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Spanish / r/ /rr/ and English /r/

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English /r/ vs. Spanish /r/

ESL students generally confuse the /r/ sounds and mispronounce the words

Uvular trill

Voiced alveolar approximant

Ratón

Rice

Let´s practice...

Recover

Reconocer

Risa

Rain

Exemptions/r/ sound could varie according to the speech region..

Rhotic English: The r is pronounced regardless of where it is written in the word. Many speakers of American English and Canadian English speak rhotic English.

Non-rhotic English: r is not pronounced when it comes before a consonant, when it is at the end of a word, or when it is the second to last letter of a word in which the last letter is not pronounced (for example, are.) Many speakers of British English and Australian English speak non-rhotic English, as do some speakers of American English in places like Boston, New York and the southern U.S. states.

Answer well but do it fast!!

Activity

- If you touch somthing your are doing Spanish /r/.-Be conscious about the brigde with your mouth

Tips

/rr/Vibrating Alveolar

A flapping of the tongue against the front roof of the mouth

Let´s see how to pronounce in Spanish

"Rasquín era un rascón que rascaba en una risca, con un tosco rasca risca rascador, rasca que rasca acabó con el risco, rasca la risca, rascó un rincón."

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