【Rの発音】難しい英語のRが簡単に！すぐにRが発音できるコツとは？

If you want to learn how to pronounce the R sound in English, you need to take 3 seconds to say the Japanese word, ら, slowly. Hello everyone! I'm Nishizawa Roy, an English doctor. On this channel, I teach you how to learn English in a very simple way. Mr. Roy, I've heard that the R sound is used to round your tongue, or to make sure you don't put your tongue anywhere. But I can't do it well. Is there a good way to do it? Of course there is! Try to say the Japanese word, ら, slowly. I want to learn how to pronounce it in English, but I have to say it in Japanese? Yes, that's the important thing. When you practice pronunciation in English, you often hear people explaining how to round your tongue, or how to make sure you don't put your tongue anywhere, and that's why you can't do it well. I've heard that before. For example, I want you to say 宝物 in Japanese. Try it, Tony. Yes, 宝物. Do you know that Tony is playing his tongue right now? No, I don't know. Did I play my tongue? Yes, the Japanese word, ら, is used to play your tongue. This is a very important point. Human behavior is basically dominated by unconsciousness. You just said 宝物, When you say た, you put your tongue around here, or when you say か, you use the back of your tongue, or when you say ら, you play the back of your tongue. Yes, I didn't think about it at all. That's why you don't know how you move your tongue, or where you put your tongue, or how you open your mouth to move it. I'm sure you're doing it right, because you understand it. But you don't know exactly what you're doing. You don't realize it. That's unconsciousness. So when you practice pronunciation in English, you should be aware of how you pronounce in Japanese. If you want to learn how to pronounce the R sound in English, you should be able to recognize how you pronounce the R sound in Japanese, which is very similar to the R sound in Japanese. And that's the shortcut. So my recommended practice method is to slowly say the R sound in Japanese for 3 seconds. Let's try it. Like this. Tony, try it. That's good. You did it slowly, but let's do it slowly for 3 seconds. I want you to feel the movement of your tongue. Let's say this is the upper jaw. Your tongue should go like this. It should stick to the upper jaw and move away. I want you to feel the movement. I want you to try it. Tony, try it. How is it? Your tongue sticks to the upper jaw and moves away. Yes, it does. And if you do it fast, you'll play the R sound. Tony, try it. Yes, you're right. It's important to feel the movement of your tongue. If you do it unconsciously, you won't know what's going on with your tongue. It's difficult to say, don't stick to the upper jaw even though you don't know it's stuck. Yes. That's why I told you to say the R sound slowly. It's important to feel the movement of your tongue. I see. When you say like this, it's important to feel the movement of your tongue. I want you to try it. Tony, try it. Yes. Did you feel the movement of your tongue? Yes, I did. The R sound of English doesn't move your tongue. Your tongue doesn't touch the upper jaw. It's like a treasure. Your tongue doesn't touch the upper jaw. But Japanese people tend to play the R sound of Japanese. In English, it's red. Actually, it's red. But they play the R sound of Japanese. Of course, I'm not saying it's bad. I'm just saying that Tony wants to learn how to play the R sound. Yes. If you want to be able to play the R sound of English, it's important to practice so that your tongue doesn't touch the upper jaw. In order to do that, it's important to understand what it means to play the R sound of English. I see. If you don't understand the feeling of playing the R sound of English, you won't be able to judge if you're playing the R sound correctly. That's right. If you can't judge it yourself, when you're teaching, you'll be like, Oh, that was okay. You'll be like, That was playing the R sound. You'll have to teach me one by one. Then you'll depend on the teacher a lot. If it's a bad case, you'll do what the teacher tells you to do. I think that's not a very healthy way for adults to learn. That's true. It's easy to practice by yourself if you can tell if you're doing well. That's right. Next, let's move on to the pronunciation of the R sound of English. When you play the R sound, you don't put your tongue anywhere. If you play the tongue with your upper jaw, it will sound like the Japanese word ラ. Don't put your tongue anywhere. But I want you to aim for the tongue. I want you to say it like ラ. ラ Please try it. ラ Tony, go ahead. ラ Did you just play the tongue? Yes, I did. That feeling is important. Try it again. ラ It sounded a little Japanese. You didn't put your tongue anywhere. It was a little too far away. Try to make it sound like the Japanese word ラ. It's good to make your mouth narrow at first. If you make your mouth narrow like this, it will be easier to make the sound. ラ That's good. That's right. Don't put your tongue anywhere. Put your tongue anywhere. That's how you say ラ. Let's practice together. ラ If you make your mouth narrow at first, it will be easier to make the sound. Put your tongue anywhere. ラ If you don't know if you're playing the tongue, go back to where you started. Try to say the Japanese word ラ for 3 seconds. It's like a staircase. You have to go up one step at a time. If you try to go to the next step, it won't work. You don't have to rush. Do it one at a time. If you can't do it well, pause the video for a while, practice ラ many times, and when you can do it to some extent, go to the next step. Let's practice with words. It's