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- Practice the phrases on slide 6, moving from bad connection to good connection. How do they feel when you say them? What is the difference to you?
- Practice the phrases on slide 7. Pay particular attention to the three unvoiced consonant sounds that need a glottal stop when they meet a duplicate sound: k, p, and t. Note this exception.
- Write five phrases with words that have duplicate sounds when they meet, e.g., ‘bag grab’. Practice saying them as bad CC connections, then change them to VC connections by deleting the first consonant sound.
- Practice saying the bad then good connections on slide 9 out loud. Try to put them into short sentences, e.g., ‘Rob bought a new car.’ Say them out loud, paying attention to the other elements of connected speech that come into play. Record yourself, slow it down, then check how you sound.
- Make a note of the exceptions on slides 10 and 12 – the consonant sounds which cannot meet a duplicate, for various reasons. Make sure that you understand the reasons for these exceptions.
- Focus on making phrases where j meets j and ch meets ch. In these cases we must pronounce both sounds equally – we cannot delete the first sound. Practice your phrases out loud. Get used to this very small anomaly in connected speech.
- Practice saying the bad then good connections on slide 11 out loud. Pay particular attention to k, p, and t, which need a glottal stop. Try to put them into short sentences, e.g., ‘My boss said that I did well.’ Say them out loud, paying attention to the other elements of connected speech that come into play. Record yourself, slow it down, then check how you sound.
- Practice saying the phrases on slides 13 and 14 out loud. Focus on deleting the first consonant in each phrase (if necessary). Note the two phrases with j and ch where you cannot delete the first sound: ‘fridge joke’ and ‘rich chap’. Note also the five phrases with k, p, and t, which require a glottal stop. Record yourself saying them, then listen back, slow down the recording and listen to the sound connections. How did you do?