Zheeendy Listening Task Linking In English

senDy H. Toana IIIB listening II LINKING IN ENGLISH

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LINKING IS VERY IMPORTANT IN ENGLISH • When we say a sentence in English, we join or "link" words to each other. Because of this linking, the words in a sentence do not always sound the same as when we say them individually. If you recognize and use linking, two things will happen: you will understand other people more easily – other people will understand you more easily There are basically two types of linking: • consonant > vowel • We link words ending with a consonant sound to words beginning with a vowel sound • vowel > vowel • We link words ending with a vowel sound to words beginning with a vowel sound

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UNDERSTANDING VOWELS & CONSONANTS FOR LINKING • To understand linking, it is important to know the difference between vowel sounds and consonant sounds. Here is a table of English vowels and consonants: Vowels aeIou – Consonants bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz Often the letter and the sound are the same, but not always. For example, the word "pay" ends with: – the consonant letter "y" – the vowel sound "a" Here are some more examples: • Though- ends with the letter h- sounds O • Know- ends with the w – sounds O • Uniform- begins with the letter u – sounds YU • Honest- begins with the letter h- sounds uh senDy H. Toana

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Linking Consonant to Vowel • When a word ends in a consonant sound, we often move the consonant sound to the beginning of the next word if it starts with a vowel sound. – For example, in the phrase "turn off": • We write it like this: TURN-OFF • We say it like this: TUR-NOFF Remember that it's the sound that matters. In the next example, "have" ends with: the letter "e" (vowel) the sound "v" (consonant)

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Sentence We link "have" to the next word "a" which begins with a vowel sound: – We write it like this: • Can I have a bit of egg? – We say it like this • Ca-nI-ha-va-bi-tofegg?

Linking Vowel to Vowel • When one word ends with a vowel sound and the next word begins with a vowel sound, we link the words with a sort of W or Y sound.

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Minimal Pairs Pronunciation Practice 1 i:

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eat neat beat seat eel heel green teen reach sheep

It Knit Bit Sit Ill hill Grin Tin Rich ship

e bet met set Ben Ken den bed head said leg

Bat Mat Sat Ban Can Dan Bad Had Sad lag

2 l light lice lot low long lead led lung load lock

h hall hone heat hold hollow hear hit hill hell hat

Pet net met set L bell fell well hell deal

so low hole bowl coal wrote note boat coat coast z/d bays sues breeze close Z den dare Dan die

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th bathe soothe breathe clothe thee then there than thy 11

c/a Cot hot pot rot cop mop moss moth bond lock

cat hat pat rat cap map mass math band lack

au/a: Saw Law Hall Ball Call Rot Not Bought Caught cost 10

f Fall funny feet fold follow fear fit fill fell fat

3 pit knit mitt sit ill bill fill will hill did

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r Right rice rot row wrong read red rung road rock i

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o cob rob rub sob cop pop dock lock stock not won

u cub rub sub cup pup duck luck stuck nut

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Words that sound the same but are spelled differently,and ofcourse have a different meaning. It's time to drive some of your sino-tibetan students crazy Procedure: Distribute the list of words to your class. Read one word from each pair. Read it three times with a normal intonation. Have the students circle the word they hear. Check the correct answers with the class, and then run them through some choral and individual pronunciation drills. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

rips right read Paris crime

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lips light lead palace climb

I made some sentence sets with the same vocabulary. Follow the same procedure as above: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

She has nice lips. --- She has nice rips. That's right. --- That's light! If you read, I'll follow along. --- If you lead, I'll follow along. The Paris police are here. --- The palace police are here. It's a terrible crime. --- It's a terrible climb.

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