Hi:
Yes, if the tip of your tongue doesn't move up and back it will be a /w/.
Keep saying oo with your lips round and move the tip of your tongue toward the roof of your mouth and don't change it until you are ready to move on to the /e/ sound as in red.
Let me know what happens.
Ron
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- Sun Dec 04, 2005 10:55 pm
- Forum: Pronunciation
- Topic: The "r" sound
- Replies: 40
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- Wed Sep 07, 2005 4:29 pm
- Forum: TOEFL
- Topic: Global TESOL Certificates and Diplomas...any comments???
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Global TEFL vs Global TESOL
Don't confuse the two.
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Global TEFL is a non-profit educational organization that has been promoting international and teacher education for the past 15 years. We work with the School for International Training in offering the SIT TESOL Certificate Course at several sites around the United States.
- Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:40 am
- Forum: Pronunciation
- Topic: The "r" sound
- Replies: 40
- Views: 80049
r and l
Lorikeet, perhaps your tongue is longer than mine. If I hold the oo sound with lips rounded, there is no way my tongue can hit the palate or my alveolar ridge. Try it with your students and see what happens.
globaltefl
globaltefl
- Sat Aug 13, 2005 5:38 pm
- Forum: Pronunciation
- Topic: The "r" sound
- Replies: 40
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I have found the following extremely helpful for the /r/ and /l/ problem: 1. Have the student say 00 as in boot. The lips must be and remain rounded. The tongue will automatically move back in the mouth. 2. Holding that position, have the student say /root/. The tongue will not be able to reach the ...
- Sat Aug 13, 2005 5:37 pm
- Forum: Pronunciation
- Topic: L and r sounds for Japanise speakers
- Replies: 17
- Views: 37948
I have found the following extremely helpful for the /r/ and /l/ problem: 1. Have the student say 00 as in boot. The lips must be and remain rounded. The tongue will automatically move back in the mouth. 2. Holding that position, have the student say /root/. The tongue will not be able to reach the ...
- Sat Aug 13, 2005 5:34 pm
- Forum: Pronunciation
- Topic: Difference between "s" and "sh"
- Replies: 19
- Views: 51539
Have her say 00, as in boot. The mouth will be rounded. Keeping the rounded position, have her say /su/ as in sa si su se so. It's interesting because the /si/ in Japanese is /she/, but the lips are not rounded. They cannot hear the difference between see and she, because the /si/ in Japanese is not...
- Sat Aug 13, 2005 5:31 pm
- Forum: Pronunciation
- Topic: Helping a Japanese student with her pronunciation
- Replies: 12
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I have found the following extremely helpful for the /r/ and /l/ problem: 1. Have the student say 00 as in boot. The lips must be and remain rounded . The tongue will automatically move back in the mouth. 2. Holding that position , have the student say /root/. The tongue will not be able to reach th...