American Pronunciation Made Easy - R vs. L for Asian English Learners

ok sometime R and L are two letters that course problem with communication in english

so let talk about the difference between R and L

there are very difference in english and they can be really importance

because they can make difference between one word and another

so look it how we form the difference sound

first with R your mouth should look like a circle

the sound is ER

your lips go slightly up work and your chin stick out ER

you toung in the middle of your mouth ER it does not touch your teeth

so let's it be difference with the letter L and the sound L your mouth is like this more open

but not you lip some up it out your mouth is just open like this

your tongue is really importance it should be just behind your top teeth LA LA LA

good so again R R and L LA ER LA

gook ok let practice some word where the meaning changes best on sound ER and LA

one Liver

two River

Liver River

Rim

and Limb

Rim Limb

rhyme

and line

limb and rhyme

good

right

and light

right and light

correct and collect

correct and collect

ok please practice saying this and get some feedback to someone

what ever the R and the L sound

we should ever to here it correctly when we can pronounce it correctly