Q&A: Dark L versus Light L ... the TRUE STORY! (imho!!)

[@hellenkeler0258]

I can't express how thankful I am. I've struggled to pronounce two sounds though I've watched lots of videos teach about them. And since I've watched your lesson, it's really really worked for me, thank you again!

[@polianapolain]

I've seen quite a few videos on that subject matter and that one was by far the most accurate aimed to non native speakers in which learners will be able really to produce the sound with confidence. Besides, the beauty of your videos is that you keep it real and simple.Nailed it!

[@H.H2424]

oh I love the way you teach, i find it very easy to understand. I have tried to practice as much as possible so my pronunciations are improved alot! You're one of my most favorative teacher online. :) Many many thanks!!!

[@coachshanesesl]

Hằng Hữu Thank you^^

[@koymark5091]

By far, that's the best explanation I've ever had!

[@lozpamphilon]

3:39 "I love...**doesn't want to say balls...looks at board for alternative word** MILK!"

[@nguyennamanh6165]

Lawrence Pamphilon such an underated comment

[@derekwong8772]

Lmaooooo

[@cristianoaragao4315]

I don't get tired of watching your videos. YOU ARE THE BEST!

[@Justin-ur7ic]

This is literally the best English teacher

[@lizzywei1497]

That really helps!!! What an innovative way to teach l! You are such a genius! I think this is super helpful for people who have pronunciation difficulties.

[@eclipses1003]

The tongue between teeth trick is very useful!!! I always ask my students to rest their tongue …there (I dunno what it’s called, on the back of the gum? Well you get it I think 😛) when they pronounce dark l So there are less chances for me or native speakers to hear an o or au sound And that’d be easier for us to understand what they’re saying Believe it or not it makes a huge difference in real life speach Some of my students would confuse temple with tempo or even worse things I’ve never ever thought of asking them to place their tongue in between the teeth for dark l sound I guess that explains how some students would make the th sound like L even when they place their tongue between their teeth Thanks for the tips!!

[@Whitewhalecmt]

Although you and i have not met yet! but you're my teacher now! thanks a lot for this very helpful video!

[@dooroo2732]

Wow! Really helpful! Pronouncing the /l/ sound that way is, without any doubt, the BEST AND EASIEST WAY TO SOUND AS SILLY AS POSSIBLE!! Thank you so much!

[@MsEnglishCoach]

Brilliant! English students, trust what this Instructor says.

[@cristianaguilar8445]

Master you are so gracious... you makes me smile couple of times thanks!!! greetings from mexico!!!

[@fanpat8340]

I am struggled with dark L. After watching this, I feel so relaxed. I am no longer worried about it.

[@chandramma389]

I can understand dark l and light l.thank you sir.

[@Sirom492]

It's truth. Your voice is really clear. everyday I listen again again your vid. I love it. Thanks.

[@alexandrafirmino841]

Your classes are incredible! Fantastic! Thank you !

[@lr3263]

This is really awesome 👏💗💗💗💗

[@coachshanesesl]

I'm glad you like it

[@moiserama6317]

The best video on the subject on youtube Thank you very much for this advice.

[@nguyenca9041]

I love the way that you taught. I just knew put the tongue between the teeth in TH sound then i see people say L with same mouth shape. Thanks from Vietnamese!

[@thayanhtienganhvacaccon969]

Thanks so much, this is what I am looking for Sir, you're awesome!

[@g.l.5096]

I love your videos. They are very helpful, thank you for being so clear and make all this info easy to understand.

[@陆河-q2n]

Wow, this video makes me more relaxed when pronouncing L! I can't thank you enough!

[@kimthuy4437]

Great!!! Thank you very much!! Your tips are really useful. They help my pronunciation a lot. Please keep making pronunciation teaching video! Many my pronunciation problem are solved thanks to watching your video :D. Once again!! Big Thank you :D

[@Iiheosnjabskidbxbd]

Very clear and wonderful show and thank you a lot :)

[@vutuanlong1316]

Thank you. I was always confused by them.

[@superblondieno1]

This was great! Just what I was looking for for a student of mine! Nice job!

[@nguyenthithuhuyen2391]

Thank you so much, you make me feel not too presure when speak l dark sound.

[@reymillan4452]

maaannn this is impresive! u r a genius ! Im done with the darl L

[@hugogordillo4461]

Thanks Teacher. Good and useful lesson.

[@itwasthesummerof-uz2oz]

I clicked thinking this was a death note video but ended up staying and learning stuff

[@belenhernandezbenavente3420]

Brilliantly explained!!! Greetings from Madrid, Spain.

