Phoneme /ʒ/

Place: Postalvelor | Manner: Fricative | Voicing: Voiced

Slide tongue back, round lips, push airflow out of your mouth, voice on.

Cognate pair: /ʃ/

Example

Medial: Treasure | Final: Beige

Age of Elimination

5 years old

Elicitation Tips

  • Have the child produce a prolonged /z/ and have them curl tongue tip up and back slightly then round their lips while airflow remains continous.

Potential Session Goals

Name will produce medial /ʒ/in words/phrases/sentences/conversational speech with % accuracy independently/with minimal/moderate/maximal cues over 3 consecutive data collection sessions.
Name will produce final /ʒ/ in words/phrases/sentences/conversational speech with % accuracy independently/with minimal/moderate/maximal cues over 3 consecutive data collection sessions.