a word with the sound ラ. Right. It means right or right. Right. Please try it. Right. Tony, go ahead. Right. Oh, that's good. One more time. Right. Was it subtle? How was your tongue? I don't think I played the tongue. You're doing well. Oh, really? It's important to know that you're doing well. Let's practice with the viewers. Right. One more time. Right. First of all, it's good to practice the sound ラ first. Can you say ラリルレロ? ラリルレロ You just played the tongue several times, right? Right. ラ, リ, ル, レ, ロ are all slightly different mouth shapes, so the way you do it is different. Right. So you need to practice each one. I'd like to try one by one. Right. ラ リ ル レ ロ Like that. Please practice with each sound. And then, practice with the words with each sound. If it was ラ, it was right. If it's リ, it's read. If it's ル, it's root. If it's レ, it's red. If it's ロ, it's rock. Like that. I'd like you to practice with the words. Now that we've done right, let's move on to リ. First, let's do リ alone. Go ahead, Tony. リ Isn't it good? Viewers, please try it too. リ And if you put it into words, it's read. Let's go, Tony. リ How was it? I thought it was a little subtle. Basically, if you can't do it well, you'll be embarrassed, or it's too far away, or it's not coming out properly. It was a little far away now, so it was weak. Let's do it again. リ Oh, that was really good. Thank you. And when you do this well, don't forget that feeling. I want you to remember it in your tongue. Viewers, please try it too. リ Next is ル. ル Go ahead, Tony. ル うん Not bad. Viewers, please try it too. ル And if you put it into words, it's root. Let's go, Tony. ル Oh, that was good. Thank you. You're better than I thought. Thank you. Viewers, please try it too. ル Even if you can't do it well here, you don't have to rush. You can move your tongue like this. Because it's a movement that doesn't exist in Japanese. Even if you can't do it well, it's natural. If you do it many times, your brain cells will be more active, and you'll be able to move it more and more. Let's practice first. Next is レ. レ Go ahead, Tony. レ Not bad. Really? Viewers, please try it too. レ And if you put it into words, it's root. Let's go, Tony. ル Oh, that was good. You're getting better. Viewers, please try it too. レ And it's ロ. ロ Let's go, Tony. ロ It was a little subtle. Yeah, it's a little far. Go ahead again. ロ If you get used to it a little more, I think you'll be able to do it smoothly. Let's practice a little more. Viewers, please try it. ロ And if you put it into words, it's rock. It's a rock. Let's go, Tony. ロ Okay. You know what you're doing, right? Yes, it's going well so far. Viewers, please try it too. ロ Let's go again. ラ リ ル レ ロ Try it, Tony. Take your time. ラ リ ル レ ロ You're getting better than before. I think I got it, too. That's right. That's what it is. I see. You know how to play like this. By being aware of the bottom, You're going to get better really fast. Yes, I'm confident. So let's try it with the viewers. ラ リ ル レ ロ One more time. ラ リ ル レ ロ I'm sure there are some people who still can't do it at all. Don't rush. Do it one by one. If you do it one by one, you'll definitely be able to do it. If you rush and try to go ahead, you won't be able to do it. I hope you'll have fun practicing. I'll give you a little bonus. The sound at the beginning of R. This is pretty important. It's the sound when you say, It's a sound like this. With the tongue slightly rounded, You can make a muffled sound. If you can make this sound well, You can make a cool American pronunciation. Tony, please try it. That's good. There's an English word that represents a bird. Tony, what is it? Bird. That's right. That's not a bird. Bird. Tony, please try using the current R. Bird. Wow, that's cool. I'm a little happy. The current R sound is often used in American English. This muffled sound is used in R. Let's try it out for the viewers. Bird. And in words. Bird. One more time. Bird. If you can do this, you'll sound really cool. For example, Hurt. This is the same R sound. Tony, please try it. Hurt. Wow, that's cool. I've improved. Let's try it out for the viewers. Hurt. One more thing. What do you call work, Tony? Work. That's a katakana pronunciation. It's not work. It's work. Work. Wow, that's cool. You learned it too fast. I learned it right away because it was so easy for you to explain. That's right. It's a muffled sound like this. It's not work. Let's try it out for the viewers. Work. That's how you move your tongue in Japanese. If you keep that in mind, you'll be able to pronounce English more easily. Of course, READ, ROOT, and RED are a little more difficult. You might not be able to do it right away. It might take a little time. But if you know how to move your tongue, you'll be able to do it and practice by yourself. I hope you enjoy it and practice so that you can pronounce R. Thank you very much. I learned how to pronounce R in Japanese. I'm confident that I'll be able to pronounce R. Right now, I'm in a state where I'm conscious. When it comes to actual conversation, you have to be able to pronounce R unconsciously. To do that, you absolutely need to repeat practice. Right now, I'm still in a state where I can do it consciously. I hope you practice more. I'll practice more. Thank you very much. Thank you for watching the video until the end. If you found this video helpful, please subscribe, leave a like, and leave a comment. If you actually tried to pronounce R, please let me know how it went. If you find it difficult to pronounce R, please leave a comment. I'll see you in the next video. This was English Doctor Nishizawa Roy. See ya!