Improve Your Pronunciation of English Nouns – ‘er’ & ‘th’ sounds

That sounds are really hard to say, But it’s really necessary to
practice it.
Have you either some text or history with this sounds?
Only to practice, like the history you said at your lesson…
Thanks…

Marcos

yes ”the” story or tongue twist in text would be great!

sherlocu

It is my belief that the best way to master pronunciation is through practice. Choral repetion is a useful tool to do; speaking to yourself works wonders as well.

According to my books, the “Th” sound is a complex one. You hit the nail on the head James when you drew the point of articulation of this sound on the board. Showing how to produce the sound, was the best part.
However, what you forgot to mention is that there are two variants of this same sound: In the phrases “This book” vs “Thank you”, the initial sound is different; although at first glance you may say that it is the same.

Thanks a million James. Your great sense of humor makes your lessons memorable. Oh gosh, I love them!

Regino

very good ESl learning programme

mohamedabdulahi

Good lesson!

Thanks James.

cristalina2000

I LOVE THIS LESSON THANK YOU SIR

dolly

hi
i don’t like the videos at all b/c they stop after every 2,3 seconds. it they don’t get buffered,this problem is precluding any possiblity to learn with peace of mind :(

Mahvish

Hi Mahvish,
The videos are streamed by YouTube, so they should get bufferred like all of their videos. If your connection is slow, it still might stop during the lesson. To avoid this, press play once, and then pause the video when the lesson starts, and let it download fully before you press play again.
Thanks for watching!

engVid

thanks man, great lecturer ^^

hoai nam

Thanks alot Mr. Games :)
That helped me alot .

Hakuna

GREAT LESSON, THANKS.

NACHIN

Hello Sir,
I’m an albanian man and for me is very-very easy the sound”th”.
But, I would like to thank you so much about the sound “her”and the part “er ” of this sound.
Thank you again.

Gimmi

thank’s james and thank’s to your team work

Aslam

Hi! Thanks…I’m learning a lot from this website. Could you elaborate more on how to use the word “THE”. When to pronounce it with long “e” or just “th”?

brendz

thank’s for lessons

elman

thanks very much for this course

asso_2010

HI
JAMES
YOU ARE VERY GOOD TEACHER; BUT YOUR BLACBOARD IS TO WHITE TO SEE WHEN YOU ARE WRITING ON IT, I CAN’T SEE WHEN YOU WRITE ON IT.

JOSE

i think you can check your eyes ….

praveen.PSNA

shut up
be respect
he is ur teacher

Abdullah

be polite MAN
come on
he says true, doesn’t he? :D

this site is very great site. :)

tnx, tnx and very tnx

nader

i know

Ronald chu

be respectful JAMES! if you don’t have to say anything good just shut your mouth.

Mitch0227

JAMES!!! ZIP your LIP, please!!!?

can u?

nader

I read without difficulty. Your problem..

MehmetCan26

I LOVE THIS LESSON THANK YOU SIR.
PLEASE DO ONE , BUT DIFERENT TO THIS ONE.
YOU ARE THE BEST
THANK YOU
JOSE

JOSE

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praveen.PSNA

thank you teacher, i love your lesson

ganaaB

Hello, MR James I want to say that your lessons are very interesting and i liked your methodology. I am from gerogia and After two weeks i am going to england and these lessons helped me very much. I listen them regulary.
Good Lessons. Thanks.

Elis

thanks sir,
i love it::::::::

Lavnesh

thank you James!

rnogueira

nice lesson james..thank u..

ananya(anie)

thanks for lesson james!

adam arif

Thank 2 my God 2 give us someone like james. Really, I don’t know how I thank U..I am from the GULF. I’ll study the midicine after get the mark in ITELS EXAM (JUST 3 weeks)<< Honestly, I think about it all the time :$. So, at the moment I am one of ur students here. sir, I can't 4get u 4 ur all ur help :)

Best Regards,
Maha

Maha

can u heip me?that my english is improve

muhammad zubair

I am so SORRY (IELTS EXAM)NOT ITELS << Nevermind, it's okay
[thank u again 4 everyone in this site] <3

Maha

great help to me

vinay

hey sir…how u doin?i hav seen al vids of urs…am glad to say dat i hav learnd alot..i couldnt show my gratitude to u…..bye.

wilfred

thanq so much…

wilfred

Hi James, thank you for showing how the tongue protrudes out between the bottom teeth and the top teeth to make th sound.

thank you

Von

nice lesson James!!!)
thank you)))

Kinder Surprise

things for lessens James)))

Kinder Surprise

i want to be that my english language is improve…can i help you?

muhammad zubair

thank u so much. u the best.

