Points of Speaking English

Sentence stress: Sound Units

1. A sound unit includes at least one contain word in the end of the unit and structure words before the contain word.

 - Contain words: Tom, sell, France, bicycle, gone, negative auxiliaries etc.

 - Structure words: prepositions, adverbs, auxiliaries and pronouns

2. structure words are pronounced less exactly and they are contracted softly.

3. Each sound unit takes approximately half a second.

4. ex) Will you sell/ my bicycle/ because I've gone/ to France

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymBzNj0ybPw

Linking two words

1. consonants to vowels

 come on > co-mon

 turn off > tur-noff

 break it > brea-kit

 have a > ha-va

2. vowels to vowels

2-1) o$V >  o-wV

 who is > who-wis

 too often > too-woften

 know all > kno-wall

 tow it > to-wit

2-2) V$V > V-yV

 the end > the-yend

 may I > ma-yI

 he asked > he-yasked

 say it > sa-yit

3. do not consonants to consonants

** Can I have a drink of your tea

Ca-ni-ha-va-drin-kof your tea?

Ca-ni-ha-v/a-drin-k/of your tea? (with sound units devision)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meqRhKXmKuU

Word Stress

1. One word has one stress.

2. Some words have a secondary stress.

3. Most 2 syllable nouns and adjectives receive the stress on the 1st syllable

4. Most 2 syllable verbs receive the stress at the last syllable

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1yTbW3NP4Q

Informal Contraction

1. cat > ca/ 

2. settled > se/ld

3. maintenance > main//s

4. Do you want to coke? > (do-)ya wanna coke?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WMUcZyzktM