Hello and welcome back.
The L is more complicated than you thought isn't it.
Well there's one more variation we need to talk about the syllabic El
But before getting into the syllabic l let's do a bit of practice with the dark owl.
Just repeat after me with these sentences I'll tell the little girl if you remember that dark alley
you need to have your tongue pressed firmly to the roof of your mouth with the tip touching your upper
front teeth like this tell tale you I'll tell the little girl.
I'm still not able to sell the ball.
Several federal agents will tell all
the social couple fell in love.
Are we able to control the social and political problems.
All national and international agencies are on call
now it's time to talk about the syllabic else.
Remember our control vowels and how they seem to almost add an extra syllable as in ear.
Sounds like your ear right.
The word is one syllable but it always stretches into two year and the same happens with more.
More a similar thing happens with the El.
So when the L follows a long vowel we almost add an extra syllable.
Now a long vowel is a vowel that is pronounced like the name of its alphabet letter so a.
I owe you.
When you hear those sounds.
The laughter it is going to almost add an extra syllable.
For example sale real while whole school as you can see these words are written as one syllable but
pronounced is almost too when we say them slowly.
Take a look at sale sale
real while whole school.
Here are some more syllabic L words in the top 1000 most common words in spoken English.
Just repeat after me.
Child
role or he'll rule the whole goal fail style world girl.
Now let's try this syllabic L in sentences.
Just repeat after me.
How do you feel.
He's the real deal.
There's a sale at Whole Foods Market.
It happened while you were at school
smile and the whole world smiles with you.
That's all for the l sound.
But don't go away.
I'm going to teach you some more important sounds and little known pronunciation information in the
next sections.
And as always don't forget to complete all of your assignments in the workbook before moving forward
to the next section.
Thanks for watching.