http://realesl.com/2008/03/13/real-esl-video-lesson-4-how-to-say-the-letter-r/ This is real ESL for people with real lives. Wed, 07 May 2008 19:13:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://realesl.com/2008/03/13/real-esl-video-lesson-4-how-to-say-the-letter-r/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Kim Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:27:53 +0000 http://realesl.com/2008/03/13/real-esl-video-lesson-4-how-to-say-the-letter-r/#comment-18 I completely agree. Thank you. This is why students should not curl the tongue because they end up touching the roof of the mouth, which creates a muffled sound. The tongue should not touch (or tap) the roof of the mouth! I completely agree. Thank you. This is why students should not curl the tongue because they end up touching the roof of the mouth, which creates a muffled sound. The tongue should not touch (or tap) the roof of the mouth!

]]> http://realesl.com/2008/03/13/real-esl-video-lesson-4-how-to-say-the-letter-r/comment-page-1/#comment-16 LS Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:08:11 +0000 http://realesl.com/2008/03/13/real-esl-video-lesson-4-how-to-say-the-letter-r/#comment-16 Another thing to point out is that the tip of the tongue doesn't touch anything in the English "r" sound. The closest sound in Japanese, for instance, is actually what linguists call a "tap" or "flap," in which the tongue momentarily touches the roof of the mouth. In English, "r" is an approximant, meaning it only gets close. Another thing to point out is that the tip of the tongue doesn’t touch anything in the English “r” sound. The closest sound in Japanese, for instance, is actually what linguists call a “tap” or “flap,” in which the tongue momentarily touches the roof of the mouth. In English, “r” is an approximant, meaning it only gets close.

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