How do I trill an r?
• A. My adaptation from Camino Oral, Teschner, 2000, pp 160-162. Follow the steps faithfully: • B. “Believe it or not, being able to gargle definitely helps! Start gargling and while gargling bring the tongue up behind the upper teeth. With a little luck, the vibrations move up the tongue and the tip starts “rolling the rr”. This is not a surefire method–I doubt if one really exists!–but it has worked with a few of my students.” (From Larry Conver) • C. “… repeat “pa da ti” over and over and speed up with each repitition.” (From Helen Fountaine) • D. First of all, I am a few days behind with the postings, so forgive me if this is a repeat. I use the book “Fox in Socks” by Dr. Seuss. Pages 49-59 contain a veritable plethora of English words which require the tongue to move in a manner similar to that required by the r in Spanish: puddle, battle, paddle, tweetle, beetle, muddle, bottle . . . • E. I ask for a student volunteer to read through several pages aloud as fast as possible. I
