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How To pronounce "Rural"

12/13/2019

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Here's help for the challenging word, "rural."  Have a word or a phrase you need help with?  Leave it in the comments, and we'll tell you how to pronounce it!  Or use the search box to see what resources we already have for your word or sound.
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How to Pronounce Girl

1/25/2019

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The word girl can be challenging to pronounce, because the combination of the R and L sounds requires you to sequence movements quickly on sounds which may be difficult for you.  Use the video above to help you practice the correct pronunciation of girl.

Need more help for the American R sound?  Check out these videos:

Need more help for the L sound at the ends of words?  Use this lesson to help you: https://www.speechmodification.com/free/american-l
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How American R is Different From British R (and other Dialects)

7/19/2018

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30-Day Accent Challenge, Day 28

1/27/2018

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Today we looked at advanced practice for American R.   For more basic help, go to day 6 of the challenge, or see our American R playlist (below)

if you’ve learned to make the American back R, you might still have some contexts where it’s more difficult to use correctly, like words with “or,” words with both the r and l sounds, or words with both the th and r sounds.

For words with r in the middle or at the end, make sure you’re using the correct vowel.  Some words just have "er" /ə˞/, others have an r diphthong sliding from another vowel to "er," like "air, ear, ire, or, are, etc."

You can’t rely on spelling to know whether to say just "er" or an r diphthong.
For example,
er: /ə˞/ is often spelled er, as in her, or were, but it can also be spelled as ir, or, ur, or ear, as in :  bird, work, sure, learn

In addition, the letters "er" can say "air" or "ear" as in the words there, here.

Use an online dictionary to check for the symbol to know what vowel sounds to use.  I like Merriem Webster's Learner's Dictionary

and theOxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

You may find it difficult to produce words with both the r and l sounds, like :
girl
world
really
learn
rule

For those ending  in rl, be sure to use a schwa between the r and the l. For example, girl sounds like grr-uhl /g ə˞ ə l/.
World sounds like /w ə˞ ə l d/

Check out the videos in the playlist below for help with words like "really."

You may also need practice on words that have both the th and r sounds.  You can find video help for these in our American R playlist (below).
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30-Day Accent Challenge, Day 6

1/5/2018

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In Day 6 of our 30-Day Accent Challenge, we're looking at pronouncing American R.  You can watch the video above to see the live class, or use the resources below to help you with your American R.

Learning the American R sound: Go to Video

Audio practice files for R:  Go to practice

American R playlist:  Go To YouTube Playlist

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