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Loves Me Like A Rock by Paul Simon Lyrics
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Loves me like a rock is a great song for /l/ and /r/ listening and pronunciation practice. The key to distinguishing between these sounds is understanding the tongue placement of each sound. For the light L sound (as in the word LOVE) the tip of the tongue presses the gum ridge behind and above the upper front teeth. For the /r/ sound, as in the word ROCK the tongue is pulled back with the tongue tip down. The middle portion of the tongue is pressed against the insides of the back teeth - just as it is when producing the /i/ as in GREEN vowel sound. Both sounds are voiced and for both sounds, the tongue does NOT touch the roof of the mouth. • Repeating the refrain of this song also provides practice of the four vowel sounds found in each word as follows: • LOVES: /ə/ as in MUSTARD • ME: /i/ as in GREEN • LIKE: /aɪ/ as in WHITE • A: /ə/ as in MUSTARD • ROCK: /ɑ/as in OLIVE • Notice the difference in sound of the letter O in LOVE (/ə/ as in MUSTARD) and the letter O in ROCK (/ɑ/ as in OLIVE). Neither word has the /oʊ/ as in ROSE sound. • For more information on using colors to represent vowel sounds watch: • The Color Vowel® Chart - A Teaching a... • NOTE: Throughout this song, for the 3rd person singular verbs love and rock , the final 's' is sometimes used and sometimes dropped. When the final S is present, notice that the S in LOVES takes a /z/ sound (because it follows the voiced consonant V.) When the S is present at the end of the verb ROCKS, notice that the letter S takes a /s/ sound - because it follows the voiceless consonant sound /k/. • Loves Me Like a Rock by Paul Simon - American English Listening and Pronunciation Practice: L and R Sounds • ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● • Recommended ESL textbooks* • Pronunciation and Accent Reduction: • Mastering the American Accent by Lisa Mojsin: https://amzn.to/3F1veBs • Listening and Speaking: • The All Clear Series by Helen Kalkstein Fragiadakis • All Clear Listening and Speaking 1: https://amzn.to/3VpOrlJ • All Clear Listening and Speaking 2: https://amzn.to/3gEVvw3 • All Clear Listening and Speaking 3: https://amzn.to/3tXNBBh • Grammar: • Betty Azar's Red, Black, and Blue Grammar Book series • Basic English Grammar (beginner): https://amzn.to/3AJtqdU • Fundamentals of English Grammar (intermediate): https://amzn.to/3F1HZMr • Understanding and Using English Grammar (advanced): https://amzn.to/3AKm9dL • Writing: • Writing Clearly: Grammar for Editing (advanced) by Janet Lane and Ellen Lange: • https://amzn.to/3u0Eyzf: • Business English: • English for Everyone - Business English Box Set: • (pre-intermediate to upper intermediate/course book + practice book): https://amzn.to/3F1YxUF • Amazon affiliate links. If you click a link and make a purchase, Vivid English earns a small commission. The price to you is the same. • ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● • Recommended YouTube Channels • @VividEnglishUS • Pronunciation: • @ClearEnglishCorner • @rachelsenglish • @hadar.shemesh • @SoundsAmerican • Listening/Speaking/Vocabulary Development: • @englishwithantonio • @LearnEnglishWithTVSeries • ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● • #learnenglishwithmusic • #englishsonglyrics • #englishpronunciation • #englishpronunciationpractice • #accentreduction
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