 How do you pronounce the following words? Do you say thick, thin and then? Well, if you do, then you do not have to watch this micro lecture. But if you say, sick, thin or then? Well, in that case, you have the typical German problem with the TH in English. Or in phonetic terms, you cannot produce the dental fricatives well enough. The problem is that the dental fricatives are not part of the German sound system. So we have an inventory difference between present-day English and German. One option to come to grips with this problem is an articulatory approach that carefully defines and trains the production of a dental fricative. Let's apply that together. Place your tongue just behind your teeth, like this. So that you can just see the tip of your tongue behind the upper teeth. Then slowly blow air through it and say THA. THA, THA, THA. Now, do the same without voice. THA, THA, THA. And while you do this, always be aware of your tongue position. Maybe you also want to use a mirror to check your tongue position. Remember, don't stick it out like this, but just a bit. Once you can do that, try some words. that then they mother feather thank thick thief athlete author teeth and now some sentences their mother was gathering the stuff together their mother was gathering the stuff together the athlete ran 3,000 miles to the north the athlete ran 3,000 miles to the north and finally here is your mastery sentence first in a slow version they thanked the author on Thursday three times and now faster they thanked the author on Thursday three times well and if all that training doesn't help here is an escape hatch replace each dental by a labial dental one a phenomenon known as th fronting they thanked the author on Thursday three times well and if you ignore the lips the auditory effect is almost the same they thanked the author on Thursday three times well and it's some varieties of English for example in cockney the London variety th fronting is a standard feature anyway ideally however you should try and master the dental fricative to avoid misunderstandings like these hello this is the German coast guard what are you thinking about so thanks for listening I hope my advice helps