tailieunhanh - english pronunciation made simple phần 8

Tham khảo tài liệu 'english pronunciation made simple phần 8', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Lesson r as in red marry and far PRONOUNCING r Lips Rounded Tongue tip Curled upward but not touching the roof of the mouth Airstream Continuous Vocal cords Vibrating Possible Pronunciation Problems The sound r as it is produced in English may not exist in your language. Some speakers mistakenly produce w instead of r . Others often substitute the 1 sound. You see the r in many languages is a blend of English r and 1 and is produced by rapidly touching your tongue tip to the roof of your mouth. Pronunciation problems occur when you attempt to say the English r by touching the roof of your mouth with your tongue. This results in the substitution of 1 . EXAMPLES If you say 1 instead of r If you say w instead of r berry will sound like belly rice will sound like lice. red will sound like wed. right will sound like white. Make sure that the tip of your tongue never touches your upper gum ridge but is curled upward toward the roof of your mouth. Remember to practice r carefully and your r will be right on target Practice EXERCISE A Listen and repeat. Be sure your tongue does NOT touch your upper gum ridge when you say r r At the Beginning of Words r In the Middle of Words r At the End of Words red rest real very sorry orange or near their run rich wrong marry hurry around are more before row rain write story carrot tomorrow far sure appear read berry door 200 hint As with l -blends youmay produce rkblends incorrectly by inserting a vowelsound before the r for example hr de becomes dur de . EXERCISE B Listen and repeat. Each word contains an rl-blend. Be careful not to insert a vowel before the consonant Er . 1. bring Ó. freeze 2. cry 7. grow 3. tree 8. press 4. proud 9. broke 5. drink 10. dry EXERCISE c iSi Listen and repeat. Remember your tongue should be in the same position as for the vowel u when you pronounce the consonant w and it should be curled upward toward the roof of your mouth as you pronounce the consonant r . r w round wound array away rise wise rent went