Listening and Pronunciation in Phonetics

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• They show graphically what it's like to be unable to hear the gap between words or to hear them in the wrong place
• Example:  "Landlords: We have ten ants looking for good quality homes".

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• Linking of the final consonants to the following word  is one of the four features of connected speech which students have to practice and learn. 
• Examples:  -Next please -I don't know -That car is new -That's my car

1. Assimilation
2. Elision
3. Liaison

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• Listening activities are not enough. Students must speak as it forces them to produce their speech.

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• Listener has to be flexible in their expectations of sounds. Through the written medium, the teacher can show them the kind of flexibility that is needed. 
• Written examples for the student to indentify the meaning:  I hafta (have to) go to work tooday (today).

1. Micro-listening

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   • Focuses on very small segments of an audio piece to notice the different characteristics of speech
2. Audio editing

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   • Select segments of an audio piece to focus on: listen at different speeds, rewind, and repeat. 
3. Acoustic drill

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   • Identify common characteristics of their audio text that are confusing. Review, clarify, and give more examples of the feature.