[PronunciationWorkshop] R and W

R: Your mouth and lips come forward, like you are going to kiss.
W: Practice first with » ‘OO’ then go into » ‘OOOOOWAWAWA’.

Paragraph Practice

Ray was born in Russia. He dreamed of building the perfect roller coaster at the Grand Canyon in Arizona. He had a friend named Fred who lived in Norway. Fred’s profession was designing railroad tracks and his career involved traveling around the world. Ray thought it would be perfect if Fred designed his roller coaster ride. Fred was creative, brilliant and worked well with railroad tracks. He would be the perfect engineer for the project. The ride took two years to construct and was painted red and white. Everyone really wanted to ride the brand-new roller coaster.

Note:

• ‘R’ is the strongest sound of the blend.
• ‘W’ sound is also at the beginning of the words One and Once.
• ‘Q’ words produced as a KW sound.

Animation practice:

R: http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/letter-r/load.htm?f
W: http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/letter-w/load.htm?f