pronounciation practice
PRONOUNCIATION PRACTICE
CONNECTED SPEECH FEATURES
Kind connected speech
1. Communication
2. Chat
3. Talk
4. Sing
Connected speech is fluent speech flows with a rhythm and the words bump into each other. To make speech flow smoothly the way we pronounce the end and beginning of some words can change depending on the sounds at the beginning and end of those word.
Features of connected speech
a. Lingking Sounds
Consonant to vowel linking. When the first word ends with a consonant sound and the second word begins with a vowel sound. E.g. fried egg.
Vowel to vowel lingking. When the first words ends in a vowel and the next words begins with a vowel sound. We add a 'w' or 'y' sound. E.g. go in.
Consonant to consonant lingking. When the first word ends in a consonant and the next one begins with a consonant sound. E.g. A bit tired.
Features of connected speech
a. Lingking Sounds
Consonant to vowel linking. When the first word ends with a consonant sound and the second word begins with a vowel sound. E.g. fried egg.
Vowel to vowel lingking. When the first words ends in a vowel and the next words begins with a vowel sound. We add a 'w' or 'y' sound. E.g. go in.
Consonant to consonant lingking. When the first word ends in a consonant and the next one begins with a consonant sound. E.g. A bit tired.
b. Dissapearing Sounds
In rapid speech the /t/ or the /g/ sound at the end of the word often dissapears completely if there are consonant sounds either side. E.g. next week.
This also happens with the /d/ sounds e.g. sandwich - san(d)wich.
The /h/ sound is often deleted. E.g. you should't (h)ave told (h)im/
The unstressed schaw(ɘ) is often lost. E.g. t(o)night
In rapid speech the /t/ or the /g/ sound at the end of the word often dissapears completely if there are consonant sounds either side. E.g. next week.
This also happens with the /d/ sounds e.g. sandwich - san(d)wich.
The /h/ sound is often deleted. E.g. you should't (h)ave told (h)im/
The unstressed schaw(ɘ) is often lost. E.g. t(o)night
c. Weak Sounds
There are a large number of words in English which can have a 'full' form or a 'weak' form. This is because English is a stress timed language, and in trying to make the intervals between stressed syllables equal, to give us rhythm, we tend to swallow non- essential words. Thus we lose pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions, auxiliaries and articles. E.g.
And - a table 'n chair
Can - she c/ɘ/ speak English
There are a large number of words in English which can have a 'full' form or a 'weak' form. This is because English is a stress timed language, and in trying to make the intervals between stressed syllables equal, to give us rhythm, we tend to swallow non- essential words. Thus we lose pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions, auxiliaries and articles. E.g.
And - a table 'n chair
Can - she c/ɘ/ speak English
d. Changing Sounds
Listen to two words said individually, then listen to them in a sentence - Can you hear the difference?
Sometimes the sound at the end of the first word takes on the quality of the sound at the beginning of the second word. E.g. She's a good girls
This is to do with the place in the mouth where we make the sounds. E.g. When we say /b/ or /p/ we can feel that both your lips are pressed together.
when we say /t/ or /d/ or /n/ we can feel that our tongue is touching above our top teath.
when you say /k/ or /g/ or the -ng sound, we can feel the back of our tongue touching the roof of our mouth.
Examples :
Good girls - goog girl/goob boy
Ten pounds - tem pounds
1. What is connected speech ?
answer:
Listen to two words said individually, then listen to them in a sentence - Can you hear the difference?
Sometimes the sound at the end of the first word takes on the quality of the sound at the beginning of the second word. E.g. She's a good girls
This is to do with the place in the mouth where we make the sounds. E.g. When we say /b/ or /p/ we can feel that both your lips are pressed together.
when we say /t/ or /d/ or /n/ we can feel that our tongue is touching above our top teath.
when you say /k/ or /g/ or the -ng sound, we can feel the back of our tongue touching the roof of our mouth.
Examples :
Good girls - goog girl/goob boy
Ten pounds - tem pounds
1. What is connected speech ?
answer:
Connected speech is fluent speech flows with a rhythm and the words bump into each other. To make speech flow smoothly the way we pronounce the end and beginning of some words can change depending on the sounds at the beginning and end of those word.
2. What are the features of connective speech mention it and give the example ?
answer:
AssimilationAssimilation occurs when a phoneme (sound) in one word causes a change in a sound in a neighbouring word. For example, try saying the following pairs of words:
in Bath
last year
Hyde Park
You’ll notice that the last sound of the first word changes in each case. The /n/ sound becomes /m/, /t/ becomes /tʃ/ and /d/ becomes /b/.
Catenation
In catenation the last consonant of the first word is joined to the vowel sound at the start of the second word. For example:
pick it up – (learners will hear something like pi ki tup)
what is it – (learners will hear something like wo ti zit)
2. What are the features of connective speech mention it and give the example ?
answer:
AssimilationAssimilation occurs when a phoneme (sound) in one word causes a change in a sound in a neighbouring word. For example, try saying the following pairs of words:
in Bath
last year
Hyde Park
You’ll notice that the last sound of the first word changes in each case. The /n/ sound becomes /m/, /t/ becomes /tʃ/ and /d/ becomes /b/.
Catenation
In catenation the last consonant of the first word is joined to the vowel sound at the start of the second word. For example:
pick it up – (learners will hear something like pi ki tup)
what is it – (learners will hear something like wo ti zit)
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