Learn how to pronounce the letter r as in ‘red’ and ‘rain’ in English, /ɹ/. Learn important tips and correct tongue and mouth position. Practice saying words and sentences with r, /ɹ/. Explore my playlists for more great videos.
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Starting times for sections of this Part 1 video:
2:07 R Confusion
10:46 How to make r
17:32 Practice words – beginning, middle, end
In Part 2 video:
0:01 Minimal pairs – r vs. l
6:01 r and l in same word
9:16 Minimal pairs – r vs. w
13:43 Quiz
17:10 Sentences
Confusing English Words
Word Practice
English Vowels
English Consonants
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Teacher could you please make a video about connected speech?
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Your teaching way is so organized and so is the explanation of the whole mouth positions, hey your drawing smile too, woke me up from half still sleeping without strong coffee yet! don't laugh out, just barely smile it at, man! it's tough task teaching to a young teen whose mother tongue is noi English, eap. When they're getting bored or sleepy, then, a good smile or scary voice eyes or some little dancing, to me I am a singer so I sing them from Elvis to Eminen.
Hi Teacher, would you please have a class for the sound Tr? I have a trouble pronouncing Troy, truce, trap, Train, trouble, trembling and ect. Thank you I really appreciate it.
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Hello, is the letter L in welcome /ˈwɛlkəm/ dark L.
hi, what's the difference between retroflex r and bunched r.
is the (retroflex r ) the front R, the first sound of a word, as in (red) and the R sound comes before a vowel sound, as in great.
for the (bunched r ) the back R sound will appear towards the back of the word or the end of the word as in (car) or, before a consonant sound as in ( park )
Combination R sound of the front R sound and the back R sound. When R between two vowels sounds… as in sorry or Erin. Use the back r (bunched r) for the first R, for the second part use the front R sound (retroflex r) .
is that right?
Me parecen excelentes tus clases solo te pediría q mejores el audio, se escucha muy lejos y por más que le subo al volumen no se puede escuchar claramente. 😥
can you make a video about the sound /w/
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I wanna request u something ie. to make a complete set of videos on syllable stress in words nd word stress in sentence nd rhythm in sentence.
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