L after Long Vowels Pronunciation

Improve your American English pronunciation by learning how to pronounce the final L sound after vowels.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t73MKAQszM

American [l]

In this video Lisa Mojsin is teaching you another technique to make your English sound more like native speakers sound. It has to do with the pronunciation of the L consonant at word ends with preceding long vowels. Lisa pronounces the following words 2 ways – like non-native speakers and with American accent.

American [l] is not so strong as it may be in other languages. It should be weak – you lightly touch your tongue to keep it up there longer.

feel

meal

steal

wheel

deal

 

sale

mail

whale

pale

 

mile

while

tile

smile

 

school

fool

tool

rule

 

oil

boil

toil

spoil

Semi-Sound [ә]

Dictionary pronunciation sounds here too foreign. The 2nd versions sound with an extra neutral vowel before [l].

[fi:(ә)l]

[mi:(ә)l]

[sti:(ә)l]

[wi:(ә)l]

[di:(ә)l]

 

[sei(ә)l]

[mei(ә)l]

[wei(ә)l]

[pei(ә)l]

 

[mai(ә)l]

[wai(ә)l]

[tai(ә)l]

[smai(ә)l]

 

[sku:(ә)l]

[fu:(ә)l]

[tu:(ә)l]

[ru:(ә)l]

 

[oi(ә)l]

[boi(ә)l]

[toi(ә)l]

[spoi(ә)l]

Practice

Rehearse these sentences after Lisa.

I have a pile of mail.

How did you feel about the trial?

It’s not a big deal.

I got it on sale.

I feel well.