Hi there, in today's lesson we're going to talk about the difference between the
light L and the dark L in English. By the end of today's video you will know
exactly what the difference is between the two types of L and you will also be
able to pronounce them, especially the dark L. Before we get started hello and
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with the light L. So the light L is in words like light, okay? So you can see the
tip of my tongue here, it comes up to touch the top of my mouth and it kind of
flops back down again, it releases, okay? And it creates this L LL sound,
okay? As in light, light. Lucky, lucky. Lovely, lovely. And the last one, lonely,
lonely. So what tends to happen here is whenever you have a L and then you
have a vowel after it, you're probably going to get what's called the light L.
So the light L appears before vowel sounds. Contrary to this, we have the dark
L and this comes after a vowel sound. So let's take a word like fall, okay? You see,
I don't release it this time, okay? I hold it. So I don't say fall-a fall-a, okay? Like
the light L, fall-a. I hold it. Fall. And don't keep the sound going, okay? Don't say
fall, okay? I hear a lot of students doing that. You need to cut that sound, but keep
your tongue in that position where it's touching the top of your mouth.
Okay? Some people describe it where you're not really touching the top of
your mouth, but a lot of the time it usually is, so,
let's go back to our target word, fall. Okay, you can see I'm not releasing it.
I'm holding it at the top of my mouth, fall, fall.
Another example is pull, pull. So I'm not releasing it, not pull-a, pull, ull, pull. Fool,
fool-a, fool, fool. Hold it, okay? This part stays at the top, fool. And the last one,
mall, mall. I'm holding it. Mall-a, mall, mall. Let's have a practise with some
sentences. So I'm gonna read the sentence and you just listen and repeat in your
own time, do pause the video if you need a little
bit more time. She's so lucky to live in such a lovely location, she's so lucky to
live in such a lovely location, she's so lucky to live in such a lovely location.
And the next one with dark L. Paul fell in the mall and looked like a fool, Paul
so careful you're not releasing it, yeah? It's not Paul-a. Paul fell in the mall and
looked like a fool, Paul fell in the mall and looked like a fool. And that's it for
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