@@safalta2435 When I was learning this and many other sounds of English, I also learned Nepali sounds (actually Sanskrit) sh (श), sh (ष), and s (स). But nobody actually uses them. If I could, I would get rid of ष from the Nepali alphabets and teach श and स sounds (in speaking), because many other languages have these two sounds.
Rachel! All my adult life, I've thought I have a lisp because I form the "s" sound with my tongue down. You don't know how happy you've made me. Why isn't the alternate way of forming "s" discussed in more resources? Thank you so much for the great video.
I can't pronounce SH with the technique you're showing. It sounds better when the tip of the tongue is touching the top front teeth. Why? And is this a bad way to pronounce it? It sounds correct to me.
I have been following your lessons for quite a long time they are simply amazing....In particular the this video was very informative and helping and I hope your book will also enlighten us.thanx a lot
I can do both sounds but whenever I start talking with others I forget that I need to say it the s/sh sound differently so I usually have to stay away from words starting with s/sh sounds
I came looking for anything speaking to the recent trend of people mispronouncing words that start with the letter S. People have started to say word like "structure" starting with sh instead of s. "Shtructure". "Shtranded". "Shtrength". I hear this constantly and think it's one of those unstoppable trends that once people hear it they can't stop themselves from doing the same thing, subconsciously.
Thinking of it... I do hear some English speakers pronounced those words. My s is still an s, also in words like that. The combination tr doesn't not change into chr, although my t gets rounded and the English r gets devoiced. "Strength" would be something like [stʷɹ̥ʷɛŋθ].
I love ur videos. I'm from poland and because of u i have no problems with speaking confidently. I think i do a great job with american accent. Thank u:)
Please make a video comparing the regular "s" and the hissy "s" I've heard many native speakers making this hissy s sound, as well as, the hissy "sh" sound. I would like to know how to make them both! Thank you upfront!
Your videos are awesome. If you can make a video with words that has both s and sh, that would be helpful. I can make s and sh separately in words that have only one of them. When a word has both like "session", I find it hard to bring it together, I seem to add "Sh" for "S". Any tip to help with this would be great!
Great suggestion! As for a tip on how to work on this - it always helps to slow down and not only focus on how these two consonants sound different, but also on how you are making them differently. Really get into FEELING the difference between these two consonant sounds (not just hearing the difference). The more you can feel the difference, the more you'll be able to create that difference quickly, like in the word "session". So, slow down a bit, and check out what's really happening in your mouth to make these consonant sounds!
Hi Rachel's English Yeah, it helped :) I hope you make videos about words where letter's are not that much important, I mean sometimes it's not the letter itself that tells how to pronounce the word, but the other letters instead, which are usually the following or the previous one.
Just curious. Does the new video with zoomed footage of your mouth you're making cover this sound? I was hoping you'd go over this again in more detail. The lessons where you have us study your mouth would be so helpful teaching this sound. Thanks again!
Thanks so much for this comment and request - it's always great to get feedback like this! :) I'll actually be shooting some new zoom footage in the near future - so keep an eye out!
I finally detect different sound between Sea and She! my English is not mother languages so... if I don't look at lip or follows on topic, I will hears "sss sss sss".
+Rachel's English Thanks for all your videos! I have gone through almost all of them in the last few weeks. Thanks for your time and efforts. Rachel, I have difficulty pronoucing this word "enthusiasm" (super hard to me! I am struggling!), please kindly show us how to read it properly. Thanks Rachel and best wishes!
This video would've been even better with zoomed footage of your mouth. When you teach the sh sound, studying it focused on your lips, like in your lesson on the word 'issue' helped so much for my hearing impaired relative.
I agree it would really help for the hearing impaired. I'll take note of that. Thanks for the suggestion @yungwest00 and also for being part of this community by joining my membership program! :)
Actually I was surprised that my native S sounds close to American S but not exactly like american S. My tongue position is almost the same but I make the sound not with the tip but more like the center of my tongue. I feel it like I make it somewhere between the tongue and the upper gum and honestly I was not aware of it. That's why it is so hard to pronounce s->th in my case.
Thank you so much!I really love your video,which helped me a lot.If possible,can I ask you a question?Every time I try to make sh sound,it tends to sound like whistle noise.what's happening here?
Hi my dearest teacher! I know that you're very busy, but could you please make a video with the pronunciation of the words: Available and Jewelry? I would be very thankful.
