{"id":412,"date":"2013-09-11T14:54:19","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T20:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/speechchick.com\/?p=412"},"modified":"2013-09-11T14:54:19","modified_gmt":"2013-09-11T20:54:19","slug":"free-syllabic-l-worksheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speechchick.com\/?p=412","title":{"rendered":"FREE Syllabic \/l\/ worksheet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not sure if anyone despised teaching final \/l\/ more than I did when I first began working with clients many years ago. \u00a0The kids always seemed to mess up the production of \/l\/ in the final position of words even when they could say it in the beginning and middle position of words. \u00a0It drove me crazy.<\/p>\n<p>Then one day as I was teaching the \/l\/ in the final position &#8211; it dawned on me that often the final \/l\/ is a totally different type of movement than the initial and medial \/l\/. \u00a0This happens when the final \/l\/ is a syllabic \/l\/ (something I remember learning while getting my undergraduate degree in speech &#8211; but hadn&#8217;t really processed what the difference looked like or sounded like).<\/p>\n<p>After thinking a lot about final syllabic \/l\/ I made <a href=\"http:\/\/speechchick.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/syllabic-l.pdf\">this worksheet<\/a>\u00a0to help breakdown the movement. \u00a0When producing a final syllabic \/l\/ it is not so much about bringing the tongue tip up to the alveolar ridge &#8211; but HOW you bring it up there and the vowel shape of your mouth as you move the tongue up.<\/p>\n<p>For this type of \/l\/ you don&#8217;t push your tongue against the alveolar ridge and then pop it downward. \u00a0That would make words like &#8220;wheel&#8221; sound like &#8220;wheela&#8221; or words like &#8220;snail&#8221; sound like &#8220;snaila&#8221;. \u00a0Sound like any of your speech kiddos???<\/p>\n<p>Anyway&#8230; when teaching a final syllabic \/l\/ I make sure to instruct the child to bring the tongue up slowly (almost in a scooping pattern) and then HOLD the tongue against the alveolar ridge. \u00a0This usually takes care of the problem beautifully.<\/p>\n<p>Good Luck and I hope it works for you as well!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/speechchick.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/syllabic-l.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"413\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/speechchick.com\/?attachment_id=413\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/speechchick.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Slide1.png?fit=960%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" 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