Unit 4.6 g / k - PurlandTraining.com

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Have you ever associated g and k together in English? If not, why not? Can you accept them as being two versions of the same sound?
How do you feel about letters that change their sounds, i.e., they are not pronounced as they look and you have to remember to say them differently – e.g., ‘g’ becomes ‘k’ in a CC connection. Does your L1 have this feature?

Read the words ending in g on slide 6 out loud. Make up new CC phrases with these words followed by words beginning with a consonant sound, e.g. ‘fog was’. Say them out loud and practice moving forward the g and changing it to a light k.
Make up phrases with the function and content words on slide 7 that end in k – both CV and CC – and practice them out loud. Pay particular attention to when the k moves forward to meet another consonant sound, e.g. ‘work with’. Make the k light – almost non-existent.
Read the phrasal verbs on slide 7 out loud. Focus on making the CV and CC connections as unobtrusive as possible.
Practice the phrases on slide 8. Differentiate between CV connections – g remains – and CC connections – g changes to k.
Practice reading the phrasal verbs on slide 9 out loud. Differentiate between CV connections – g remains – and CC connections – g changes to k. Notice that in CV connections we can make up ‘nonsense’ phrases when we use connected speech, e.g., ‘make up’ = MAY CUP, and ‘think up’ = THING CUP. But that is how we speak!