This document discusses the sounds /l/, /r/, and syllabic consonants. It notes that /l/ and /r/ are formed with more complex movements of the speech organs than most other consonants. It provides details on how English speakers typically produce the /l/ sound by moving the tongue tip towards or away from the tooth ridge. The document also explains that /l/ and /r/ movements occur farther back in the mouth, especially after vowels, and an intermediary /ə/ sound is sometimes inserted between front vowels and /l/ or /r/. A variety of exercises are outlined to practice transcribing and producing words containing these sounds.

1. /l/, /r/, and
syllabic
consonants

2.  Practice some tongue twisters related to the
/l/ and /r/ sounds. 10 minutes
 Listen to the song “she will be loved” by
maroon five and complete the gaps.
 Talk about the /l/ and /r/ sounds. 10
minutes

3.  /l/ and /r/ are formed with more movements
of the speech organs than are most other
consonant sounds.

4.  A vowel-like consonant produce without
friction.
 Most other consonants are made with the
speech organs in a more or less fixed
position

5.  Speakers of English normally produce /l/
sound as the tip of the tongue moves to or
away from the tooth ridge.

6.  The movement that characterizes /l/ is
more extensive when the /l/ follows a vowel
sound than when it precedes a vowel sound

7.  A large majority of English-speaking people
pronounce it with both sides of the tongue
touching the back part of the tooth ridge
and the back teeth.

8.  The movements that characterize both /l/
and /r/, especially when they follow a vowel
sound, are produced quite far back in the
mouth.
 When a front vowel is followed by /l/ or /r/,
an intermediary /ə/ is inserted.

9.  Practice the transcription of words with /l/
and /r/ after front vowels. 20 minutes
- Missing words of the lyric of the song “She
will be loved”
- Activity D, page 120. Homework

10.  Discuss the results from the transcriptions.
15 minutes
 Make a short conversation using words with
words that contain /l/ and /r/ sounds. 25
minutes