[@SuphaluckLaw]

great teacher! easy to understand ,i have problem with pronunciation, i will practice as much as i can in your video! Thank you

[@keynermayer]

Perfect! I got it. Thank you teacher, and let's master English!

[@王南-h5v]

I HAVE ONE QUESTION,,, HOW TO DO PERFECT L in word like "special"?

[@НатальяСмольникова-н2ф]

you are awesome! thanks!

[@Alex-qy9ut]

Very informative! Thank you

[@damianalejandro4387]

you're a great teacher! I have learnt a lot from you.Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@ballmilk406]

Thank you. But I think simulator sound occurs if the tongue toutches quite back from your picture . And I hear some people do so. Other KZbinr say so.

[@AnkitYadav-wp1xy]

Very nice teaching

[@josedanielgratrerolrivero3401]

you really rock! thanks for everything

[@albrecht9630]

Jetzt habe ich endlich das L kapiert und nun ist so leicht auszusprechen.

[@shuyundong3004]

Really helps!!

[@michaelluvu7117]

hi,if the l is in the middle of any word like (believe) or (melon) here how are we supposed to know which l is it? another thing please if there is two l in words like (really) here in really there are two l and the two l are between two vowel sounds as well so which dark is it here and why please?

[@pururum3590]

you are a great teacher👍

[@helenjust1163]

I love the perfect L, easy for me, thank you very much!

[@killua99go28]

Thank you very much! It's really hard for me to say the dark "l",,,,

[@mau4770]

Thanks a lot!, really i appreciate it

[@ThanasisThomas]

you are the best dude i;m from europe/greece i learned so much from you

[@mond2440]

Thank you, Sir! And the drawing of the teeth is beautiful

[@rev.abhishekdavid6364]

Beneficial sir! If possoble please give a list of words for Light 'L' sound and Dark 'L' sound. Thanks alot for loading this vedio! Its very much technical and concept clearing. I praise the Lord for such blessings.

[@coachshanesesl]

In the US, any word can be DARK or LIGHT L. It depends on the person and often it depends on the surrounding letters^^

[@nikitayang9920]

you are so smart!!! thank you sososososo much! brillant way to teach!

[@赵志豪-s4j]

I have a question about the L pronunciation in the middle, like these: "Novelist" "metabolism" "capitalize". It feels like they have dark L and light l at the same time. "vəl+lɪst" "bəl+ˌlɪzəm" "dəl+laɪz" why??😥

[@aansul333]

Thanks a lot. Solved my dark L problem.

[@ergou3253]

Thank you coach, this really helps a lot.

[@reizacross]

Hi coachshane! Can you please please make a video on how to pronounce the ur sound such as in words her, earth, turkey, etc.. I don't quite get the tongue position on how to make the sound. Thank you so much for your effort and for all the videos!

[@--curiosity--]

Thank you so much! It's very helpful. You opened my eyes )

[@duongngochai8488]

i always pronounce the L sound like you said in this video (the tounge between the teeth). But in some pronunciation books, they say that you tounge should be inside your mouth. Now i get it. Thank you very much! By the way, i love your podcasts.

[@connellmcbride6784]

When saying words that end in s then start with a letter l, for example this lead, I make a sort of clinking sound all the time, is this right ? Other examples please look , those lips etc

[@woojinyoon107]

Thank you, very much! It's a good advice for me! And fun to watch. : )

[@yeonyney]

are the dark l and clear l allophones?

[@silvanamarinho7447]

I love the way you teach! 😅🥰

[@garyzhao1700]

Very helpful.thank u!

[@dongxueful]

i am first time know L sounds between the teeth. very easier . you are great. how can pronuciation three and tree? thank u so much

[@sucreke8497]

thank you,Shawn,so how can we pronounce the word all, I always drop the dark l in the end when i pronounce all

[@yeroca]

Your teaching is clear, but is in conflict with other videos on the subject of the American dark L sound, which is *mostly* not about the tip of the tongue, but rather the root of the tongue moving backwards and narrowing the opening near the throat.

[@mariambajelidze8515]

Thanks a lot!

[@nishthamishra7573]

I love the way you teach thks it helpful

[@MaiLe-rn1qj]

Thanks you !

[@maxmoment7973]

please sir , very important question ( not related to the lesson ) , does the rapid speech affect the stressed syllable ? I mean that does the stressed syllable is pronunced the same way in both normal speech and rapid speech ? please give me some examples , and i hope that you make a video about this topic . thanks thanks thanks a lot .

[@aliceluvjae]

thanks Shane! I almost find out the way to distinguish between dark "L" and light "L". However I always feel hard to say words with "N" sound and "L" sound at beginning of words like "night" and "light", or when "N" and "L" in one word like "analyse". Could you make it easier to learn?

