E-03.09 Apply Sound Linking & Pausing to Social Conversation

Sections 9.A to 9.D (Sound Linking, Pausing, & Intonation) of Part Three-9: Talk About People, of Pronunciation Practice (Before Speaking) pages 77-84 + 19 Pages from a PrPr (BeSp) Answer Key & Audioscript    8 + 19 = 27 pages   Who It’s For: Advancing Developers of Oral-Language Skills (Still) Building Fluency—by Attending to (Word-Linking in) Thought Groups, Expressive Pausing, & Purposeful Intonation   Why It’s Useful: Expanding on E-03.08: Part Three-9 of Beginners’ Before Speaking with Pronunciation Principles—as well as anticipating Download E-03.10 of Before Speaking, these Pronunciation Practice sections use Phonetic Notation and (almost) normal text in simulated Social Conversations. Learners imitate and later use these as templates. Sidebars offer Pronunciation Tips related to three kinds of Sound Linking: Consonant to Vowel, Consonant to Consonant, Vowel to Vowel. There’s guidance in how to determine which words “go together” in Thought Groups to delineate by