what’s connected speech well it’s the
difference between sounding like a robot
or sounding like a native speaker why
should you learn it connected speech is
very important if you want to understand
spoken English better especially if
you’re going to do an English exam like
IELTS TOEFL TOEIC the Cambridge exams
yeah whatever
connected speech will really help you
with the listening and the speaking
sections in our first series we showed
you that English is a non-rhotic accent
what does it mean so a word like art we
don’t pronounce the R it’s quite soft
art in American English it’s Rohtak
American English art or car car and you
also learned what a schwa was at the end
of a word for example if it ends with an
ER aro are like teacher
we don’t say teacher we say teacher
doctor lawyer so knowing that you know
that the R sound we don’t pronounce it
much or do we so let’s take a word which
finishes with an R sound
British accent non-rhotic here American
accent Rohtak here they pronounce the R
so in a British accent yet we don’t
pronounce that ah but if that next word
begins with a vowel sound for example in
a sentence here and there and begins
with an ad that’s a vowel sound we then
have to pronounce that our to make it
sound natural so here and there that
sounds like a robot but if we pronounce
that our and link it to the next vowel
sound we get here run there here run
there here and there
say with me here and there do you want
more examples or do you want more
examples what would you prefer to be a
doctor or a lawyer your eyes are in my
heart we are never ever getting back
together Ben Affleck
better actor is Matt Damon this is where
it gets strange not only if the last
sound isn’t our sound it can be if it
finishes in an app or a schwa sound
for example pasta pasta finishes in a
schwa sound but there’s no R when you
spell it it’s just a schwa sound pasta
but in a sentence pasta and chicken
we’ve got a vowel sound with a p– and
pasta finishes with a schwa when we go
from a schwa so an app we do the same we
connect it with an R what are you
cooking I’m cooking pasta rim chicken
pasta rim chicken this process is called
are linking so if you’ve ever heard the
phrase are linking that’s what it is and
our sound isn’t the only sound which
invades two words together go away said
together go away you see there’s a W
sound that goes in the middle of the
words go away so when you go from o to
air you join it with a work go away
another example could be in this
sentence no I won’t Oh
I linked them together again put that W
know why won’t know why won’t know I
won’t know why won’t will what no I
won’t another example in this sentence
we’ve got she finishes with an e sound
isn’t that starts with an e e it how
would we join that we’d have to put a
year sound she isn’t happy she isn’t
happy yeah she isn’t happy weird right
how about this one e ah from E to app
again yeah finishes without e we go to a
vowel sound tea and crumpets tea and
crumpets tea and crumpets so that’s if a
vowel sound ends a word and the next
word begins with a vowel sound we link
them with another sound but if a word
finishes with a consonant sound and the
next word begins with a vowel sound that
consonant sound joins the next word
let me give you an example not at all
if I say not at all it doesn’t sound
right
the tea is a consonant the a is a vowel
the same here so the T joins that next
word in both cases so not at all becomes
not tap tall that’s how it sounds not at
all
say with me not at all not at all thank
you not at all how about this one pick
it up again
that’s a consonant sound if that’s a
vowel sound the same rule applies pick
it up pick it up pick it up pick it up
try this sentence can I speak to mr.
