1. Linking and Reduced Speech Pronunciation Lesson

2. Linking Link the words in each phrase together. Can you hear other words within the same phrase? Practice with a partner. Missed her Spear it Plan it Sees an apple Four in jail Past or present

3. Linking Words/Phrases that sound the same, but look different and have different meaning Missed her --> mister Spear it --> spirit Plan it --> planet Sees an apple --> Season apple Four in jail --> Foreign jail Past or present --> Pastor present

4. Reduced Speech “I don't know when they'll get here.” “I want to visit India.” “I'm going to learn to knit.”

5. Reduced Speech “I don't know when they'll get here.” “I want to visit India.” “I'm going to learn to knit.”

6. Reduced Speech “I don't know when they'll get here.”  “I dunno when they'll get here.” / ɑɪ dəno w ɛ n ð ɛ l g ɛ t hi ɹ /

7. Reduced Speech “I want to visit India.”  “I wanna visit India.” / ɑɪ w ɑ nə v ɪ zət ɪ ndiyə/

8. Reduced Speech “I'm going to learn to knit.”  “I'm gonna learn tuh knit.” / ɑɪ m g ʌ nə l ʌɹ n tə n ɪ t/