How to learn to burr: ways to make the grazing sound “R”

When parents notice a speech defect such as burr in their children, they begin to take their children to speech therapists and take various measures to eliminate incorrect pronunciation. But there are people who deliberately want to know how to learn to burr. One of the main reasons for this desire is to study French. Also, many young people want to imitate their idols (for example, the leader of the group “Okean Elzy” Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, the rap artist “Guf” and many others are known for their incorrect pronunciation of this sound).

Imitation is a way to study burr

How to start burring correctly? First of all, you need to know well how to pronounce the correct letter “R”. Only then can we study the mechanism for reproducing the grazing “P”. You need to compare them and understand how they differ from each other.

Carrying out the analysis, it will be clear that when a person pronounces the usual sound “R”, he actively uses the tip of his tongue. Unlike the usual sound, the grazing “P” forces the use of the lingual root and larynx.

When pronouncing the usual “R”, you need to feel where exactly the speech organ is located at this time. After this, you need to slowly move the tongue from the tip to the base. The “burr” sound “P” is produced using air currents directly in the throat, without involving the end of the tongue.

In order to learn by imitation, you will need to stock up on various works in French: music, films, programs. When using them, you should try to repeat the expressions of the French. It is important to ensure that the words sound similar.

If you want to imitate your Russian idols, then use their material accordingly.

To control your pronunciation, you can use a voice recorder. Use it to record your voice and listen to it, assessing the correctness of the reproduction of the defective “P”.

Speech defect in an adult. How to fix?

Why does a person burr? How to treat? In fact, an adult does not need to visit a speech therapist to get rid of a speech defect. You can solve this problem yourself by regularly performing certain exercises. In a couple of weeks, improvements will be visible. After a few months, the burr will completely disappear.

A set of tasks for an adult:

Careful pronunciation. You need to pronounce the syllables “te-le-de” clearly and slowly. In this case, you should place the tip of your tongue behind the upper gums. If you do this every day, speaking will become much easier.
Acceleration. Try to pronounce the same syllables as quickly as possible. However, the clarity of pronunciation should not change.
Easy workout. At your appointment, you should ask the speech therapist for a list of training words with the letter “r”. These words are quite simple, you have to start somewhere.
Patter. This is the next level of fast and correct pronunciation. Tongue twisters with the letter “r” help improve speech and speak beautifully.

Why do some people burr? Moreover, they don’t even try to correct the defect, not wanting to go to a speech therapist. By performing this simple set of exercises several times a day, you can achieve significant success and stop burring completely.

Exercises for those who want to burr

There are still ways to learn to burr. These include special exercises. They can also be found in the French language program. There are a lot of exercises that allow you to acquire the skill of grazing the letter “P”. It is worth highlighting some of them:

It is necessary to stand in front of a mirror, because it is much easier to do the exercises when you can control the work of your speech organ. Next, you will need to press the middle of the tongue to the palate, and apply the tip to the lower jaw. In this position of the organs, try to reproduce the sound “R”.
Now you need to again touch the palate and pharynx with the base of the speech organ, while straining it strongly. Try to pronounce the letter again.
This exercise requires a glass of water. You need to gargle while pronouncing the sound “R”. After this, you should try to do the same thing, only without the help of water. The sound should be vibrating.

All these exercises must be done regularly. You need to understand that nothing will work out the first time. If you are diligent, then soon all these activities will not cause any difficulties and your goal will be achieved.

How to teach a 4-6 year old child to say the sound “r” quickly at home?

If the baby begins to burr or replace “r” with other sounds that are easier to pronounce, then you should not let the problem take its course. You need to work with the child. It is best to leave this to a doctor who specializes in speech development - a speech therapist. But not all parents are ready to use his services; some prefer to teach their baby to pronounce sounds at home. To do this, you should use a set of special exercises.

Exercises for the speech apparatus

To help parents, special exercises have been developed that will help develop the speech apparatus, which is very important for problems with speech and pronouncing the sound “r”.

Gymnastics for lips. The lips are also involved in the production of sounds. Therefore, the following exercises are used to develop them:

stretch your lips into a wide smile and hold in this position for a few seconds;
fold your lips into a tube and stretch them forward as much as possible (show the elephant’s proboscis);
Close your teeth and open your lips so that your teeth are visible (exercise “Fence”).

Gymnastic exercises for the tongue:

"Horse". The child must show with his tongue how the horse clicks.
"Rock." First, the baby sticks out his tongue and tries to reach his nose. Then the tongue moves down to the chin. The exercise should be repeated until the baby gets tired.
"Jam". The baby imagines that his lips are smeared with jam, which needs to be licked off with his tongue - first from the upper and then from the lower lip.

Exercises for short frenulum

If a child under 5 years of age has problems pronouncing sounds due to a short frenulum, then it is not necessary to solve it surgically. Speech therapists recommend trying to stretch it using a special massage technique, as well as special articulation exercises. Classes should be conducted in a playful way:

Competition - who can reach the tip of the nose. Mom invites the baby to play a fun game - try to reach his nose with the tip of his tongue.

In this case, the tongue should be pulled up using maximum effort. This exercise requires 5-6 repetitions per day.
Lapping like a kitten. The child is asked to pretend to be a kitten and try not to drink, but to lap up milk or juice. This exercise perfectly stretches the frenulum.

An adult can also massage the frenulum daily. To do this, ask the child to open his mouth and raise his tongue. Massage movements are made with the thumb and forefinger, periodically (not too much) pulling the frenulum up. A day, 2 approaches of 2 minutes will be enough.

Breathing exercises

Improper breathing often causes speech problems. To improve it, the following exercises are used:

"Birthday Cake" The child should imagine that in front of him is a cake with candles. His task is to blow out the candles. To do this, you need to take more air into your lungs and blow it out forcefully.
"Snowflake". You need to imagine that the baby has a snowflake in his palm. Ask him to inhale air through his nose, and then smoothly release it through his mouth to blow away an imaginary snowflake.