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#1. True or false? Most of the time we use single actions to create good sound connections between syllables.
#2. If we move forward a consonant sound and there is still a bad connection we may be able to ________.
#3. Our goal is to have ________ in every sound connection.
#4. Consonant sounds can be easily ________ in order to get to a clearer sound spine.
#5. True or false? As well as the four actions we have used during this course, there are plenty more amazing actions in connected speech.
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Discussion
- As we draw nearer to the end of course, how has your understanding of and use of connected speech improved since the beginning?
- How do you feel about your mastery of the four actions of connected speech – moving forward, deleting, adding, and changing consonant sounds? a) Very confident, b) Getting the hang of them, c) Having problems. Why? How do you plan to improve, if necessary?
Practice
- Give examples of when we move forward, delete, add and change consonant sounds in spoken English. Practice your phrases out loud.
- Practice the phrases on slide 7, moving from bad connection to good connection. Does the good connection feel easier to you?
- Give examples of changing bad VV connections into good connections using w, y, and r.
- Practice the phrases on slide 9, moving from bad connection to good connection. How does making the connections feel to you?
- Practice the process of moving forward twice on slide 10 out loud. Put it into a short sentence, e.g., ‘The gift is very nice.’ Focus on finding the vowel sound in ‘gift’ and moving the rest of the word forward.
- Look at slide 13. Practice the process of changing ‘facts were’ from a CC connection to a VC connection, i.e. resting on the vowel sound a of ‘facts’ and deleting or moving the rest of the word forward. Notice again that t causes a problem.
- Write a short sentence and identify the stressed syllables and the vowel sound on each one. This is the sound spine. Explain how you would emphasise the sound spine by using connected speech: moving forward, deleting, adding, and changing consonant sounds.