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  • It's day one, and I have a question.

  • Have you ever played with paperclips?

  • Look what I'm doing.

  • I'm connecting one paperclip to another.

  • It's like what we do in English.

  • English speakers connect one sound to another.

  • English with Jennifer

  • I said, "I have a question."

  • have a

  • I connected the V in "have"

  • to the following A sound.

  • have a

  • have a question

  • I have a question.

  • In fast speech we connect the final consonant sound

  • to a following vowel sound.

  • Listen to how I read these phrases.

  • Another way to think about it

  • is moving that final consonant sound

  • over and making it part of the next word.

  • However you'd like to picture it in your mind...

  • remember we're connecting a final consonant sound

  • to a following vowel sound.

  • Listen closely.

  • I'll say sentence or phrase.

  • You try to understand.

It's day one, and I have a question.

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