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How to position the tip of the tongue when pronouncing /s/ & /z/?

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S is usually pronounced with a hissing sound position of the tongue between the uper and lower set of teeth but not really touching either. The Z is pronounced with much the SE tongue position but the side of the tounge is flateened or brodened a bit to make a non hissing, a bit guttaral sound. Hear...
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S is usually pronounced with a hissing sound position of the tongue between the uper and lower set of teeth but not really touching either. The Z is pronounced with much the SE tongue position but the side of the tounge is flateened or brodened a bit to make a non hissing, a bit guttaral sound. Hear the pronunciations of words starting with S and those starting with Z to understand better. Son, sun, sunny, sir,second Vs. Zen, Zebra, Zoroaster, Zone, Zambia etc read less
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