Connected Speech Pro
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Connected Speech Pro

📚 18 Cards 🎵 18 Songs 🎓 IELTS Speaking 📱 DynApp #001
R
Recognize
Hear the patterns
U
Understand
Know the rules
A
Apply
Speak it naturally
01

The Flow

Linking & Catenation
R · Recognize
C+V Linking
Catenation
01
Consonant ending moves to the next Vowel.
Please take a look at it.
Not at all, thank you.
Time is up, pencils down.
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Beam in Bea-min
"My radiant beam in the night"
Golden Hour • JVKE
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Intrusion /w/
Vowel Intrusion
02
Words ending in /u:/ or /o/ add a /w/ sound.
I can do it myself.
Go on with your work.
How often do you swim?
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You and You-(w)and
"You and I (stargazing)"
Stargazing • Myles Smith
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Intrusion /j/
Vowel Intrusion
03
Words ending in /i:/ or /eɪ/ add a /j/ (y) sound.
I am afraid of that.
Hurry up or we'll be late.
Come to see us off.
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Stay awhile Stay-(y)awhile
"I'd stay awhile, stay awhile"
I Like Me Better • Lauv
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Linking R
Rhoticity
04
Silent 'R' is pronounced before a vowel.
It is very far away.
There is no time left.
I will love you forever.
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Bar is Ba-riz
"The bar is where I go"
Shape of You • Ed Sheeran
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02

Power Control

Stops & Plosion
U · Understand
Held Stops
No Release
05
Stop+Stop. Hold the first, release the second.
That is a big cake.
Sit behind me please.
Take care of yourself.
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Roommate back Roomma(t)-back
"From your roommate back in Boulder"
Shape of You • Ed Sheeran
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Friction Merge
Incomplete
06
Stop + Fricative. Stop merges softly.
I don't think so.
You did a good job.
That joke was funny.
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Light switch Ligh[t]-switch
"Turn me on like a light switch"
Light Switch • Charlie Puth
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Nose Pop
Nasal Plosion
07
Stop + N. Explode air via nose.
Say good night to him.
Good morning everyone.
Let me help you.
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Midnight Mid-night
"He was sunshine, I was midnight rain"
Midnight Rain • Taylor Swift
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Throat Catch
Glottal Stop
08
Swallow the 'T' in your throat.
Just a little bit.
Where have you been lately?
He was badly hurt.
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Let it Le' it
"Let it burn"
Set Fire to the Rain • Adele
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03

The Mix

Assimilation
A · Apply
Yod (T)
Coalescence
09
T + Y = CH (/tʃ/)
Nice to meet you.
Why don't you go?
Would you like some?
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Don't you Don-chu
"Don't you want me like I want you"
APT. • ROSÉ & Bruno Mars
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Yod (S/Z)
Coalescence
10
S+Y=SH | Z+Y=ZH
God bless you.
I miss you every day.
How is your family?
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Kiss you Ki-shu
"I wanna kiss you, don't wanna miss you"
Boyfriend • Ariana Grande
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Energy Drain
Devoicing
11
Strong P/T/K drains energy from V/Z/D.
Read the newspaper.
I have to go now.
I used to live there.
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Used to Use-to
"We used to play pretend"
Stressed Out • Twenty One Pilots
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Consonant Blend
Simplification
12
Similar sounds blend together (e.g. /z/+/ð/).
It was a big game.
Wait at the bus stop.
Is this yours?
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Things that Things-(th)at
"Don't take these beautiful things that I've got"
Beautiful Things • Benson Boone
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04

Speed Mode

Reductions
A · Apply
Cluster Crusher
Elision
13
Drop middle /t/ or /d/ in clusters.
It was last night.
He is a strict father.
I have no facts.
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Last things Las-things
"First things first... last things last"
Believer • Imagine Dragons
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Killer N
NT Reduction
14
/t/ vanishes after /n/ (AmE).
Surfing the Internet.
She is twenty years old.
An international student.
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Twenty-two Twunny-two
"I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 22"
22 • Taylor Swift
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Grammar Glue
Contractions
15
Wanna, Gonna, Gotta.
I wanna go home.
I'm gonna study abroad.
I gotta see you.
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I'm going to I'm gonna
"I'm gonna keep it simple"
Nonsense • Sabrina Carpenter
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Ghost Pronouns
H-Dropping
16
Drop 'h' in he/him/her.
Give him a call.
Please call her now.
Did you tell him?
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Found her Found-er
"Until I found her"
Until I Found You • Stephen Sanchez
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The Lazy Sound
Schwa /ə/
17
Function words (at, to, for) reduce to "uh".
You and me.
Half an hour.
Rock n roll.
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Used to Used-tə
"I used to float, now I just fall down"
What Was I Made For? • Billie Eilish
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Flapping
T-Voicing
18
T between vowels = Fast D.
Drink some water.
New York City.
Sooner the better.
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Phonetic Shift 👁️
City Ci-dy
"Shining through the city with a little funk and soul"
Dynamite • BTS
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