Guided Practice Script

Alright! We are going to practice a very exciting sound today! Do you like cars? I do, too! I like when they turn on and go vroom, vroom! Can you say “vroom, vroom” with me? [1] Awesome!

Cars go “vroom, vroom” when they turn on, right? Can you turn on your voice like a car? [2] Now your voice is ready to go vroom like a car! Try saying “vroom” again!

Can you put your top teeth on your bottom lip, push out air and make the /f/ sound? [3] Now turn on your voice like a car! [4] Awesome!! That’s your vroom car sound!”

Target Techniques and Considerations

Elicitation Techniques in Script

1. Modeling
2. Verbal instructions using a metaphor
3. Phonetic placement
4. Sound approximation

Common /v/ Sound Errors

• Error pattern: /b/ substituted for /v/

• • Likely cause: The phonological process of stopping, where non-stop consonants, like /v/ (a fricative), are made into stops, like /b/. Notice that both are voiced and in a similar place.

Relevant Dialectical Considerations

• Spanish speakers will often stop the /v/ sound because there is no distinct fricative /v/ sound in Spanish; instead, the “v” and “b” are both spoken as /b/. For example, “volunteer” /vɑləntɪɹ/ may be produced as /bɑləntɪɹ/.