Pronunciation

Pronunciation/Unit 10: Phrasing & Pausing

Vocabulary

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Chunk

//tʃʌŋk//

"Group."

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Phrase

//freɪz//

"Group of words."

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Pause

//pɔːz//

"Stop."

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Punctuation

//ˌpʌŋk.tʃuˈeɪ.ʃən//

"Marks."

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Smooth

//smuːð//

"Flowing."

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Choppy

//ˈtʃɒp.i//

"Broken."

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Thought Group

//θɔːt gruːp//

"Idea unit."

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Breath

//breθ//

"Air."

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Flow

//fləʊ//

"Motion."

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Comma

//ˈkɒm.ə//

"Mark ,"

Article

Eat in Chunks 🍕

Don't speak one word at a time. Speak in Thought Groups.

Bad: "I... am... going... to... the... store."
Good: "I'm going / to the store."

Pause ONLY at punctuation (commas, periods) or between grammar chunks (Subject+Verb / Prepositional Phrase).

Practice

Progress: 0/10

Score: 0

Chunking means...

Pause mostly at...

Which is better?

Speaking word-by-word sounds...

Thought groups help the listener...

In a long number (0789 555 123), pause...

When reading, look for...

Chunking helps you...

Example: "When I go home / I will sleep." Good pauses?

10.

Fast speech links words within a chunk?

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