Amina

hey jamesss unclee thx for thhhhhee lesson :) buutttt plz plz plz talk more slowly because sometimes i cant understand what you say :((..

Thxxx=)

Dylanna

I’m a teacher. I love James lessons! my student love him too.
I really wish I could meet him and invite him over to Italy!
Thanks James.
U r learning + fun!

violet

Thank you, but how I can connect with you. I want practice the laguage with you. Please, answer me James.

Osama

thanks a lot! Please add more lessons on pronunciation…

tabugae

Diana mykolaivna

why i cant link to the viedo?

alpinistdou

Hi. I see you are from China. Unfortunately, China blocks YouTube videos, including our English lessons. You will have to use a proxy server to get around the block.

engVid

Thank’s every one

Try not to cry

I like this lesson

ars20

I love your class thank you lot

ricardo07

Thank you for giving your lecture would you please give more information how we can learn foringe language?

best regards

basheerahmad

Dear Jmes,
Thanking once again for giving your lecture about listing.
Would you please translate and give me more information as the below words
1- Optimistically
2- Idea
3- Longer
4- Open Mind
5- Juge content not delivary
6- Opportunistically
and pleas give some information about my snetences that I wrote you as up.

Best regards

basheerahmad

hey hi james
i have some doubt,give me the details of how to use “BE”……….

upalkar

Hi James, thanks for the class.
I need an help on When to use ‘by’

Samuel

cool video, really usefull. i’m trying to improve my pronunciation and this is perfect for that.

freduard

this v good tyep to teaching and very uesful for all level

adam

thanks you are the best in the world. I hope to continue more lessons

mooody

this is the very interesting and your reading skills is very nice……jams

manish

I want learning english

nana

Hey James I really enjoyed that leasson. Wish i had you for a teacher when I was in school.

bratmatt101

u awesome~ : )

min

can you give some examples of “th” sound in the middle,in the end and in the beginning,please!Thank you.Any way I love your accent!.

bagus

Hi James
Very Good

fuat

I like English

Abdullah

thank you MR.James

poblanitochido

Dear Jame,
Thanks a lot for your lesson. I like the most your lesson vesry much. By the way, please help to clarify how to pronoun …er in the case of Computer, Later…. (I mean “t” before …er sound “r”). Is it the same in the case of Bottle, Beatle….
Please help us how to pronoun those words
Thanks and kind regards,
Vu Quynh

Vu Quynh

I appreciated James for this lesson

jay

This sound is very ugly?

Luciano

Who could tell me maybe somebody wants to talk by Skype? I’m from Russia and my English is not very good, but I want to improve it.

anton

Guys you are the best of the best!! It’s not the flattery! :)

anton

I like your way in teaching English;you’re different.

Esmaeil

big probleme for me to pronunce th

tokyo

Could you please teach me English in one on one conversation thru video chatting or skype?

gwapo

thanks a lot of for ur helping

syafrudin

Hello james,

Really you are doing great job.your lessons are exellent i want to learn more pronciation classes.how could i connect myself to you to learn more. thanks so much

Rajesh

Hi Jammes, how are you ?
I would like to say that you´re the most funny teacher on engvid. To understand you is a challenge to me, cause you speak faster than others teachers here. I know, If I could understand you, i could understand everybody on the world.
Bye bye and thanks for all.

Marzio

thank you about this lesson is relly useful
i have problem in pronuciation but i can improve

amale55

useful thank you so mach

hadi from afghanistan

hadi

Fantastic, James… So keep doing this work, right?

It is useful for the students.

Bye,
Tarcisio

Tarcisio

NICE!!!

jopril

nice leeson and useful I hope you have good luck thank you Mr.James

sayf

Hi guys and ladies I hope you have good life
And I want to thank Mr.James for his way to teach people .

sayf

thamks

varinder

thanks

varinder

The most difficult words in english is thunder, work wear.. Ahh.. I hate those.

Thea from Norway

Thea

hi james , i m an indian but now living in australia.i have problem in listening like when they talk in aussie or using slangs, can you help me how to listen it

kangb4u

tanks u so much it very usefull and i like u

melania

thanks

gaurav

I.(TH)ink..you.are.realy..good.to.how.explain.and.lead.the.lesson.to.studen`ts.brain..(TH)anks..:D

ِAhmed

i like this lesson thank you sir.

aicha

Good lesson, thank you

Sierra

Helpful lesson… what was expecting by me…

Jahid Patwary

Good lesson, but I would like it were more extensive. Anyway Great job

sanosuken

Thank you sir, I guess I need more practice.

belalelsayed

yeah boy what’s up man?u so funny.

Jeff JB

thanks!

