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#1. Moving forward puts more emphasis on the________, by removing a consonant sound.
#2. Deleting a consonant sound does ________.
#3. We increase the emphasis on a vowel sound further by adding a ________.
#4. Adding a consonant sound – w, y, or r – ________ the vowel sound.
#5. A loud voiced consonant sound, e.g. g draws attention to ________.
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Discussion
- Do you use glottal stops in your L1? Have you ever tried using them in English? Are you willing to learn to make glottal stops, e.g. by studying the process on YouTube or asking your teacher?
- Does your L1 feature a lot of strong, loud consonant sounds, or do they get reduced, as in English?
- What do you know about the schwa sound in English? Do you have it in your L1? Did you know there is probably at least one schwa sound in every sentence in English?
Practice
- Practice all the phrases in this unit, from the bad connections (in red) to the good connections (in green). Which type of connection feels easier for you?
- Write five more phrases with ‘look + word beginning with a vowel sound’, e.g., ‘look at’. Read them out loud and practice moving forward the k to join the vowel sound.
- Write five more phrases with ‘good + word beginning with t’, e.g., ‘good time’. Read them out loud and practice deleting d. Don’t slow down your pace as you say them and we won’t notice the missing d.
- Write five more phrases with ‘hot + word beginning with a consonant sound’, e.g., ‘hot dog’. Read them out loud and practice deleting the t and adding a glottal stop.
- Write five more phrases with ‘say + word beginning with a vowel sound’, e.g., ‘say it’. Read them out loud and practice adding the y sound between the two syllables.
- Write five more phrases with ‘big + word beginning with a consonant sound’, e.g., ‘big day’. Read them out loud and practice changing the hard, brash g sound to a light, gentle k.