English Pronunciation | The Letter L | The Light L , the Dark L and the SILENT L
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- Do you know the difference between LIGHT L /l/ and the DARK L /ɫ/? ❓
👉 In this English Pronunciation lesson I will teach you how to pronounce the letter L correctly and we will also practice the letter L with some really fun Tongue Twisters which will help you to speak English quickly and easily!
👉 In this English class we will look at the Letter L when it is pronounced /l/ which is called the Light L, and also the letter L when it is pronounced as /ɫ/, which is called the Dark L.
👉 After that we will learn about the SILENT L in English, which is very common whenever L comes before another consonant letter (like in the words Talk and Walk).
👉 At the end we will look at some FUN L Tongue Twisters and do a short English TEST!
👉 The Letter K is tricky because most people (even native English speakers) think there is only one L sound in English, but actually, there are TWO!
👉 This lesson has CHAPTERS so you can SKIP to the part you need to learn most.
🤩 I hope you find this lesson helpful! Feel free to leave a comment if you have any questions!
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Letter C -- • English Pronunciation ...
Letter D -- • English Pronunciation ...
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Letter F - • English Pronunciation ...
Letter G - • English Pronunciation ...
Letter I - • English Pronunciation ...
Letter J - • English Pronunciation ...
Letter K - • English Pronunciation ...
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😀 Also, for anyone wondering, I'm James, an English teacher from the UK so in this video I'm speaking with a British English (Modern RP) accent.
👀 These lessons use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to teach English sounds.
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👇 Chapters..... 👇
00:00 Intro
00:55 The Two L sounds
01:13 The Light L
03:09 Light L Practice Sentence 1
06:18 Light L Practice Sentence 2
07:28 The Dark L Intro
14:56 Connected Speech
17:04 Dark L Practice Sentence
17:44 Words with Light and Dark L
18:56 Silent L
20:06 Tongue Twisters
20:51 TEST
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Bonjour James, pour commencer je veux vous féliciter et vous remercier pour vos vidéos sur la prononciation, vous êtes le seul professeur a expliqué de façon claire et intéressante la prononciation et qui n’est pas évident pour un débutant en anglais. Vous en avez compris l’importance et votre enseignement en est la preuve puisque c’est ce qui est le plus difficile pour un apprenant. Comprendre la prononciation et visualiser les mots est essentiel puisque ça nous permet de moins bloquer sur les mots. Je vous remercie également pour le professionnalisme qu’on reconnaît dans vos vidéos. Je suis débutante et je parviens à vous comprendre parce que vous prononcez très bien, vous répétez ce qui est important, vous employez beaucoup la visualisation, lettres de couleurs, etc. nous aide davantage, même les lettres prononcés par vous, nous permet de mieux comprendre parce que vous le faites en nous permettant de bien le voir. UNE QUESTION TRÈS IMPORTANTE POUR MOI : AVEZ-VOUS UN TRUC POUR SAVOIR OÙ SE SITUE LA SYLLABE DANS UN MOT, JE COMPRENDS QUE CERTAINS DICTIONNAIRE LE MENTIONNE (CAMBRIDGE, MAIS IL N’Y A PAS TOUS LES MOTS PARCE QUE LA DIVISION DES SYLLABES EN ANGLAIS EST DIFFÉRENTE DE CELLE EN FRANÇAIS, AURIEZ-VOUS QUELQUES RÈGLES? Je vous remercie pour votre enthousiasme et votre passion qu’on ressent; vous nous motiver vraiment à apprendre l’anglais. Je suis retraitée et votre enseignement est tellement de qualité que je vous écoute régulièrement, c’est un très bon passe-temps et un bon exercice pour la mémoire. Merci beaucoup!
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OMG! I'm an ESL teacher in China and also a second language learner. You've explained the "ll" sound so clearly! It's a good idea to use "email" as an example to help students find dark l sound. Thank you sooooo much!
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Great Lesson for L sounds my son is learning it way better than his speech therapy teacher thanks to you also in Canada Connected Speech is called Compound Words
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Many thanks mr James. I was having difficulties remembering the lecture of the letter L with my teacher. But now, I understand it even better
There are 5 silents L and then 5 dark L.....
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I found only 4 dark L (although, tall, always and fool). Let's check, tell me yours !
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The best class about the light Land dark L, I’ve ever seen! It’s really, really impressive.
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You are an excellent teacher. I’ve seen many videos about pronunciation and this one amazed me. It is the first time I can actually see how the tongue moves inside the mouth clearly without getting confused 😊 great 😀
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Thank u so much for this video. Helped a lot
Thanks for this video. I appreciate your in-depth analysis and explanation of the dark l vs. the light l. I'm curious about a few things. The first is whether you make a similar distinction for the r. I'm an Orton-Gillingham practitioner and I was trained to teach that the r by itself makes a different sound than r after a vowel (r-controlled vowel) and it functions similarly to the light l in the way it transitions into a vowel sound. The second thing is that I've been teaching the schwa vowel sound, and I've noticed that the schwa with the dark l at the end is tricky and inconsistent when it comes to spelling and counting syllables. For example, I was taught that the consonant-le syllable is the only syllable type that doesn't have a vowel sound, but if you compare homophones like principal/principle, meddle/medal, pedal/peddle, or the suffixes -ical (musical, technical, etc.) vs. icle/acle (article/spectacle) this syllable type clearly does have a schwa vowel sound, it's just not spelled with a clear vowel indicating the schwa. Also, words like owl or foul seem to obviously have two syllables (the dark l creating the schwa vowel) especially when you compare the word owl to vowel. This is also tricky with the r after vowels in words like flour and flower. According to the way flour is spelled it would have one syllable, but it sounds like it has two. I'm thinking the sounds are more important in indicating how many syllables a word contains. Lastly, I like how you talked about how the l is silent when it comes after a vowel and before a consonant in the same syllable. The only exceptions I could think of were with patterns that have a long vowel followed by two consonants like old (gold), ild (wild), olt (bolt). In my search for answers, your video has come the closest so far to addressing these kinds of things. Thank you!
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Hopefully the series will be finished soon. Will be uploading some more “letter” videos next week. 🙂
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I am from Algeria, let me tell you that i have been improving my English through your interesting method of teaching and excellent explanation,i do appreciate your job,i wish you peace and happiness under the sky of prosperity, let me inform you that in Arabic langue there is 2 L sound, Dark and Light
and there is also The sound ( The) .
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This is an excellent lecture on the light and the dark L's.
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The dark L in English is like usually L in Russian. Thank you for your videos 😊!
It's quite similar but not the same. In English dark L, the tip of the tongue is still on the alveoli but not on the teeth as Russian L. It doesn't sound like light L because the back of the tongue is also raised slightly. That's why it turns into light L easily in the connected speech. In live speech, the native English speakers never think over if L is followed by a vowel or not.
The light L is pre-vowel L, eg law, lay, Lee, low, list.
The tongue tip touches the alveolar ridge.
The dark L is post-vowel L, eg all, ill, ale, old, elm.
The tongue tip DOESN'T touch the alveolar ridge.
If the tongue tip touches the alveolar ridge, it is not a dark L anymore. It becomes a light L.
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