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Re:China won't be luring foreign tech talent any time soon by khuey on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @02:23PM (#13169873)
"th" (ð/θ) is definitely the hardest phoneme(s) in English, even for native-speaking children.
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Re:China won't be luring foreign tech talent any time soon by nitrogen on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @07:05PM (#13172589)
Much to the disappointment of her mother who thought "fumb" was cute, I once taught a 3-year-old how to pronounce "th" by telling her to stick her tongue between her teeth and breathe out. Maybe a similarly position-focused (rather than sound-focused) approach would help non-native speakers as well?
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