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8.1.2 Speaking Fluency sounds
English · