English Listening & Pronunciation

Rosetta Stone—Enrollment.

English courseRosetta stone program

Linking sound

• What is up?• What’s up?• What’zup?

• Rent rented• Want wanted• Plant planted• Folded• Added• Fainted• Started

Ed-t

• Asked• Liked• Cooked• Walked

Ed-d

• Worked• Lived • Called• arranged

Vowels and vowel rules

• A, e, I, o, u

Sentence focus-de-emphasizing structure words

• contraction• You have– you’ve• He would—He’d• What did – What’d• Can not – Can’t• I will– I’ll• He has – He’s• We will not– we won’t

• How’re you doing?• How’ve you been?• What’s up?• How’s it going?

• Silent letter –h-• What’s her name?—whatsername?• Call him– callim• Has anyone seen him?

Continuant and stops: /s/ and /t/

• Bussss air continue vs Butt air stops• Bus (s) vs But (t)• Pass pat• Bus but• Cats cat• Rice right• Nice night• Less let• Minutes minute

Linking with /s/

• Less of lesssof• Chase after chasesafter• Nice of you• Linking with /t/• Get in getin• Right answer rightanswer• Shout itshoutit

Continuants and stops /r/ and /d/, /l/ and /d/

• Nearrr need• Near (r) air continueos need (d) air stops• Near need• Fear feed• Pair paid

• Linking with /r/• Hear us hearus• Her arm herrram

• Linking with /d/• Had it hadit• Told us toldus

Linking with /s/

• Less of lesssof• Chase after chasesafter• Nice of you• Linking with /t/• Get in getin• Right answer rightanswer• Shout itshoutit

• Sound combination /r/ + /d/• Car card• Her heard• Share shared• Hire hired• Retire retired

/l/ and /d/

• Bell /l/ bed /d/• Bell bed• Sell said• Mail maid • Late date

• /l/ and /d/• While wide• Real read• Mail made• Feel feed• They’ll they’d• Combination of /l/ + /d/• Sold told• Called smiled

Linking with /s/ and /z/

Voicinghiss and Buzz

• Voiceless sound /s/• Beginning sound• Sip• Sink• Sue• seal

/f/ and /v/

Voiced and voicedless sounds for –th-

Review the contraction

S and sh

• Sue shoe• See she

• Laser leisure• Pleaser pleasure

Sick thick

• Tongue twister• She sells seashells by the seashore.

Contrasting ship and chip

• Jet yet• Jell yell

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