Hi Rachel. I see that your s have a hissing or almost a whistling sound in most of the words you say with an s. It turns out I like it and want to be able to say it. I was researching in how to achieve that "skill" per say, and to my surprise, all videos I found were actually made to reduce or eliminate that sound. I like how it sounds and didn't know it has become an issue for many people. Thoughts?
Hi! You'll find all kinds of opinions online! :) I think you should imitate the English you like listening to! I'm not sure I know how to teach how to make a slight whistling sound, but I would suggest experimenting with the way the air passes the tip of your tongue when making the sound! :)
I notice that almost all American English women have that kind of s ([s̻], very narrow IPA notation). And some American men have it. The Dutch s ([s̺]) is a bit more like [ʃ] because of the tongue position (I am a Dutch, but I am very good at English). My own s and also z is pretty hissy and other Dutch people notice that (I try to hide it by rounding my s and z: [s̻ʷ], [z̻ʷ], only in Dutch, not in other languages I speak: Esperanto, German, French, Russian and Japanese; I do not round my s's). A few of them call me Hansssss (and then hiss like a snake). I pronounce the s with the tongue tip down, as described in the video.
great video! do you know why everyone these days keep saying sh for s like in the word strong or straight?! I keep hearing "shtrong" or "shtraight" etc. it's driving me crazy.
Thank you so much Rachel for considering. I am sure, many Nepalese will benefit from this video.
So glad you ask that question. Indeed we Nepalese cannot differentiate it. Now I can learn.
@@safalta2435 When I was learning this and many other sounds of English, I also learned Nepali sounds (actually Sanskrit) sh (श), sh (ष), and s (स). But nobody actually uses them. If I could, I would get rid of ष from the Nepali alphabets and teach श and स sounds (in speaking), because many other languages have these two sounds.
@@safalta2435 of course!
@@khareldn lol I am from Uttarakhand India I have problem is yours fine now?
@@manishrautela9781 Yes Manish!
I am a primary school teacher. Your videos help me a lot to teach my students the production of sound. Thank you.
That's great and glad it helped Kabi!
Thanks a lot !! The most beautiful "pronunciation lesson" than I have ever seen 😃
Thanks for watching Eleonoramaria!
Rachel! All my adult life, I've thought I have a lisp because I form the "s" sound with my tongue down. You don't know how happy you've made me. Why isn't the alternate way of forming "s" discussed in more resources? Thank you so much for the great video.
Edie Shack That I don't know!! :) But I'm glad this video helped relieve some stress for you!
Thank you for S [s] and SH [ʃ] sound.
I loved thanks so much I am a Latin American person so I am learning and this king of videos really helps me to improve my English
I can't pronounce SH with the technique you're showing. It sounds better when the tip of the tongue is touching the top front teeth. Why? And is this a bad way to pronounce it? It sounds correct to me.
You really explained very well
Thanks Pavithra!
English is my first language and I've always had problems with this. So don't feel bad if you also had/have problems with this aswell.
OMG. your videos have such excellent demonstrations! I can speak fluent English but I am trying to improve my pronunciation.Thanks so much!
You're very welcome Flor!
I have been following your lessons for quite a long time they are simply amazing....In particular the this video was very informative and helping and I hope your book will also enlighten us.thanx a lot
You're very much welcome Vishal!
Yass
I can do both sounds but whenever I start talking with others I forget that I need to say it the s/sh sound differently so I usually have to stay away from words starting with s/sh sounds
Awesome Explanation
Thank you!
Thank you so much. I appreciate your videos.
Thanks for watching - Keep up the great practice!
thank you i'm Egyptian and i started to learn English from 3 month ago thanks for help
How is it now?
I came looking for anything speaking to the recent trend of people mispronouncing words that start with the letter S. People have started to say word like "structure" starting with sh instead of s. "Shtructure". "Shtranded". "Shtrength". I hear this constantly and think it's one of those unstoppable trends that once people hear it they can't stop themselves from doing the same thing, subconsciously.
Thinking of it... I do hear some English speakers pronounced those words. My s is still an s, also in words like that. The combination tr doesn't not change into chr, although my t gets rounded and the English r gets devoiced. "Strength" would be something like [stʷɹ̥ʷɛŋθ].
