4 Common Mistakes in Linking
These are 4 mistakes you might be making when you link your words in Connected Speech. It may be because the sound is difficult to articulate because it isn't in your first language.Or perhaps it is, ...
8 Mar 20236min
Linking in Connected Speech
Linking is a very common way to Connect your Speech in English! It's more difficult than Assimilating or Gliding because now we're going from a consonant to a vowel! Even though some people confuse th...
27 Feb 20237min
Gliding Vowels in Connected Speech
Gliding is more common than Assimilation in Connected Speech, but a bit more difficult! Gliding is also more common than Assimilation, so you'll use this skill more often!We define and review the diff...
15 Feb 20237min
Assimilation in Connected Speech
Assimilation is the easiest (yet rarest) of the 4 forms of Connected Speech! Connected speech has evolved in English, and by rebracketing our words, we can connect our speech. I demonstrate how assimi...
10 Feb 20239min
2 groups: Grammar vs. Meaning in Syllable Stress
Here are 2 example groups where a change in syllable stress DOES equal a change in the language.Sometimes stressing a different syllable tells us the part of speech the word is. For instance, OBject a...
27 Jan 20235min
Deleted schwa syllables and choices in Syllable Stress
Do you ever hear the same word two different ways, with different numbers of syllables? For example, some people say 'different' with 3 syllables, and others with only 2. What's going on here? Languag...
27 Jan 20236min
Top 50 words in 5 patterns for great Syllable Stress
THESE are the words you NEED to get right in English, because you use them all the time. Maybe you're doing the stress right, but it wouldn't hurt to check!Why these words? It's all about high frequen...
24 Jan 20236min
