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Answer by creitve for Learning to pronounce hard R

When I was 4 or 5, parents took me to a doctor, who helped me with correct tongue/lip positioning and gave me useful exercises. As I remember, most of them involved saying «RRRRRRRR» in plain and in...

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Answer by Putnik for Learning to pronounce hard R

I tried this way with an adult: "How does a tiger say Grrrr!". It was a jokey mood and we tried it in various different ways of "tiger's dialect" until the person eventually found the correct sound. It...

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Answer by kotekzot for Learning to pronounce hard R

If you're having a lot of trouble, you may wish to consult a doctor, it could be rhotacism (картавость), a fairly common speech defect. This article seems like it could be useful.

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Answer by Danubian Sailor for Learning to pronounce hard R

In kindergarten, we have to do tractor-like sound vrrrrrrr. I coulnd't do that at the begin, but I've finally learn this. Now I have no problem distinguishing between and producing double-r and...

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Answer by Trident D'Gao for Learning to pronounce hard R

I don't think there's anything better than everyday practice. The more you talk to your kid the better for you both. Although when it comes to things that most children do at their age the adults...

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Learning to pronounce hard R

I'm a native Russian speaker myself, but living in a English speaking country am starting to teach my pre-school daughter Russian myself at home and she is struggling with correctly pronouncing the...

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