How to make the two 'th' sounds in American English

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This ESL video explains how to make the 'th' sounds in American English pronunciation. This video provides a basic guide for pronunciations for ESL students.

Th and dth are paired together because they take the same mouth position. Th is unvoiced, you make the sound with just air, and dth voiced, you use the vocal cords to produce the sound. The mouth position. As you can see, the mouth comes through the teeth, but it is only the tip of the tongue. Sometimes when people are learning, they use too much of their tongue, dth. That will make it very difficult to speak. Also, a common mistake is to not put the tongue through the teeth at all, and make a dd sound. Dd. That is also not correct. Make sure just the tip of the tongue comes through your teeth: th. Sample word pairs: because I think it is especially helpful for these sounds, I'm going to go through them once slow and once normal. {All pairs are in the order unvoiced, voiced} Thin, this ... theif, these ... birthday, worthy ... thin, this ... theif, these ... birthday, worthy.