Connected Speech & Linking

All levels50 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 3 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: link words into smooth speech - consonant-to-vowel joins at a calm pace - so you sound fluent instead of word-by-word.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Words that flow together

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: How Native Speakers Really Talk

    Read a 228-word text about How Native Speakers Really Talk

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Common Linked Phrases

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Linking Recognition

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Fluent Speech Practice

    Role-play: Practice speaking with natural linking and flow (8 lines)

  5. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your linking mission

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

sort ofkind ofa lot ofwant togoing tohave to

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