How to Pronounce the Letter "L"

In pronouncing the letter "l" sound, you should review the sound of the letter "d". The letter "l" sound is a continuous and voiced sound. So, you should feel your throat vibrating when making the letter "l" sound.

To make the letter "l" sound, you should have your lips and teeth apart and feel the tip of your tongue pushing against the area where your upper teeth and the roof of your mouth meet, just like the letter "d" or "t" sound. But, unlike the letter "d" and "t" sounds, you should only feel the tip of your tongue pushing against this intersection of your teeth and roof of the mouth. This will allow air and vibrations to come out of your mouth through the sides of your tongue. Now, vibrate your throat area or larynx to make the "l" sound.

Things to remember:

1) You should feel your teeth and lips apart and the tip of your tongue pushing against the area where your upper teeth and the roof of your mouth meet. This is very important. Without this pushing movement, the "l" sound will not sound correct.

2) Only the tip of your tongue should be pushing, so that the air and vibrations can come through the sides of your tongue and out of your mouth.

3) The "l" sound is a voiced sound, so you should vibrate your larynx or throat area to make the "l" sound.

Here are words you can practice with.

like	level	loss	location	landscape	Latin
look	low	lay	learning	long	label
life	love	lawyer	lady	length	lawsuit
last	local	little	lean	league	lost
leave	little	leg	lots	lack	literary
let	late	laugh	literature	limited	latter
live	leader	legal	leaf	liberal	likely
large	light	like	lead	legislation	lifetime
lot	less	labor	lip	land	lover
long	land	lot	lunch	lower	lie
little	love	lack	limit	live	loose
line	look	light	last	living	license
lose	listen	leadership	largely	list	load
law	less	lesson	locate	lab	leather
later	likely	living	loan	lucky	lawn
least	letter	lift	link	library	limitation
learn	language	limit	launch	layer	lifestyle
lead	lie	luck	long-term	later	loud
leading	list	light	late	link	laboratory
lock	left	literally	line	lake	lemon

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