Phoneme /tʃ/

Place: Postalveolar | Manner: Affricates | Voicing: Voiceless

Have the child round their lips, bring their tongue tip to the alveolar ridge, the sides of the tongue will make contact with inside of upper teeth, explode air pressure as the tip of the tongue drops down.

Cognate pair: /ʒ/

Example

Initial: Chop | Medial: Kitchen | Final: Beach

Age of Elimination

4 years old

Elicitation Tips

  • Have child produce /t/ with prolonged aspiration and tell the child to keep tongue up while they round their lips.

Potential Session Goals

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