One of the 40 sounds Nunzio listens for. When you read a sentence aloud, the app scores every single sound in it on your phone — this page is what he knows about this one: what tends to come out in its place, and what to do about it.
Keep your tongue tip away from the ridge; curl or bunch the tongue back so nothing touches the roof of the mouth.
“The tongue touched the roof! I felt it from here! For this sound the tongue floats — touches NOTHING. Like a hovering gnocchi!”Nunzio, when he hears it
In the app, this sound is put under pressure in Everyday English and The R & L Duet — whole sentences built so it cannot hide.
The classic mix-ups involving this sound, one page per pair: red vs leg.
People often say “r” when a word actually wants “l” as in leg — each of those pages shows the way back.
Reading about a sound is one thing. Hearing which ones you miss is another.
Nunzio records you reading a sentence, scores every sound in it on your phone — nothing is uploaded — and tells you the one thing worth fixing. Nunzio — Accent Coach is coming to the App Store and Google Play.