This is the practice I give my students

29 Nov 2023 · 0 min

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Short transcript of a YouTube video by Hadar Shemesh explaining a step-by-step method for building pronunciation practice sheets/PDFs focused on the R sound: identify the target sound, create word lists with the R in initial/middle/final positions, and then practice those words inside connected phrases to preserve the same pronunciation in context.

So here's how I use it when I create practice sheets and PDFs for my students.
First, I.
Identify the sound that we're practicing, the R, for example. And then I create lists of words.
Red run.
Ready. And then maybe a few words where the R is in the middle.
Around area already.
And then maybe some words where the R is at the end.
Care fe fear more.
Then I like to practice those words in phrases. Run I'm gonna run away. Ready? I'm ready to go. Because the word always has to come in context. And of course, when you say the phrase, you want to make sure that you connect the words together within the phrase and that you actually pronounce the sound that you're focused on the same way that you pronounced it when you said it in isolation.