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104. How to pronounce the L

104. How to pronounce the L

FromThe InFluency Podcast


104. How to pronounce the L

FromThe InFluency Podcast

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Length:
12 minutes
Released:
Feb 19, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

English sounds can be really confusing sometimes.
In these how-to-pronounce episodes published on Fridays, I’ll help you with the pronunciation of confusing words or sounds.
This week we’re going to talk about the L sound.
Did you know that there are actually two L sounds in English? And did you know that getting it right is crucial for your clarity?
Practice the L and see results! Download list and practice with audio the light and dark L: https://bit.ly/2Nniz3Z

Here’s a loose transcription of words with a light L as explained in the episode:

Light: lait [IPA: laɪt]
Allow: uh-lau [IPA: əˈlaʊ]
Belly: be-lee [IPA:ˈbeli]
Listen: li-s’n [IPA: ˈlɪsən]
Play: plei [IPA: pleɪ]
Clothes: klowz [IPA: kloʊz]
Clean: kleen [IPA: kliːn]
Shallow: sha-low [IPA: ˈʃæloʊ]
Lost: lost [IPA: lɔːst]

And here’s a loose transcription of words with a dark L as explained in the episode:

Well: wel [IPA: weɫ]
Fall: fol [IPA: fɔːɫ]
Milk: milk [IPA: mɪɫk]
Wall: wol [IPA: wɔːɫ]
Help: help [IPA: heɫp]
Girl: g’rl [IPA: ɡɝːɫ]
Heal: hee(y)l [IPA: hiːəɫ]
Peel: pee(y)l [IPA: piːəɫ]
Deal: dee(y)l [IPA: diːəɫ]
Feel: fee(y)l [IPA: fiːəɫ]
Pool: poo(w)l [IPA: puːəɫ]
Rule: roo(w)l [IPA: ruːəɫ]
Cool: koo(w)l [IPA: kuːəɫ]


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Released:
Feb 19, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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The InFluency podcast is your go-to resource for learning, speaking and teaching English. Hadar Shemesh is a pronunciation expert and fluency coach with thousands of students around the world, though she herself was an intermediate speaker of English once. In this podcast she will share her best strategies for learning English, speaking English with confidence and mastering the American accent. Discover how becoming fluent has everything to do with acquiring the right mindset, setting goals and learning how to overcome challenges. Hadar will also share her teaching philosophy and techniques to support English teachers looking to help their students become fluent.