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Lesson 3 plus: Digging Deeper

Notice how the sounds of F and V consonants pair


together!
This is due to the same mouth positioning while
pronouncing them. F is unvoiced, meaning only air
passes through the mouth, and V is voiced meaning
you are making a sound with the vocal cords.

Lesson 3 Masters plus: Learning Beyond


Did you know that L and R are called liquid
consonants?
The English language has two liquid phonemes, one
lateral, /l/ and one rhotic, //, exemplified in the
words led and red.
In
some
languages,
such
as Japanese and Korean, there is one liquid phoneme
which may have both lateral and rhotic allophones.
Lessons Peak
In what way would a Korean find difficulty in following
the lesson above?
Having that in mind try practicing the following
phrase:
Going for all that was red clearly meant that we
were led?

Always Acknowledge the Oral

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