What's connected speech? Well? It's the difference between sounding like a robot or
Sounding like a native speaker
Why should you learn it? Connected speech is very important if you want to understand spoken English better
Especially if you're going to do an English exam like Ielts, Toefl, Toeic, the Cambridge Exams, yeah, whatever
Connected speech will really help you with the listening in the speaking sections
in our first series, we've showed you that English is a non-rhotic accent. What does it mean? So a word like art,
we don't pronounce the "r". It's quite soft. "Art" in American English, it's rhotic. American English art
or car
Car and you also learned what a schwa was at the end of a word for example
If it ends with an er ar or like teacher we don't say teacher we say teacher
doctor lawyer
so knowing that you know that the r sound we don't pronounce it much or do we
So let's take a word which finishes with an r sound British accent non-rhotic here
American Accent rhotic here
They pronounce the R
So in a British accent yet
We don't pronounce that r but if that next word begins with a vowel sound for example in a sentence
here and
there. A
begins with an a that's a vowel sound we then have to pronounce that r to make it sound natural
So here and there that sounds like a robot
but if we pronounce that r and link it to the next vowel sound we get here ren [their]
here ren [their]
Here and there say with me here and there
do you want more examples or
Do you want more examples?
What would you prefer to be a doctor or a lawyer?
Your eyes are in my heart. We are never ever getting back together
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better actor is Matt Damon
This is where it gets strange
Not only if the last sound isn't our sound it can be [if] it finishes in an app or a sChwa sound
for example
Pasta Pasta finishes in a schwa sound but there's no are when you spell it
It's just a schwa sound pasta
But in a sentence pasta and chicken we've got a vowel sound with app and pasta finishes with a schwa
When we go from a schwa, so an app we do the same we connect it with an R. What are you cooking? I'm cooking
Pasta Rim Chicken Pasta Rim chicken
This process is called are linking so if you've ever heard the phrase are linking
That's what it is an hour sound isn't the only sound which invades two words together go away
Said together go away
You see there's a [w] sound that goes in the middle of the words go away
So when you go from 0 to r. You join it with a work go away
Another example could be in this sentence. No, I won't oh
I
linked them together
again put that [double] [you] know why won't
Know why won't know I won't know why won't will what no, I won't
another example in this sentence, we've got she
finishes with an e sound
Isn't that starts with an e e it?
How would we join that we'd [have] to put a year sound she isn't happy she isn't happy
Yeah, she isn't happy
weird right, how about [this] one e ah
from E to app again yeah finishes without e
We go to a vowel sound tea and crumpets tea and crumpets tea and crumpets
So that's if a vowel sound ends a word and the next word begins with a vowel sound we link them with another sound
but if a word finishes with a consonant sound and the next word begins with a vowel sound
That consonant sound joins the next word let me give you an example
Not at all if I say not at all
It doesn't sound right the tea is a continent that a is a vowel the same here
So the tea joins that next word in both cases
So not at all becomes
Not tap tall that's how it sounds not at all say with me not at all not
[at] all thank you, not at all. How about this one pick it up
Again, that's a consonant sound if that's a vowel sound the same rule applies
Pick it up pick [it] up pick it up pick it up
Try this sentence can I speak to Mr.. Bunga Bunga?
Mr.. Bunga, Bunga
He's in italy
He's in Italy Zhu zin
Mmm, nick. He's in italy. He's in Italy and
[doughnut]
Put it on a plate
For all you nerdy types this process called catenation
How about if one word finishes in one consonant sound which is the same consonant sound as the next word starts with?
Hmm for example this sentence should I say I want to go?
That would sound very emphasized in a bit strange in
natural speech if this word finishes and the same consonant sound as this one starts with
We join them together, and it doesn't sound like a double consonant [I]
Want to want to I want to go that's how words get contracted
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Mmm. You can see how it gets contracted. The same way of this one. Do I look cool
Do I look cool so keep those points in mind keep practicing and I'll see you in the next class
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Lot of people got quite angry about the glottal t episode to practice this get your sweet
Americans call it candy put at the back of your tongue imagine. It's very heavy and it weighs the back of your tongue down