{"id":1860,"date":"2015-05-05T03:44:01","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T07:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rachel-smith-live.prev21.rmkr.net\/?p=1860"},"modified":"2024-03-31T02:46:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T02:46:29","slug":"practice-flap-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/practice-flap-t\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Practice the Flap T"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For some people, the Flap T is a tricky sound. \u00a0Learn how to practice it to make it more natural.<\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span class=\"entry-tags\">Tagged With: <a href=\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/tag\/flap-t\/\" rel=\"tag\">Flap T<\/a><\/span> <strong>YouTube blocked? <\/strong><a href=\"#video\">Click here to see the video.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y7FUneS1mBs\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"How to Practice the Flap T -- American English Pronunciation\" title=\"Play video &quot;How to Practice the Flap T -- American English Pronunciation&quot;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y7FUneS1mBs<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y7FUneS1mBs\" title=\"How to Practice the Flap T -- American English Pronunciation\">How to Practice the Flap T &#8212; American English Pronunciation (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y7FUneS1mBs)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/p>\n<p><h2>Video Transcript:<\/h2><\/p>\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p>I recently did a video on the Flap T &#8212; is it really a D sound?\u00a0 The main thing that we learned in that video is that the Flap T and D between vowels don&#8217;t have a stop component.\u00a0 In this American English pronunciation video, we&#8217;ll learn how exactly to make the sound, and practice it.T and D will both likely be pronounced this way when coming between two vowels, or after an R and before a vowel.\u00a0 Example words:\u00a0 party, better, ladder.\u00a0 To make this sound, the front part of the tongue will bounce against the roof of the mouth about here as a transition between other sounds.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the word &#8216;better&#8217;.\u00a0 For the vowel sound EH, the tongue tip is down and the jaw is dropped:\u00a0 better.\u00a0 And it will quickly bounce here before pulling back into the R sound.\u00a0 Better.\u00a0 Very fast against the roof of the mouth there.\u00a0 Be careful that the contact between the tongue and the roof of the mouth is minimal.\u00a0 You don&#8217;t want a lot of the tongue raising and touching, just a little, otherwise it will sound heavy, sloppy and unclear, and may have a slight stop component. We don&#8217;t want this sound to have a stop.\u00a0 It&#8217;s an issue I&#8217;ve noticed with my Russian and Polish students.<\/p>\n<p>A great way to practice this sound is to hold out the sound before and after, and make sure the movement of the tongue in the transition of these two sounds is very light and quick.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s practice.<\/p>\n<p>better<br \/>university<br \/>hospital<br \/>middle<br \/>thirty<br \/>forty<\/p>\n<p>I hope this video helps you understand exactly how to make this flap sound. Remember:\u00a0 practice by holding out the sound before and the sound after to isolate this very quick movement of the tongue.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it, and thanks so much for using Rachel&#8217;s English.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"video\"><\/a><strong>Video:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1860-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/07f1c47b71c75472a3cc-b7eea9689205a6672fd1aa00be922d89.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com\/249%20-%20How%20to%20Practice%20the%20Flap%20T%20--%20American%20English%20Pronunciation.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/07f1c47b71c75472a3cc-b7eea9689205a6672fd1aa00be922d89.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com\/249%20-%20How%20to%20Practice%20the%20Flap%20T%20--%20American%20English%20Pronunciation.mp4\">https:\/\/07f1c47b71c75472a3cc-b7eea9689205a6672fd1aa00be922d89.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com\/249%20-%20How%20to%20Practice%20the%20Flap%20T%20--%20American%20English%20Pronunciation.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For some people, the Flap T is a tricky sound. \u00a0Learn how to practice it to make it more natural. 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