Hello students and welcome back to the English Danny Channel. I am teacher John and I'm here to help you become great at using English.
Today's lesson is going to be about improving your English pronunciation
by learning about word linking.
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Word linking means to connect the final sound in one word to the beginning sound of the next word.
This will help you speak faster and more naturally and will help you sound more fluent.
If you can learn how to do this, your pronunciation will improve a lot.
This will also help you understand native speakers when you listen to them speak.
Today, we'll take a look at consonant to vowel word linking.
Consonant to vowel word linking is the most common in English.
This may be very difficult for some of you, but with some practice you can do it.
Here are some examples:
Wake up
In
this phrase there are two different words: WAKE and UP. If
you say it slowly, It sounds like this:
wake up
If you say it like a native speaker
the K sound and the U sound are connected and it sounds like this:
WAYCUP
WAYCUP.
That's it. In
this phrase, there are two different words
THAT's and
IT.
If you say it slowly, It sounds like this:
that's it.
If you say it like a native speaker the S- sound and the I-sound are
Connected. And it sounds like this
Thatsit.
Thatsit. Let's take a look at a sentence that uses consonant to vowel word linking.
That's an airplane up in the sky. In
this sentence there are four examples of consonant to vowel word linking.
Let's say the sentence again slowly.
That's an airplane up in the sky.
Now, let's say it quickly like a native speaker.
That's an airplane up in the sky.
The words THAT's an AN
are linked and sound like:
"thatsan"
"thatsan."
Also airplane is linked to the word AN and
It sounds like (anairplane).
(anairplane).
So the beginning of the sentence sounds like that's an airplane (that's an airplane).
The words UP and
IN are linked together and they sound like: (u pin).
(up in)
The words the and
sky
also become linked and
sound like
the sky
the sky.
So let's say the second part of the sentence together
Up in the sky
Bidding the sky
Everything together sounds like that's an airplane up in the sky
That's an airplane up in the sky
One last tip
Be careful with words like wake
Make and name
these all end with the letter e
But the final sound for each word. It is a consonant
The consonant sound will link to the vowel sound of the next word
for example
my name is John if
We link the sounds of the word name and is it?
sounds like name is
name is
The final letter e is not a sound in this word so it is not linked
Ok students, that's our lesson for today
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