New Way to Teach R
Hi all, I know I have tons of R students on my campus and I'm always looks for new/faster ways to help them achieve correct production. I wanted to share some information I learned from the CEU as it has really made sense/helped with a lot of my students that none of my other tricks for placement have worked for. It's called R Made Simple: https://www.northernspeech.com/coarticulation/r-made-simple/ Basically, the presenter has divided the R sound and all of its variations into three types (instead of the million I always tell my students there are): Ups, Downs and Slides. Up Sounds • Sounds classified as UP sounds allow placement of the tongue in a cupped and retracted so that the sides of the tongue touch the upper molars and the tip of the tongue is elevated but not touching the roof of the mouth – No Movement Needed · Because the tongue is not needed for production of these sounds the tongue can be pla...