Sabina

nice lesson but still i’m having trouble with my tongue aha…couldn’t speak it clearly…

jhenn22

Thanks.

kumarikaren

wow…nice point…thanks Mr. James.
This Sam of Cebu English Jungle School in the Philippines….

sam

thank you sir for the lessons and i need to undersand all tenses ( present , perfect…..)

soufiane

Thanks handsome!

Yenny

I am from India its fantastic lesson sir the way you teach its awesom

wasim

iam from somalia very glad to got this website i want thank all teachers and students thank you all i love you

mire

good lesson. thank you very much.

speed_black_cat

Hi, James?
At first, I want to say ”thank you for your great lessons”. When I am free, I learn myself English. Your lessons help me much!

Uka from Mongolia

Uka

Hi, James

When I am free, I always watch your lessons. Your teaching is very interesting. Thank you, James!

Uka from Mongolia

Uka

a big thinks from algeria james ^^ do you know this contry ??

kadimez

Hi James , I thnik you should make a video of the words ending at ”er” but with the British accent, you know to check the differences between both.

andrescobar

hello!i am from morocco and i am so soo happy to discover this wibe site !and this teacher!thanks a lot

amine

Thank you James! very interesting and I love it.

Soheyla

This good things to learn it ,,,,,,,,

shaker999

thank’s james you a great teacher

khavits

Thank you…… and would you please tell me how to pronounce ‘ths’ as in ‘months’

Sereena

Excellent James. I don’t wanna say, you are the best teacher in this team. Because I didn’t watch others yet. I found your way of teaching very interesting, please keep it up.

magic1973

Thank You teacher for your great explanation that was really helpful or me.

sanae

Thanks James..for such awesome lesson…very helpful

argenis

Thanks James…

aruzikulov

Thanks James

nawlatt87

the best lessons)

guzelf

Thank you,
But I ask you if you can answer me, about mt question, my question is: I hear the word “THE” pronunciate /^/ as in ” shaun of the sheep”
I am looking for your reply,
your Sincerely,
Feras

feras80

where the quiz ???

ala1

thanks James

khanghaxuan

Thank you for lessons

aragab

hi james!
well i would like to ask if… how to pronounce ‘THE’ correctly…. my teacher once told me to pronounce it as ‘DE’ if it is followed by a vowel and ‘DA’if it is followed by a consonant….
do you have any advice?

thank you! youre my fave. teacher here! :)

BumbleBee18

It’s very good lesson.

Hasmik Armenia

Hello James boy:) I’ve got really big prob with TH sound. I live in The Uk and British don’t understand me – words with th sound i pronouncing. How to sort it out?? I’ve benn trying everything:)

peek188

Hi everyone! I started to learn English. I can’t built simple sentences :( Help me!

nuno2014

Hi,
practise … practise and practise :)
only practice born master
bye

cep62

Hi James.
thanks a lot for helpful lesson.
You are great teacher and painter as well.
take care

cep62

Salam james thank u for this lesson

sirinmoulay

thanks james for the lesson.

guillermod2

thanks for the lesson.

bui phuong anh

Great video,thanks.

Mila21

U are funny James. I love how u teach us……….. thanks, take care

Lamoussa

Nice video James, Thank you!

Marcelo Matos

Thank you, but please, speak slowly when you said your personal comment during the lesson. Bye

Lorenza79

TH souns is the same pronunciation than “Z” consonant in The Classic Spanish ( the Spanish language from Spain, not from Latin America)
becauuse the “Z” pronunciation is similare than the “S” pronunciation in Latin American SPanish

dtgraphic

hi……….
Really ur lessons very useful………I am so grateful…thank u

rafi ghan

thanks James! I like this lesson. :)

ujjaval

excelent as always James, great lesson thanks

Greg Second

OMG) i`m falling in love)thank you a lot)))

Irenusj

Are you falling in love? That’s good!
Live in the moment Irenus and get the most out of it.

See you around.

Regino

thnk u sir :-)

prabhatkrsingh

Thanks teacher James

SOUWO

i wish the old lessons like this has better video quality like the new ones.
and one more thing james, why do you always write “www” like 3 naked girls asses !!! :)

Mohsen Barati

Thank you James for this lesson, it helped me a lot! But I have a denture or false teeth, this is giving me a hard time for pronouncing the words specially the “TH” sound. This is always rejecting me on my job interviews. Hope you make a video about this matter. Thank you!

edwardcasal

nice lesson. thanks

Vivimi

very good teacher

Lil kosher

Thank you so much, like always very useful.

Marta Lopez

I was a doubt when I first listened the song of Madonna titled “Material Girl” because I didn’t understand the sound of the word “material” with the sound “-er” in the middle of this word, similar to the word “matter” ending with “-er” too. The “th” sound was a little easier to learn. Good explanation and performance. Thanks teacher James from EngVid.