In this very special festive edition of Connected Speech Club, we discuss the lyrics to four favourite Christmas songs and discover how we can say them using connected speech.
We also look at pronouncing common phrases with function words, e.g. “where are” and “that were”.
If you have any questions about connected speech, please feel free to leave a comment, or contact me.
Cast aside your outmoded EFL course book and try using a real text instead! In this free video I talk about using a text I recently found online, about the oldest pub in Britain:
It really doesn’t take long to plan the class, once you have picked your text, found the topic, highlighted the target vocabulary, identified relevant grammar points, and planned some free practice activities – all based on the text. Find out more with this free manual: