Pronunciation of 'shoulder' and 'l'

[nq:1]Hi, My tutors told me to stick my tongue tip between my teeth to pronouce the 'l' in shoulder.[/nq]
Nonsense.
[nq:1]It seems weird for me and I am skeptical.[/nq]
You're right.
[nq:1]Do you put your tongue between your teeth or just touch the ceiling of your mouth to pronounce 'l'?[/nq]
The tip of the tongue should touch the ridge of palate just behind the front teeth.

But how come two different tutors said the same thing. They do not know each other. They told me in my pronunciation there is no difference between 'shouder' and 'shoulder'.
I doubt they invented some theory. But there should be something wrong in my pronunciation.

[nq:1]My tutors told me to stick my tongue tip between my teeth to pronouce the 'l' in shoulder. It seems weird for me and I am skeptical.[/nq]
And rightly so: it is weird and incorrect. One does not pronounce an 'l' with the tongue between the teeth. The tip of the tongue should be the alveolar ridge, just behind the upper teeth.
[nq:1]Do you put your tongue between your teeth or just tou

[nq:1]But how come two different tutors said the same thing. They do not know each other.[/nq]
They both have the misfortune of being incorrect. Some incorrect beliefs are widespead.
[nq:1]They told me in my pronunciation there is no difference between 'shouder' and 'shoulder'.[/nq]
Shouder isn't a word.
In General American English and Received Pronunciation, the 'l' is pronounced,

[nq:1]Shouder isn't a word.[/nq]
I think he means that his pronunciation of shoulder sounds like 'shouder'. He's 'dropping' his 'L's
Orientals have problems with the letters L and R. The Japanese saying lolapalooza as roraparooza and the Chinese saying 'poke' instead of pork for instance.
Wei:
Is your pronunciation of L sounds OK when the L is at the start or end of a word? Does it

[nq:1]Orientals have problems with the letters L and R. The Japanese saying lolapalooza as roraparooza and the Chinese saying 'poke' instead of pork for instance.[/nq]
Surely a tutor should be aware of this and adjust for it.

Your latter example could simply be a Chinese native speaker speaking RP English, which would not pronounce the 'r' anyway (poke and pork sound very similar in R

[nq:1]Hi, My tutors told me to stick my tongue tip between my teeth to pronouce the 'l' in shoulder. It ... way is how I did before. Is there any internet place I can find some picture illustration on pronunciation? Thanks.[/nq]
Yes, try the excellent
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/about.

[nq:2]But how come two different tutors said the same thing.[/nq]
Are they native speakers? Public or private school? Where in the world are you?
DC

I think you are right. I do have a tendency to pronounce words short and speak fast (maybe because my words are shorter than normal). One of the tutors told me to exaggerate most syllables because he had difficulty to understand me. I have no problem to differentiate r and l though.

Yes. One senior man and another a young girl. But they are not professionals. I guess there should be something wrong in my pronunciation but they might misinterpret the way to correct that.

I am in USA and I have been here for 3 years. I am trying to improve the tune and stress when I talk. But the tutors pointed out my pronunciation of some words has problems. Almost every people teachi