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D@N! P
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linking sounds
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Hi, Dear Teachers
I have to teach my students about linking sounds. They have to be able
to hear sentences and tell how many words are there and also tell which sounds
are linked. But there is not any explanation in their books. Is there any guide
or rule for linking sounds in English? Do you have any worksheet or guide to
help me? What about a song?
Thanks in advance.
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23 Oct 2010
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chrissmolder
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Are you talking about all linking or one particular kind?
Some basic forms of linking are:
consonant-vowel: fall out (faw-lout) The consonant becomes a part of the second syllable, too.
consonant-consonant:hat trick (ha-trick) The consonant is only released once.
/r/ linking (accents where syllable-final �r � spellings are not pronounced (e.g. Southern Standard British English): far away (fa-ra-way) /r/ is inserted.
/j/ linking: three elephants (thee-yelephants) /j/ is inserted.
/w/ linking: through out (through-wout) /w/ is inserted.
Teaching Pronunciation by Celce-Murcia, Brinton and Goodwin is a good resource for teachers.
The Headway pronunciation books have quite a bit on linking, I think. Mark Hancock �s Pronunciation Games also has some activities on linking.
Good luck :-)
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23 Oct 2010
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edrodmedina
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What you are describing Chriss is called anticipatory coarticulation. |
23 Oct 2010
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chrissmolder
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@ edrodmedina
I am sure--but it is also known more generally as linking in these parts 
I just noticed �We all live in a yellow submarine � on the new worksheets page:
http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=463763#thetop
I always thought that would be a good song for /j/ linking (we-yall live in....)
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23 Oct 2010
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Jayho
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Hi D@N! P
You�ll find some online information at the addresses below:
I use Test your pronunciation by Michael Vaughan-Rees for linking.
Cheers
Jayho
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23 Oct 2010
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