Warm Up

1. 🔊 Are you happy with your pronunciation? 
2. 🔊 What problems do you have with pronunciation?
3. 🔊 Can you tell the difference between L and R sound?
4. 🔊 Can you say girl and world?

Practice Notes

1. 🔊 only the tip of the tongue hits behind the teeth
2. 🔊 if the word ends with an L, the tongue actually hits the bottom of the teeth
3. 🔊 hell vs hello

🔊 L sound

🔊 Beginning of word

1. 🔊 – love
2. 🔊 – life
3. 🔊 – little
4. 🔊 – level
5. 🔊 – like
6. 🔊 – long

🔊 Middle of word

1. 🔊 – hello
2. 🔊 – jelly
3. 🔊 – lovely
4. 🔊 – Sally
5. 🔊 – finale
6. 🔊 – finally

🔊 End of word

1. 🔊 – bell
2. 🔊 – smell
3. 🔊 – tell
4. 🔊 – gel
5. 🔊 – fell
6. 🔊 – heel
7. 🔊 – feel
8. 🔊 – steal
9. 🔊 – fall
10. 🔊 – shell

Discussion

1. 🔊 What are some pronunciation differences between Japanese and English?
2. 🔊 What’s the biggest communication problem you’ve had because of pronunciation?
3. 🔊 Do you prefer British or American pronunciation?