do you feel anything? Yes? >> I feel fuzzy, fuzzy. >> Which sound, when you pronounce or when you pronounce 'v' ... the V like in 'violin', indeed. So, letâs do it again, letâs put our hands on our throat. And we pronounce [SOUND] and [SOUND]. Can you feel that when you pronounce 'v' in your throat is trembling a little bit and when you pronounce 'f' ... your throat is not moving at all. Okay? That's the difference. So when we pronounce the 'f' the vocal chords are not moving. Now, let's see what's happening in our mouth. We have the tongue. I want to see the tongue of each of you. Try to touch your nose with your tongue. I can't do it. Who can do it? >> ... ... ... >> You can do it. >> ... ... >> Try to touch your chin with your tongue. >> ... ... >> And now I want you to make a circle with your tongue, circle with your tongue. Very good. So you can see, you can see that the tongue can move in all direction and it's the same thing, but the tongue remains in the mouth when we are pronouncing sounds. So let's see where the tongue is in the mouth when we pronounce the sound 'f' ... Again, we are going to pronounce three sounds 'f' as in flower, 's' as in snake, and 'sh' as in shampoo. Okay. 'f', 's', 'sh', let's do it all together. 'f', 's', 'sh'. Can you feel that your tongue is moving in your mouth? Actually, when we pronounce 'f' the tongue is toward the front. And when you pronounce 'sh' as in shampoo, your tongue is not against your teeth. So when we pronounce the sound 'f' the tongue is towards the front or the back of the mouth? >> ... ... >> The >> The front of the mouth. Very good. Thank you very much. Now, next we have the teeth and the lips. Let's pronounce all together the sound 'f' as in flower and the sound 's' as in snake. And while you do this, look at my mouth. We are going to do it all together, one, two, three. >> 'fff'... 's' What difference do you see when you look at my mouth? When I pronounce 'f' and when I pronounce 's'. Can you tell me? >> One is like ... ... ... >> You can't see the teeth. >> You can't see the teeth. >> But when you say 'sss' >> ... >> 'sss' you can see the teeth. >> Exactly. Very good, thank you. So when I pronounce 'fff', the lips are closed. And when we pronounce, for example 'sss' the lips are open because you can see my teeth. So, to recap, when we pronounce the sound 'ff', the vocal chords, do they vibrate or not? Do they tremble or do they not tremble? Remember, we did this with 'f' and 'v'. Do it again. Feel in your throat. 'fff' and 'vvv'. You can feel the trembling with the 'vvv' but not with the 'ff'. So when we say the vocal chords are not trembling. And what did you want to say? >> When you do the 'vv' you can feel the vibration. >> Precisely, when you do the 'vv', you can feel the vibration, and when you do the 'fff', what do you feel? >> You feel nothing. >> You feel nothing, so the vocal chords are not vibrating when we pronounce 'f'. The tongue is towards the front or the back of the mouth when we say 'ff'? Let's do it again and let's feel where your tongue is. 'ff'. So the tongue is towards the front of your mouth and when we say 'ff' you cannot see my teeth, so my lips are closed. Okay? These are the features of the sound 'f'.
