R in English - make it easy with this 10-min daily practice

407,015 views ・ 2020-07-14

Accent's Way English with Hadar


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Hey, everyone.
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Welcome to the R bootcamp.
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Welcome to the R bootcamp.
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This bootcamp is for you if you struggle with pronouncing the R in
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English and/or you struggle with using it freely when speaking, even
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though you know how to make it, it's just not there for you when speaking.
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If you do this exercise every single day 10 minutes a day, you
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will see how easier it is for you to start using the R when speaking.
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First of all, let's understand what you need to do to get to the R sound.
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For the R the tongue pulls back, the sides of the tongue push against
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the sides of the upper teeth - 'ur'.
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The tongue is curved in the middle of the mouth - it's like just standing
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there with power, and the tip of the tongue is not touching anything.
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It can point up, up and back, forward, down - honestly, it doesn't matter.
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What matters is that the sides of the tongue push against the
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sides of the upper teeth and there is tension in the back - 'ur'.
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One more thing is that your lips need to round - 'ur'.
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You want to think of it like a growling dog.
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Or a pirate.
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Now, it doesn't matter if the R is at the beginning or at the end,
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let's get used to this position.
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'ur'.
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A lot of times it feels weird and this is why you're not using it when
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speaking, so you got to get comfortable with that new position and new sound.
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Again, 'ur', good.
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Let's begin with 'ruh'.
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Let's do a few of those: 'ruh'.
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What we're going to do is we're going to use the R before and after
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different vowel sounds to get used to saying and hearing the sound.
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'ruh'.
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Now 'ei' - 'rei'.
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Now 'ai' - 'rai', round your lips.
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Now, 'row'.
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Good.
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Now, 'roi', like the name, 'roi', drop your jaw, 'roi'.
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Keep the tongue down after you're done with the R: 'roi'.
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Good.
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'aw' - 'raw'.
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One more time: 'ruh ruh rei', 'ruh ruh rai', 'ruh ruh row',
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'ruh ruh roi', 'ruh ruh raw'.
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Now let's try a few more vowels.
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'ruh ruh reh', 'e' as in "red".
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'ruh ruh reh'.
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I'm deliberately not using the R in words just yet.
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I want you to get comfortable with saying that new sound or weird sound
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or R sound, whatever you want to call it, before and after different vowel
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sounds, get comfortable with it.
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'ruh ruh reh'.
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'ee' - 'ruh ruh ree'.
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Round your lips.
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'ruh ruh ra', 'a' as in "cat", 'ruh ruh ra'.
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'oo' - 'ruh ruh roo'.
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'ah' - 'ruh ruh rah'.
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Very good.
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Now, let's move on to comparing R's and W's: R - W.
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Make sure that they're different: R, different quality - W; R-W.
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Now, let's compare R's and L's.
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R -L.
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For the L the tongue touches the upper palate, R - L, for the R it doesn't.
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R - L.
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Again, R - W.
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R - L.
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Very good.
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Now, let's try a few words where the R appears after a vowel.
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'ar'.
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Keep your jaw open and make sure that the tongue doesn't go up for the R as you're
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pronouncing the vowel at the beginning.
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'ar'.
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Now 'er', as in "dare".
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'er'.
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And again, try to go into words just yet.
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It's really important to sit with just R's and vowels, before and
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after, get comfortable with the sound.
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And the drills, that's what matters, that's what develops the muscle memory.
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Okay?
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That's how you get comfortable with the sound and start using it spontaneously.
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Again, 'er'.
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Push the lips just a bit at the end - 'er'.
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Now 'ir'.
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'ir': only at the end there's the R.
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'ir'.
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'or'.
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Not 'ur', but 'or', as in "four".
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'or'.
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Now let's practice clusters.
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Like 'krrrai', we're holding out the R, 'krrrai'.
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'brrrai'.
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Don't try to find meaning in the words, I'm just making sounds.
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'brrrai'.
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'frrrai'.
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'strrrai'.
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'k' - 'krrrai'.
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'grrrai'.
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'skrrrai'.
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'sprrrai'.
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Good.
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Ready for some words?
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"Red".
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"Rat".
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"Read".
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"Rick".
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"Room".
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"Rook".
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"Rookie".
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"Rob".
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"Raid".
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"Ride".
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"Road".
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"Royce".
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Good.
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Some words with clusters.
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"Break bridges".
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"Crazy credit".
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"Strange street".
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"Creepy creatures".
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"Free my friends".
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"Stripes and streets".
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"Trick or treat".
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Let's try some sentences.
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"Rice prices are rising and that's really frustrating.
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Rice prices are rising and that's really frustrating".
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"Park the car in the darkest part of the yard.
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Park the car in the darkest part of the yard.
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Park the car in the darkest part of the yard".
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"Rita wrote a great letter to her French friend.
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Rita wrote a great letter to her French friend.
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Rita wrote a great letter to her French friend.
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Rita wrote a great letter to her French friend".
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"We need to rest after the long trip.
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We need to rest after the long trip".
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Now let's prolong the R for each one of them.
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"We need to rrrest afterrr the long trrrip".
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"We need to rest after the long trip".
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"I bought four shorts at the store.
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I bought four shorts at the store.
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I bought four shorts at the store".
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"Shirley's celebrating her birthday.
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Shirley's celebrating her birthday.
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Shirley's celebrating her birthday.
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Shirley's celebrating her birthday".
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"The early bird gets the worm.
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The early bird gets the worm.
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The early bird gets the worm".
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"We were working around the world".
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'w'r' - W-R - 'w'r.
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'w'rk' - W-RK - 'w'rk'.
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"Around the world" - W-RLD - dark L - 'w'rld'.
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"We were working around the world.
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We were working around the world.
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We were working around the world.
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We were working around the world".
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"Red leather, yellow leather, lavender leather.
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Red leather, yellow leather, lavender leather.
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Red leather, yellow leather, lavender leather".
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Okay, that's it.
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Do this every day and I guarantee that the R is going to be a lot
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easier for you to pronounce and also to use spontaneously when speaking.
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And if you like this video, you might also like my daily pronunciation morning
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routine and my vocabulary drills.
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All the links are in the description or right up here.
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Have a beautiful week, and I will see you next week in the next video.
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Bye.
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