IH C1 Linking Sounds
C1 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide Ss with examples and practice of Linking, Intrusion, Assimilation, and Elision
Subsidiary Aims
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For Ss to practice advanced pronuciation
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For Ss to practice speaking for accuracy
Procedure (67-90 minutes)
T writes sentences on the board and asks Ss what kind of sounds are changing between words
T writes sentences on the board that feature linking sounds and gives CCQs to elicit what sounds are changing. | Consonant - vowel (linking): 1. How are you doing? (howare) 2. Where are you going? (wherare) | Vowel - vowel (intrustion): 1. I can't go out (gowout) 2. We're going to go over it together. (gowoever) (Point out linking in "doing" (doowing))
T writes examples sentences on the board, says them out loud, and elicits what sounds are changing. | Regressive (sound after changes the one before) examples: 1. Ten cars (teng cars) 2. Green beans (greem beans) | Coalescent examples: 1. Did you (did-jyu) 2. Don't you (don-chyu) | Progressive (sounds before changes one after) examples: 1. Dogs (dogz) vs Cats (voiced vs unvoiced) 2. At night (ah-night (glottal stop)) | Mention that progressive assimilation is not widely agreed upon by linguists because its not clear if the change in sound is caused by preceding letter or other grammar rules.
T writes examples sentences on the board, says them out loud, and elicits what sounds are changing. | Consonant elision: 1. Next day (nex day) 2. Last night (las night) 3. Friendship (fren ship) | Vowel elision: 1. Family (famly) 2. Camera (camra) 3. Business (bizness) | /h/ elision: 1. Tell him (tell im) 2. Give her (give er) | Elicit that /h/ elision happens with unstressed pronouns (compare "I want YOU to tell him" with "I want you to tell HIM".
T hands out linking sounds quiz and tells Ss they will have 10 minutes to complete individually. | OCBF
