English Sounds - R [ɹ] Consonant - How to make the R [ɹ] Consonant

Improve your American Accent / spoken English at Rachel's English with video-based lessons and exercises. Rachel uses real life English conversation as the basis for teaching how to speak English and how to sound American -- improve listening comprehension skills. Study English vocabulary and English phrases such as phrasal verbs, as well as common expressions in English. Learn American idioms and American slang.

Cải thiện nói tiếng Anh Mỹ / 改善美式英語的發音 / 미국 영어 발음 향상 / アメリカ英語の話し言葉のアクセントを向上させる / Улучшение произношения американского английского языка / Meningkatkan berbicara bahasa Inggris Amerika / Melhore sua pronúncia do inglês americano / Mejora tu pronunciación en Inglés Americano / बात अमेरिकी अंग्रेजी में सुधार تحسين لهجتك الأمريكية الإنجليزية / שפר את המבטא האמריקאי שלך / Améliorez votre prononciation en anglais américain / Migliora la tua pronuncia in inglese americano

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[edwudaedwardsaulnier]

I am a native English teacher (Canadian) who has been teaching English in South Korea for the last seventeen years.  I have a good knowledge of both the phonemic representation and the phonetic reality of American English (which Canadian English is a part).  I like your lessons very much.

[BattosaiKen]

I'm an adult who has always been a native American English speaker, but has had Rhotacism/Derhotacization my entire life, and I just came across this video. It was so perfectly detailed and explained that I feel like the mystery of the r sound is finally answered after 26 years! I will 100% continue to practice based off of this video!

[jedimasterhiro]

I've never heard/seen a detailed explain like this. Thanks to this vid, the mystery about the pronunciation of r has been solved just now! Thank you, Rachel!!

[RedDesertRoz]

This video was so helpful! Our 8yo (native English) speaking son has been having trouble getting a good r sound, with more of a w sound coming out, and although we've tried a lot of things, this video was far more useful than any of the speech path ones we've found. Getting a beautiful r sound now!

[YoussefTifaddent]

Hi beloved teacher, I hope you're fine. i really found your lesson on the R pronunciation very helpful. It's quite difficult for non native speakers such as myself, but your lessons are helping me a lot, and making it easier . thank you so much
I recently came across a difficult setuation, when "OR" or "OUR" come before some words like : or irregular. it makes it a little bit harder to manage. thank you

[adil.]

Hi, Rachel, I am Adil, I'm from Kazakhstan. (Where's passing the EXPO). I wish you wealth and health. Super lessons for all of us. Thank you a million!!! Great job!

[김김김-vyx]

i can't believe how your pronunciation is accurate!! it's clear even 2x speed!!

[babackd.]

I'm amazed by the level of your teaching. Love from Iran ❤

[jameslucas]

This is an excellent english class and I have learned so much.

[ellyjrs]

thanks a million Rachel ! r sound has been always a challenge for me! this video is very helpful 😊👍👍👍

[clemencepur]

Thank you so much this is so helpful because I'm from France and here we pronounce the r, really" I don't know how to explain 😂 but it help me a lot

[edwudaedwardsaulnier]

I am also aware of the sounds of other languages as I speak not only English, but French, Russian, and Korean.Those others sounds help me better appreciate the sounds and sound rules of American English.

[ChineseZeroToHero]

Now you're the authority of English pronunciation

[ramawadhdasji]

hello Rachel I from India I love my Rachel's English and rachel too

[nourzuhair]

You've always been the best for me

[smdb]

thank you so much... I've been trying to learn the flap t sound for 3 year and i wasn't able to pronounce it right until now.. you saying its pronounced like the (r) sound in some languages was just the explanation i needed. hearing its like a d sound or a sound, between the t and d sounds, never really helped me pronounce it right

[wealthychef]

Wow, this is by far the best discussion of this I've ever seen.

[petit]

I'm a native English speaker who had to attend speech therapy when I was a kid because I couldn't pronounce this r. I wish it had just been explained this concisely to me, and I probably would've picked it up much faster!

[Luanjacky]

I just learning it the morning before. I don't know what to do to speak pronunciation same you!

[ramzy-]

hello you are arch your tongue for / j / as in "yes" and / r / as in "run" but which one is more back. i think /j/ and in yes more back than / r / as in "run" .