I have difficulty in pronouncing words with sh and s, I am so sad because of my bad pronunciation my friends bullying me🙃😔
Sorry to hear about that D L. Keep practicing and you'll get to see improvements. Stay safe!
I love ur videos. I'm from poland and because of u i have no problems with speaking confidently. I think i do a great job with american accent. Thank u:)
Gabriela Majtczak That's awesome! :)
Rachel's English good afternoon my most teacher and mother .
I love your all videos
Very well made, thanks for uploading!
You're welcome!
thank you very much. I understand the difference of the pronociation s and sh
Thank Rachel so much for this video
You're welcome!
thanks so much, because you make it easier and clearler
it's the thing that distinguishes between sit and
This chanel is so helpful
Thanks Jarvie!
Thank you so much I needed this! 😅
You're so welcome!
you are amazing
we are learning more day by day from you .
Thank you
Thanks Rachel! Sushi and Mustache are two words which could be great examples for this video in my opinion :)
+Vinh Thai :)
This is so helpful. Thank a lot!
Love you very much Rachel I am in department of English and You helping me a lot
Star Memo Awesome!
Helpful video, I like part dishtinguish between s and sh by explamples
yes, this video helped too much. Thanks.
Best teacher in the world
فارس اللحياني :) Thank you!
Rachel's English I think, no teacher greater than Rachel teacher
God bless you my teacher
My name is Harshit
I'm from India
Your sincerely
Please make a video comparing the regular "s" and the hissy "s" I've heard many native speakers making this hissy s sound, as well as, the hissy "sh" sound. I would like to know how to make them both! Thank you upfront!
Thanks Rachel
Wonderful. Thanks a lot.
You're welcome Rushabh!
thank you for your help, Rachel. It was a very useful tip!
regards from Brazil.
Hey, Rachel! Thank for the lesson, but I'd like to know about the transition between the sh and s like in the words English speakers.
Hi! The SH sound is pronounced lightly and quickly and slides right into the S consonant!
Thank you, Rachel. I'll try it. To be honest, that transition has been so hard.
thanks so much for your teaching.
You're most welcome Thoung!
is a amazing sound
Your videos are awesome. If you can make a video with words that has both s and sh, that would be helpful. I can make s and sh separately in words that have only one of them. When a word has both like "session", I find it hard to bring it together, I seem to add "Sh" for "S". Any tip to help with this would be great!
Great suggestion! As for a tip on how to work on this - it always helps to slow down and not only focus on how these two consonants sound different, but also on how you are making them differently. Really get into FEELING the difference between these two consonant sounds (not just hearing the difference). The more you can feel the difference, the more you'll be able to create that difference quickly, like in the word "session". So, slow down a bit, and check out what's really happening in your mouth to make these consonant sounds!
Yeah
Hi Rachel's English
Yeah, it helped :)
I hope you make videos about words where letter's are not that much important, I mean sometimes it's not the letter itself that tells how to pronounce the word, but the other letters instead, which are usually the following or the previous one.
Thank
fantastic! thank you so much.
Thanks for watching again Ali!
Thank you so much!!!!
You're welcome Banjamin!
It’s very helpful!
Thanks Maiph!
Thank you so much.
My pleasure Ramzy!
Im a 17 yr old boy with dyslexia and i have problems with my speech, im very self conscious about it. So hopefully this helps
This was so helpful thank you very much
thanks rachelle.
Thanks
You're welcome Ranju!
Thank you a lot
You're welcome Thanh!
I know how to pronounce s or sh now. Thanks for your hint
I'm brazilian. I love your videos.
It is very helpful. Can you post a video with pronunciation word ending with "tion" and "sion"
Tq Mam,it's really informative
Thanks for watching Prity!
It was a great video. Thanks a lot.
Thanks 🙏🏻
You’re welcome Jose!
I allways watch you . Please keep you helpful work . ;-) .thank you so much
Hi maam. I'm struggling with the combination of these two sounds like 'English sir' . Please make a video on the sh and s combination
ʃ
You make alot of effort
Thank you 😊
Thank you so much really you are good teacher
bruh lmao im a native english speaker- i just feel like i cant speak properly- so im watching these now
Thank you so much for the lesson
nice video I'll try again and again
Thanks!
Just curious. Does the new video with zoomed footage of your mouth you're making cover this sound? I was hoping you'd go over this again in more detail. The lessons where you have us study your mouth would be so helpful teaching this sound. Thanks again!
