Connected Speech & Linking in English Pronunciation

Any student says they want to sound like a native English speaker.
1. But
  1. The answer is always the same, the goal is not to be perfect, but to progress, to be understood when speaking and to be able to understand the English language when spoken naturally.
one of the most important aspects of pronunciation and listening is to understand that Americans do not just speak fast as many students believe.
1. But also
  1. connect their words and change the sounds of the words
    1. For example
      1. "What are you going to do?" becomes "Whaddya gonna do?"
allows us to talk about
1. efficiently saying the most in the shortest time possible and speaking fluently and music called rhythm
consonant + vowel
1. when a word ends in a consonant sound and is followed by a word that begins with a vowel sound
  1. the speaker must
    1. push that consonant sound forward and connect it to the vowel in the following word.
      1. For example
        "Stop it!" becomes "Sto pit!", "I need it" becomes "I nee dit", "Play a song" becomes "Pla ya song", "Read a Book" becomes "Rea da Book"
understanding the rules of connected speech not only helps us to speak better, but also helps us to understand native English speakers
consonant + consonant
1. when a word ends in a consonant sound and the following word begins with the same or similar consonant sound
  1. only
    1. pronounce that sound once, it is not necessary to say the consonant sound twice.
      1. For example
        "best time" becomes "bestime", "big grape" becomes "bigrape", "good day" becomes "gooday", "sit down" becomes "sitdown"

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