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Slightly behind your top teeth, but not touching them. Your top and bottom teeth should be sort of clenched. Then blow the s sound.
lol. funny. u put ur tongue underneath ur two front upper teeth.
On the roof of your mouth, right behind your teeth. Don't touch your teeth!
Actually, your tongue should be flattened out a little. From a resting position, if you flatten your tongue so that you can just barely bite the sides of it (your teeth should not close all the way as a result), but leave space between your front teeth and the tip of your tongue, that's about right.
It's actually very similar positioning to when you say the letter D.
There a 2 kinds of lisp; the frontal lisp and the lateral lisp.
A frontal lisp is characterized by exaggerated forward placement of the tongue, and the airstream is toward the front. A lateral lisp is characterized by the airstream exiting the sides of the mouth. If you have a frontal lisp, just bring your tongue back behind the top front teeth, rather than between them.
The best way to produce the "s" correctly in isolation (just the sound) is quickly repeating t t t t t (NOT tuh, tuh; it's t t t), without a vowel sound. This will put your tongue in the right position and direct the airstream where it should go.
Once you can produce the sound in isolation, you can begin with single-syllable words, like "sue", "bus" , and "oso". Be sure you practice using it in the beginning, middle, and end of words.
Once you have mastered single-syllable words, try words with more than one "s", such as "Susie", or "souse". You can build sentences from there.
Just an FYI; "z" is produced with the very same tongue position as "s". If you can say the "z" sound, it should be pretty easy to make an "s".
It depends on where your lisp is located. A frontal lisp is when the 's' sounds more like a 'th', and is made when the tongue is too far out in front of the teeth. A lateral lisp is when the tongue is flat and wide while saying 's', causing air to escape on the sides of the mouth. The correct placement of the tongue would have the tip on the front edge of your hard palette (about an inch from your front teeth). Make sure that your tongue is not hitting the roof of your mouth. Take a deep breath and slowly let the air out between the tip of your tongue and the hard palette (nowhere else). If you have a hard time with placement, try putting a bit of sugar or kool aid powder on that spot with a Q Tip. Use the taste to keep your tongue in place. I hope this helps!! (Of course, the best way to get rid of a lisp is to contact a speech language pathologist. If there are colleges in your area, see if they offer a clinic. These are undergraduate/graduate students who are getting hours toward their certifications. Many schools offer these services at a reduced price... some are even free)
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