L Sounds: Practice [ Audio>>
] These L endings all have the tongue up in front of mouth. Press tongue against teeth, and sense position, while saying L’s. Playfully go to extremes with the sounds. Use a sound recorder* to compare your sounds. Enjoy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| awL, ball, call, fall, hall, mall, tall, wall |
| eL, bell, cell, fell, hell, jell, sell, tell, well |
| eeL, feel, keel, kneel, peel, reel, wheel |
| oL, dole, hole, mole, roll, sole, stole, toll |
| ooL,cool, fool, pool,school, stool,tool,wool |
| oiL, boil, broil, coil, foil, oil,soil,spoil,toil |
| Practice L at beginning/middle of words: lucky,lazy, lollipop,polish,valid,whirl,world |
| For R, tongue is in back of mouth as in oR. Say R words to sense the difference: Roar, room, core, tour, more, pour, fore, jar |
| * Free audio recorder is available at: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ |
| For more communication exercises: www.ELGuides.cc/Resources.html Written & recorded 2009, by “El” |