Pronunciation: R vs L

Many students from Japan and Korea
find it difficult to see the difference between
[l] and [r].
The following pairs might help overcome the problem.

Tongue Twisters and Nursery Rhymes to practice
/l/ and /r/

Red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry.

Red riding hood and robin hood ride right through the river

Old oily Ollie oils old oily autos.

Red leather, yellow leather, red leather, yellow leather.

Round the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran.

A flea and a fly flew up in a flue.
Said the flea, "Let us fly!"
Said the fly, "Let us flee!"
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

Fresh fried fish,
Fish fresh fried,
Fried fish fresh,
Fish fried fresh.