Pronunciation R&L ("RとL"の発音をマスターしよう！）

Pronunciation Trial

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Thai tend to have difficulty to distinguish between N & L.

Japanese tend to have difficulty to distinguish between L & R.

For Japanese, it is easier to pronunciate "L" from analogy of "N"

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(Jay & Pace)

Links to Phonetics: the sound of American English (発音の仕方をこちらのリンクから確認)

How to Check "N" sounds ("N"の発音の見方)

How to Check "L" sounds ("L"の発音の見方)

How to Check "R" sounds ("R"の発音の見方)

Differences among N, L and R in terms of Manner / Place of Articulation (発音表から見るN, L, Rの違い)

1) [n] and [l] is articulated exactly same place. This confuses Thai

2) [r] and [l] has same manner of articulation. This confuses Japanese

Check!

Right / Light / Night

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(Jay, Pace)

rot - lot - not road - lode - node rack - lack - knack

reach - leech - niche root - loot - note revere - lever - never

rare - lair - near rose - lose - nose rit - lit - nit

riddle - little - nestle rest - lest - nest rake - lake - neck

rump - lump - numb raid - laid - need reason - lesson - neaten

load-rod lock-rock look-rook

light-right lift-rift lobe-robe

lake-rake liver-river lie-rye

lamb-ram lap-rap low-row

Practice

get example word sentences from R & L material

1. The road is for heavy-loaded trucks.

2. The students on the last row got low grades.

3. Get rid of that heavy lid on the floor.

4. Whenever they ask about his whereabouts,they talk in whispers.

5. The itenerary of the plan include Eiffel Tower

For Japanese, it might easy to practice as follows

r with u or w sounds

ex)

write

or

u-right

(Jay, Pace)

write - right wring - ring wren - ran wrath - rat

wrack - rack wrought - rut wrote - route wrinkle - rankle

wrap - rap wrest - rest wiggle - rig wroth - Roth

Dictation Test & Pronunciation test

Teacher pronounce and students type what they listen in chat window.

Student pronounce and teacher type what they listen in chat window.

If you think of any other good practice (hopefully enjoyable and interactive)

(Jay, Pace)