How to Pronounce the Letter "R"

So making the letter "r" sound can be a little tricky, but by practicing with the previous consonant sounds, hopefully you will be able to follow the instructions to make the letter"r" sound.

First of all, the letter "r" is a voiced sound, so you should use your throat area by vibrating it. In making the letter "r" sound you should imagine the letter "r" sound as being just at the opening of your throat and allowing the air and vibrations come out of your mouth.

As for your tongue, you should feel the front of your tongue in a concave or "u" shape. With your tongue in a concave shape, you should feel it pushing against the middle of your upper palate or roof of the mouth. Remember that in the letter "n" sound, you will feel your tongue pushing against the area where your upper teeth and the roof of the mouth meet. In making the letter "r", your tongue should be further back in your mouth and pushing at the middle of the roof of the mouth.

Your lips and teeth are apart and not touching one another.

Finally, with your concave tongue pushing lightly against the middle of the roof of the mouth, vibrate your throat area and make the letter "r" sound.

Things to remember:

1) Form the front of your tongue into a concave or "u" shape.

2) Have your lips and teeth apart.

3) Slightly push your concave tongue against the middle of the roof of your mouth or your upper palate

4) With your tongue slightly pushing against the roof of your mouth, vibrate your throat area or larynx and make the continuous sound of the letter "r"

5) You should not feel your tongue vibrating strongly and hitting against the roof of your mouth, because this will create the rolling "r" sound.

Here are words you can practice with.

really	relationship	recognize	recall	relatively
right	road	region	refer	rain
run	receive	rather	researcher	respect
room	record	rock	replace	reading
right	recent	remove	return	repeat
real	Republican	religious	refuse	regional
right	red	radio	roll	record
read	realize	respond	run	regulation
result	rule	reveal	resident	ring
reason	risk	range	reader	revenue
research	rest	rather	ride	recommend
remember	represent	reflect	reporter	root
reach	recently	reality	river	relief
remain	reduce	responsibility	result	rating
raise	race	rich	responsible	row
require	response	relate	regular	regime
report	rise	reform	religion	rely
role	ready	restaurant	review	range
rate	resource	relation	reaction	rare
return	reference	release	remind	requirement

Let me know your thoughts. Thanks.