I want to work in call center but I can't pronounce letter "R"!

I hope this can help.In pronouncing "R",roll your tongue up to your palette while in pronouncing "L",put your tongue between your teeth.I show that to my Japanese students & they're learning how to do it right.I'm an English tutor to them btw. :)

hi there, i have two cousins having the same problem as you, they can't pronounce the letter R. i think there is something wrong with their tongue or something like that. it can be a speech defect too. but i think this can also be overcome with the help of a therapist or continuous exercise, like keep on saying words with the letter R over and over again. maybe that can help you and also see if there is difference or something

Don't worry, no one is going to pay attention whether you can pronouce letter "R" or "L" correctly or not, anyway, most of the callers from US can not understand what the heck is those oversea call center workers are talking about majority of the time when they call in for assistance, those foreign accented workers hired by American company that are tasked with providing customer services are way too difficult to understand with or without the letter "R" in their pronounciation.

I know your frustration my friend. I hope someone can help you with your problem.

Hello bulastika, I would suggest you to learn phonetic. When I were in university, I were required to take Phonetic courses. Trust me, once you are able to understand it, I can guarantee you that you will find no problem in speaking any english words in the world.

Hi bulastika. Is it really that bad? I mean, I used to do final interviews for applicants for a sales team, but I'm rather lenient with speech lapses. Well, of course, so long as I can still understand them, and they're able to get the message accross, that should work. Call centers nowadays, can't afford to be too strict, because of competition and high turn over. Did you even try applying?

hi there! when you apply for a call center job, before they will let you receive and answer calls there is this training program available for every successful applicant.This training involves language training and product specialization training too.Some call center companies give trainings for free and with allowance if you pass those trainings then its your chance to be hired and be a call center agent.I know so because I use to work in a call center company it's rewarding and at the same time a challenging work.so goodluck and see you around!! :)

hi there bulastika... well, that's odd, i had a school subject before called "mandarin" so basically we tried to learn pinyin and i think there are "r" sounds there like sunday ( xingqi ri )... when i saw your discussion, i suddenly remembered that Japanese are also having a hard time pronouncing 'L'.. and they make those 'L' sounds as R... maybe you should try reading books aloud or read tongue twisters full with 'r' sounds... i know how frustrating that is, coz my brother when he was younger he can't pronounce the 's' sound so all 's' are then turned by him into 't' sounds.. Anyways, have a nice day!

When I read the title of your discussion, what crossed my mind is that you're chinese which turned out to be true or at least partly. But I don't think it's inherent for the chinese not to pronounce R properly but rather the lack of R letter in chinese words that caused the difficulty in pronouncing it. There are chinese, or those whose mother and father are chinese who don't have problems pronouncing the letter R properly. The only solution I can think of is for you to practice, practice and more practice.

Keep on practice with your tongue, no one can help you, it is all up to yourself to make it work. Practice with those "R" words, like "right", "raft", "rite", etc..... Believe in yourself, and believe that you can do it. Nothing can't be done, it is a matter whether you want to stumble down this problem or not. Good luck!

Hello Bulastika, Yes one must have clear speech to work in call center. I think you must go to a speech therapist may be they can sort out you problem.I don't think its a major one.With proper practice and guidance i think you would be able to correct it. All the best.

Hi, i don't know,maybe you try always to mention the r.I have also the brother that when he speak with H in sentence,he will not speak with h word.Let's say,hello ,and he will say say ello.so i don't know maybe try it..