Name: Day 4 - Linking Consonant Sounds - Understanding Fast Speech in English
Uploaded: 2017-12-16T22:28:12.000Z
Duration: 4 min 26 s
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Gerund

I like tongue twisters and the challenge of saying them fast.

I'm linking the final sound in "sells" /z/

They're similar sounds, so it makes it easier to connect them.

I let the air flow from /z/ into the /s/.

Let the air flow and there should be no break, no pause

especially similar sounds or the same exact sounds,

by holding the airflow and releasing the air and the sound into the second.

It's especially easy when the sounds are the same.

so when I link them, it sounds like one long /k/ sound.

What may be helpful is to picture that final consonant sound

in the first word being pushed over into the second.

In the case of "web design" and "space heater"

In fast speech, you'll hear English speakers

use the same airflow to go from one consonant sound to the next.

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Day 4 - Linking Consonant Sounds - Understanding Fast Speech in English

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