was surprised I've gotten this request several times in the past year yes I am

behind on requests thanks for all of them I just can't keep up so we have two

words jealous envy of a person's achievements and zealous very eager or

enthusiastic so let's take a look at these words several of my clients

actually struggle with the J vs. the Z sound why do my students struggle with

this some languages don't have the J sound so for the J sound the tip of your

tongue is going to touch your teeth J J J starts by touching the teeth and

then it pulls back J J J you can see my lips are slightly puckered for

that sound they're more rounded not puckered and then again my tongue is

moving from the D and then it's pulling back J J J for the Z my lips are a

little more retracted means they're pulled back kind of like a smile and the

tip of my tongue is either going to be down or behind my top front teeth and

the air is going to keep moving out zzzz yes my voice box is on and moving so again

for the J touch the teeth j and for the Z do not touch the teeth zzzz alright next

we're going to move to the short e for both of these words and then end with

the L to do this you're going to open your mouth slightly tongue is going to

be about here eh l eh l so again you're gonna open your mouth move your tongue

from out here and then touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top

front teeth and then end with that second syllable us relaxed mouth for

that short u and that end with an s by letting that air keep moving out of

the mouth the tip of your tongue is either down or behind your teeth it is

not touching your teeth so let's put those all together jealous jealous

jealous

zealous zealous zealous jealous and zealous and for a sentence she was

jealous that he was so zealous give it a try I know people are going to notice

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