Unit 8.4 Blends with a friendly consonant sound – with ‘s’

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#1. To get a good connection in the phrase ‘helps it’, we need to ________ two consonant sounds: ________ and ________.
#2. To correct the problem in ‘belts were’, we need to: ________.
#3. The first action in each connection is to move forward ________.
#4. In the CV connection ‘months are’ we are ________ actions away from the friendly consonant sound, while in the CC connection ‘months were’ we are ________ actions away.
#5. We usually find ________ consonant sounds at the end of a syllable in blends.
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#1. To get a good connection in the phrase ‘helps it’, we need to ________ two consonant sounds: ________ and ________.

#2. To correct the problem in ‘belts were’, we need to: ________.

#3. The first action in each connection is to move forward ________.

#4. In the CV connection ‘months are’ we are ________ actions away from the friendly consonant sound, while in the CC connection ‘months were’ we are ________ actions away.

#5. We usually find ________ consonant sounds at the end of a syllable in blends.

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  1. Practice following and saying out loud the transition on slides 7-12. Say each stage out loud. Finally, rest on the friendly consonant sound  l. Make sure you understand what is happening and why. Listen again to the recording if you have any doubts.
  2. Practice saying the phrases on slide 13 out loud, going from bad connection to good. Notice the actions and practice the interim stages. Pay attention to when  z  changes to  s  (in CC connections), and when it remains as  z  (in CV connections). Practice resting on the friendly consonant sound  l  in each phrase. When do we move forward and when do we delete? Add the phrases to your own sentences; practice them out loud. Record them, slow them down, and listen to your sound connections – or get a partner or teacher to check your pronunciation.
  3. Practice following and saying out loud the transition on slides 15-22. Say each stage out loud. Finally, rest on the friendly consonant sound  n  followed by a glottal stop. Make sure you understand what is happening and why. Listen again to the recording, if you have any doubts.
  4. Practice saying the phrases on slide 23 out loud, going from bad connection to good. Notice the actions and practice the interim stages. Practice resting on the friendly consonant sounds  m,  n, and  ng  in each phrase. When do we move forward and when do we delete?
  5. Focus on the summary of actions on slides 24-25. Make sure you know what is happening and why. Again, learn the facts of connected speech so well that you remember them and are able to implement them when you are speaking.
  6. Practice ‘frontloading’ consonant sounds onto the beginning of syllables, as in the phrases: ‘bang kswere’ (3 consonant sounds) and ‘attem psthe’ (3 consonant sounds). How easy do you find this? Is there anything equivalent in your L1? Write five of your own phrases which ‘frontload’ three or more consonant sounds onto the following syllable. Remember that however hard – or just plain eccentric – this may seem to you, it is easier for us to make a VC or friendly connection and frontload multiple consonant sounds, than to pronounce a CV or CC connection.