Thanks so much for this comment and request - it's always great to get feedback like this! :) I'll actually be shooting some new zoom footage in the near future - so keep an eye out!
Literally help me
I finally detect different sound between Sea and She! my English is not mother languages so... if I don't look at lip or follows on topic, I will hears "sss sss sss".
Great videos! thank you, Rachel ;)
You're very welcome Miroslava!
I really help me.
Thanks
You're welcome Melisa!
Thanks for that wonderful lesson. but also i'm very confused with the sound Sh and Ch, i'd like you make up a video with those examples.
It makes the same sound :)
thanks for your video!
Thank you mam.
You're welcome!
+Rachel's English Thanks for all your videos! I have gone through almost all of them in the last few weeks. Thanks for your time and efforts. Rachel, I have difficulty pronoucing this word "enthusiasm" (super hard to me! I am struggling!), please kindly show us how to read it properly. Thanks Rachel and best wishes!
Hank Zhang Thank you for this suggestion!
This video is awesome!
A great video. Thank Rachel so much :)
in the sound Z is the tongue pointing down or up, Thank you.
You're welcome!
amazing video
good and thanks
This video would've been even better with zoomed footage of your mouth. When you teach the sh sound, studying it focused on your lips, like in your lesson on the word 'issue' helped so much for my hearing impaired relative.
I agree it would really help for the hearing impaired. I'll take note of that. Thanks for the suggestion @yungwest00 and also for being part of this community by joining my membership program! :)
@@rachelsenglish of course! Been a fan of yours for years!
Thanks for the support! :)
Thank you Rachel!
Your videos are very useful. :)
Peace and love from Egypt
Thanks so much, mam because I am very bad at pronunciations.
You're welcome and keep practicing!
Thank u very munch
Hey!! Rachel great video I didn't know thank you for help us
Mauricio Ramirez You're welcome!
Mam its very helpful thanks mam
Actually I was surprised that my native S sounds close to American S but not exactly like american S. My tongue position is almost the same but I make the sound not with the tip but more like the center of my tongue. I feel it like I make it somewhere between the tongue and the upper gum and honestly I was not aware of it.
That's why it is so hard to pronounce s->th in my case.
That makes sense, AgeDee34! Thanks for your comment!
thank you so much!!!!!
thanks for source
thanks you I am really bad at sh and
ss
Hello! Can you show me please how to pronounce linking words ending in SH plus words starting with S ?
This is a great video suggestion! Thank you for your comment! :)
Thank you, mam!!
My pleasure @Rupeshshah411!
Thank you so much!I really love your video,which helped me a lot.If possible,can I ask you a question?Every time I try to make sh sound,it tends to sound like whistle noise.what's happening here?
Thanks for watching Maggie!
Thanks you helped me a lot :D
Thank you mam
Hi my dearest teacher! I know that you're very busy, but could you please make a video with the pronunciation of the words: Available and Jewelry? I would be very thankful.
Luiz Ondeza Thanks for these ideas. I'll add them to my list! :)
Rachel's English thank you!
Hi Rachel. I see that your s have a hissing or almost a whistling sound in most of the words you say with an s. It turns out I like it and want to be able to say it. I was researching in how to achieve that "skill" per say, and to my surprise, all videos I found were actually made to reduce or eliminate that sound. I like how it sounds and didn't know it has become an issue for many people. Thoughts?
Hi! You'll find all kinds of opinions online! :) I think you should imitate the English you like listening to! I'm not sure I know how to teach how to make a slight whistling sound, but I would suggest experimenting with the way the air passes the tip of your tongue when making the sound! :)
I notice that almost all American English women have that kind of s ([s̻], very narrow IPA notation). And some American men have it. The Dutch s ([s̺]) is a bit more like [ʃ] because of the tongue position (I am a Dutch, but I am very good at English).
My own s and also z is pretty hissy and other Dutch people notice that (I try to hide it by rounding my s and z: [s̻ʷ], [z̻ʷ], only in Dutch, not in other languages I speak: Esperanto, German, French, Russian and Japanese; I do not round my s's). A few of them call me Hansssss (and then hiss like a snake). I pronounce the s with the tongue tip down, as described in the video.
great video! do you know why everyone these days keep saying sh for s like in the word strong or straight?! I keep hearing "shtrong" or "shtraight" etc. it's driving me crazy.