“ Growly sound”
Help me pract ice making t he “R” sound!
! Somet imes we call “ R”
! My lips ar e apar t and my t eet h ar e light ly t oget her
t he “ gr owly sound”
! My t ongue is like an elevat or ! My t ongue is f at and
because it sounds like
f lat t ened out in t he back.
a bear !
! The sides of my t ongue t ouch up high on t he
inside of my t eet h like a t r ain’s wheels on
Somet hing
t r ain t racks
doesn’t sound
Placement Cue quit e right …
Hold f ist near cheek wit h index f inger and I t t akes t ime t o
t humb ext ended. Curl index f inger back in a br eak old habit s and
bunching mot ion. develop a clear sound!
Consider t hese t ips:
When “r” sounds more like “w”
1 Make sur e t he lips ar e apar t . Pr act ice while looking in t he mir r or .
When “r” sounds like “uh”
The back of t he t ongue is likely not st abilized bet ween t he back molar s. Tr y
2 shaping / r / f r om / k/ or / g/ . These sounds are pr oduced in t he back of t he
mout h, which helps get t he t ongue closer t o t he cor rect posit ion. The long “ eee”
sound also has a similar ef f ect ; it helps r aise t he back por t ion of t he t ongue.
Facilit at ive Cont ext s f or / r/
! Most st udent s exper ience success pr oducing / r / af t er / k/ or / g/ when it is f ollowed
by t he vowel “ eee.” St ar t wit h t hese words f ir st (list one).
! Vocalic / r / is t r icky. Tr y elicit ing t his t ype in t he medial wor d posit ion when it is
pr eceded by “ eee.” Tr y t hese wor ds next (list t wo).
! Tr y simple init ial / r / words f ollowed by t he “ eee” sound. Encourage t he st udent t o
say “ k” bef or e t he / r / . Then, j ust “ t hink k” and f ade t he “ k” sound away (list t hr ee)
! To pr oduce / r / at t he end of words, t r y at t aching an init ial / r / wor d (“ car - r r r r ed” )
1 2 3
green cream greedy hearing cheering period read ream row
creep Greek creek pyramid hero cheery reek real rig
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