[@kyokofunahashi1630]

I think light L is very difficult to pronounce crisp American English. Please make a video for light L.

[@taurus93ox]

While applying your instruction, I have encountered a huge struggle when trying to pronounce the dark-l consonant in such words like "solve", "palm", "bolt". Can i have any suggestion on that?

[@rashayousry2125]

The best one for teaching l sound, thanks so much

[@alexandrafirmino841]

Awesome !

[@prosonat1481]

Brilliant, thank you!!!!

[@huongmai807]

Hi Sir, I find your lesson really helpful. thank you! can you make a lesson about how to pronounce the word: world, I couldn't make it sound different from 'word'?

[@emansamir8478]

Is singing or sining I mean the pronunciation?

[@thunhitrannguyen9701]

This is the first time, L sound pronounces between teeth. It's difficult to pronounce with the other sound, example : Milk.

[@hazardwater41]

As a teacher of English Phonetics and Phonology and based on Peter Roach's studies, I must say the / l / sound is not dental (or interdental) but it's a voiced- alveolar- lateral l-iquid sound. I think it's an overstatement to argue it can be articulated in between the upper and the lower teeth. The only two dental sounds in English are /ð/ and /θ/.

[@johnsondave7124]

You are TECHNICALLY right, but what we want to do is how to get as close as possible to the way most Americans say in reality so that we, non-native English speakers can be understood. In short, we want connection, not perfection.

[@Pitoeng1]

hazardwater41 your knowladge so useless lol.

[@Pitoeng1]

Lawrence Leung i'm not statement anything lol. Are you drunk?

[@xiaochaoo]

thanks for the tip man, it works great. however i think the perfect L method doesn't work when there are 2 'L's in a word like 'little'.

[@jaylik0511]

Coach Shane, please do the difference in pronunciation of "rich" and "ridge". The "ch" sound is ok but I guess the "dge" is like a "J" sound. Anyway, please help!

[@oleghindsite]

wow! Thank you, for sharing this secret. Could you show where do you put your lips when you pronounce "V" sound?

[@uyennn27]

Hi coach, Can I ask you a unrelated question? Why we say "He cannot read or write" but not "He cannot read and write"? Can you explain that to me please? Thank you so much.

[@tritong1009]

love it, thank you :)

[@leahpr]

Hi. I just found all your videos and I find them fascinating! You are a natural teacher. I have a request. Can you do a video explaining the difference between long e and short i, and how to make these sounds? My husband is a native Spanish speaker, and to him sheep and ship, for example, sound like the same word. To my American ears they are totally different, but I can't explain how.

[@leahpr]

Never mind. I just found your Feel vs. Fill video. Thanks!

[@leahpr]

leahpr I was going to say, "By the way, 'never mind' would make a good Daily Expression." Then I thought, "Come to think of it, so would 'by the way.'" That made me smile. "So would 'come to think of it.' I can't stop thinking in idioms! I should just quit while I'm ahead." With that thought, I just broke out laughing.

[@بْنْۆۆتٌہگيَۆۆۆتٌ]

Oh,the lesson is very easy and the teach its nice😍

[@shih4956]

Thanks. It helps.

[@JonhEdward]

thanks man

[@老凤讲历史]

you are the best teacher in the would😊

[@maxr7822]

it was awsome. thank you

[@romiclif222]

good teacher!, easy to understand!, thanks for the tip!

[@pa.hoangi]

Much obliged

[@siwamoni]

Wow. That is brilliant

[@0TheodoreYou]

how do you pronounce roll/rolling then? i keep rolling my tongue back.

[@yusradztranslator696]

I think there is another difference which is when pronouncing the dark l, the back of the tongue is lower. What do you think?

[@coachshanesesl]

Hmm...the back of my tongue doesn't move at all when I say either....

[@dooroo2732]

You're right, but it arches rather than descend, lowering the middle and rising the back towards the soft palate, or velum, that's the reason it is called 'velarized'. But don't worry too much about that, most Americans don't have proper dark/light L sounds but something in between, which level of velarization depends on the dialect.

[@dooroo2732]

+coachshanesesl. Really? How do you articulate them?

[@SuperP789]

great tip:)

[@m.sieniawski]

Finally someone who maneged to explain this to me :D thank you kindly It was very helpful :D

[@oleghindsite]

Please could you explain how to pronounce "forgotten", "mountain", "written", "Martin" and so on? Americans doing endings of this words in the deeps of their mouth somehow.

[@charliebee2028]

thnx