Linking pronunciation

Listen to the lecture about pronunciation and try to answer the questions below.


1. How many letters are there and English?

2. How many sounds are there in English?

3. According to the speaker, is it okay not to have a "native speaker" accent? (yes or no)

4. What are some examples of words with "weak vowel sounds"?

5. What is a shwa? (you can check on google)

6. How many letters and sounds are there in

A. "cat"

B. "catch"

C. caught"?

7.. When people speak, can you always hear gaps (space) between sounds?

8. What is the slow pronunciation of "cup of tea"?

9. What is the fast pronunciation of "cup of tea"?

10. What are consonants and what are vowels?

11. What is an example of a consonant at the end of a word linking to a vowel at the beginning of the word ("nice afternoon" is one example)


12. What are some more examples of linking? Listen and write them.

13. Is "deg" a word? Listen and explain.


14. What is an example of a linking /w/

15. What is an example of linking /y/

16. Should a student try to link sounds or do it naturally?

17. Two eggs and three eggs? Which has a linking /y/ and what is a /w/ sound?

18. At the end they tell the 4points they looked at. What are they?