Bongo Bonga mr. bunga bunga he’s in
Italy he’s in Italy zip zip mm knit he’s
in Italy he’s in Italy and doughnut put
it on a plate for all you nerdy types
this process called catenation how about
if one word finishes in one consonant
sound which is the same consonant sound
as the next word starts with hmm for
example this sentence should I say I
want to go that would sound very
emphasized and a bit strange in natural
speech if this word finishes and the
same consonant sound as this one starts
with we join them together and it
doesn’t sound like a double consonant I
want to want to I want to go
that’s how words get contracted one to
one ah mmm you can see how it gets
contracted the same way of this one do I
look cool do I look cool so keep those
points in mind keep practicing and I’ll
see you in the next class
hi a lot of people got quite angry about
the glottal tea episode to practice this
get your sweet Americans call it candy
put at the back of your tongue imagine
it’s very heavy and it weighs the back
of your tongue down
difference between sounding like a robot
or sounding like a native speaker why
should you learn it connected speech is
very important if you want to understand
spoken English better especially if
you’re going to do an English exam like
IELTS TOEFL TOEIC the Cambridge exams
yeah whatever
connected speech will really help you
with the listening and the speaking
sections in our first series we showed
you that English is a non-rhotic accent
what does it mean so a word like art we
don’t pronounce the R it’s quite soft
art in American English it’s Rohtak
American English art or car car and you
also learned what a schwa was at the end
of a word for example if it ends with an
ER aro are like teacher
we don’t say teacher we say teacher
doctor lawyer so knowing that you know
that the R sound we don’t pronounce it
much or do we so let’s take a word which
finishes with an R sound
British accent non-rhotic here American
accent Rohtak here they pronounce the R
so in a British accent yet we don’t
pronounce that ah but if that next word
begins with a vowel sound for example in
a sentence here and there and begins
with an ad that’s a vowel sound we then
have to pronounce that our to make it
sound natural so here and there that
sounds like a robot but if we pronounce
that our and link it to the next vowel
sound we get here run there here run
there here and there
say with me here and there do you want
more examples or do you want more
examples what would you prefer to be a
doctor or a lawyer your eyes are in my
heart we are never ever getting back
together Ben Affleck
better actor is Matt Damon this is where
it gets strange not only if the last
sound isn’t our sound it can be if it
finishes in an app or a schwa sound
for example pasta pasta finishes in a
schwa sound but there’s no R when you
spell it it’s just a schwa sound pasta
but in a sentence pasta and chicken
we’ve got a vowel sound with a p– and
pasta finishes with a schwa when we go
from a schwa so an app we do the same we
connect it with an R what are you
cooking I’m cooking pasta rim chicken
pasta rim chicken this process is called
are linking so if you’ve ever heard the
phrase are linking that’s what it is and
our sound isn’t the only sound which
invades two words together go away said
together go away you see there’s a W
sound that goes in the middle of the
words go away so when you go from o to
air you join it with a work go away
another example could be in this
sentence no I won’t Oh
I linked them together again put that W
know why won’t know why won’t know I
won’t know why won’t will what no I
won’t another example in this sentence
we’ve got she finishes with an e sound
isn’t that starts with an e e it how
would we join that we’d have to put a
year sound she isn’t happy she isn’t
happy yeah she isn’t happy weird right
how about this one e ah from E to app
again yeah finishes without e we go to a
vowel sound tea and crumpets tea and
crumpets tea and crumpets so that’s if a
vowel sound ends a word and the next
word begins with a vowel sound we link
them with another sound but if a word
finishes with a consonant sound and the
next word begins with a vowel sound that
consonant sound joins the next word
let me give you an example not at all
if I say not at all it doesn’t sound
right
the tea is a consonant the a is a vowel
the same here so the T joins that next
word in both cases so not at all becomes
not tap tall that’s how it sounds not at
all
say with me not at all not at all thank
you not at all how about this one pick
it up again
that’s a consonant sound if that’s a
vowel sound the same rule applies pick
it up pick it up pick it up pick it up
try this sentence can I speak to mr.
Bongo Bonga mr. bunga bunga he’s in
Italy he’s in Italy zip zip mm knit he’s
in Italy he’s in Italy and doughnut put
it on a plate for all you nerdy types
this process called catenation how about
if one word finishes in one consonant
sound which is the same consonant sound
as the next word starts with hmm for
example this sentence should I say I
want to go that would sound very
emphasized and a bit strange in natural
speech if this word finishes and the
same consonant sound as this one starts
with we join them together and it
doesn’t sound like a double consonant I
want to want to I want to go
that’s how words get contracted one to
one ah mmm you can see how it gets
contracted the same way of this one do I
look cool do I look cool so keep those
points in mind keep practicing and I’ll
see you in the next class
hi a lot of people got quite angry about
the glottal tea episode to practice this
get your sweet Americans call it candy
put at the back of your tongue imagine
it’s very heavy and it weighs the back
of your tongue down
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