30-Day Challenge, Day 22: Spelling Challenges for Pronunciation

In today's lesson, we looked at how spelling can affect pronunciation.  We talked about letters that can represent multiple sounds, like s (read more about how s say z here), vowel sounds, and letters that have "hidden sounds."

We looked at hidden sounds before final l, between vowels and letter x.
Here's some help with final L:

More Help for L:
https://www.speechmodification.com/blog/how-to-pronounce-the-american-l

Syllabic L:
Sometimes, an l at the end of the word functions as a syllabic l.  That is to say, it has its own syllable, and functions as a vowel and a consonant.  It sounds like /əl/, with a very short unstressed schwa (uh) sound before it.  Here are some frequently used words with syllabic l:

able
animal (s)
feel
available
mobile
people
little
example

several
special
beautiful
possible
simple
travel
circle
natural

Check out this video for hidden sounds between vowels:

Read the rules for pronouncing x here.