Connecte

d Speech
(Gege Li, Yuanyuan Wang,
Yichang Qiao)

Warm up
Life is like a box of
chocolate.
[LAI fz LAI k BAKS tAK lts]

1. Consonant + Vowel

CC+V:
Send it sounds like sendit
Camp out sounds like campout

C+V:
push up stop it
come in take of

Practice:
Two consonants + vowel:

Hol/d on
Lef/t

is

it?

it keep up

Fin/d out gone in

Single consonant + vowel:

2. Consonant +
consonant:

Stop+ stop:
([t], [d], [k], [], [p], [b])
hot dog
back door

Stop + affricate
bad judgment

([t], [d]):

Identical consonant:
keep practicing!
hot tea

sick child

Less serious

Practice:
Stop+ stop:
sleep tight

soup bowl

Stop+ africate:
grape jam big church
Identical consonants:
bad day
June night

red

tie

red cherry

pet

turtle

3. /y/ & /w/ glide

/y/ glide
/iy/
/ey/
+ a vowel =/y/ glide
/ay/
/y/
Be a sport.

Tie

it up.

Play a game Employ a professional.

/w/ glide
/w/
/ow/

+ a vowel = /w/ glide

/aw/
Through it all slow and steady
How are you?

Practice:
/y/ glide

/w/glide

Within words:
high er

co

re

action

gradu ate

alition

Across words:

We

arent coming.

Lets go on.

Try it again. Try to understand.

The boy ate an apple.

How are you doing?

Sound
2
Sound

Sound 3

Example
/s/ +/y/

//

/z/ +/y/
fork

//

/t/ +/y/
your soup?

/t/

/d/+/y/
spoon?

Pass

your plate.

wheres your

why didnt

/d/ where did

you eat

you hide your

practice
Well miss your sweet smile.
Youll freeze your toes.
Id like to meet
Have you read
today?

your brother.
your mail yet

Deletion
1. Loss of unstressed medial vowel //
or/i/
family, favorite evening, camera,
mystery, vegetable, restaurant
2. Loss of final /v/ in of
lots of money waste of time
//
//

Dictation
Eg, chocolate

Dictation
KEY

1. Interested, factory, history, chocolate

2. average, temperature, different, travelers

3.camera, practically, every

4. Emeralds valuable, jewelry

ELECTRONIC TOWN

COLOMBIAN EMERALDS

UNDERGROUND CITY

CHOCOLATE FACTORY

Dictation

KEY

1. I dont like big glasses. Theyre less

stylish than small glasses.

2. I think people look cool in sunglasses

3. I like casual clothes. I cant stand

dressing up for special occasions

4. I think women should always wear

some make up

5. I own a lot of black clothes. I hate to wear

bright colors and I never wear red.

6. I dont usually wear stylish shoes. They

are as comfortable as my sneakers.