SH and CH Sounds
Jennifer Tarle M.A. CCC-SLP
www.TarleSpeech.com
[email protected]
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House Keeping...
 Questions?
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Agenda
1. Top ESL American English Consonant Sound Mistakes
2. SH and CH:
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Reading
Spelling
How to tips
3. Practice
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Common ESL consonant errors
TH:
Confusing sound pairs:
1. Voiceless TH: think, bathroom, with
2. Voiced TH: these, brother, tithe
5. W: wine, freeway
6. V: vine, avoid, move
Z:
7. SH: show, cashing, wish
8. CH: chew, catching, which
3. Z: zip, dessert, as
NG:
9. R: read, carry, fur
10. L: lead, calling, will
4. NG: bringing, sing
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The SH and CH Sounds
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ESL speakers that mispronounce the SH and CH sounds
SH
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Cantonese
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French
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Greek
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Gujarati
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Hungarian
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Italian
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Japanese
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Malaysian
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Spanish
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Tagalog
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Thai
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Vietnamese
CH
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Catalan
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Czech
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French
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German
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Portuguese
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Russian
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Spanish
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Thai
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Yoruba
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Common Mistakes
SH Sound mistakes
CH Sound mistakes
• Say CH
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Say chip instead of ship
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Say batch instead of bash
• Say SH
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Say shoe instead of chew
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Say cash instead of catch
• Say S
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Say see instead of she
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Say mass instead of mash
• Say TS
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Say cats instead of catch
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Reading letters
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Digraphs:
Two letters pronounced as one sound
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TH, SH, WH, CH, NG, PH
SH is typically read as the SH sound
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Shoe
Offshore
Trash
CH is typically read as the CH sound
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Chew
Discharge
Search
Exception -CH can be read as SH sound
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Chicago
Charlotte
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Spelling
SH Sound:
CH Sound:
• SH:
• CH:
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She, push
• CH:
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Chicago, Charlotte
Cheek, touching, rich
• T:
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Posture, picture, moisture
• TCH:
• S:
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Sugar, mansion
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Catch, patches
• SS:
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Pressure
• T:
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Action, nationality
• X:
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Anxious
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Pronouncing SH
• LIPS
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Rounded
• TONGUE
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Tongue tip is in the middle of the mouth behind top, front teeth
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Do NOT touch teeth
• AIR FLOW
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Moves continuously out of the mouth
• VOICING
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Off
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Pronouncing CH
• LIPS
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Rounded
• TONGUE
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Tongue tip touches the back of the top, front teeth
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Moves to the middle of the mouth behind top, front teeth
• AIR FLOW
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Bursts out of mouth
• VOICING
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Off
TIP
T+SH=CH
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Simple Practice
SH
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Listen, repeat, on your own
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She, shipping, Chicago
Action, anxious, mansion
Cash, foolish, harsh
Can I pay cash for the shoe shipment?
CH
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Listen, repeat, on your own
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Choice, change, chicken
Picture, question, achieve
Which, lunch, reach
Cash, check, or charge is accepted by the charity.
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Advanced Practice
Questions
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Cash, check or charge?
• I will pay _____.
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Which do you prefer? Chocolate chip or sugar cookies?
• I prefer _____ cookies.
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What accomplishment most enriched your life?
• The accomplishment that most enriched my life …
Paragraph
How can I choose my favorite cookies? Sugar cookies are made with shortening so
they are chewy. Chocolate chip cookies have a crunch. My friend Charlotte is
silly. She likes to search for the chips. Chocolate cookies are surely sugary which
makes them a good choice. I like them with coffee without sugar. They are quite
luscious. All the cookies are delicious and are a nice after lunch.
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How do I do this?
1. Hear the difference
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Listen to a native speaker saying your target sound in words and sentences.
Learn to discriminate between the American sound and your errored sound
2. Sound production
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Learn to say new sounds in:
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Words
Sentences
Reading
Conversations
3. Practice, Practice, Practice
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Practice Tips
• Listen, listen, listen for the CH & SH sounds
• Keep a list of words that you use with the CH & SH sounds
• Practice
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word lists
reading out loud
talking with a friend
Practice for short periods of time throughout the day
Look away from the printed word to engage your muscle memory
Correct a friend to work on your listening
Get coaching
Focus on the sound that you are practicing
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Additional Information
• Spelling rules:
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http://tarlespeech.com/category/accent-training/spelling-rules/
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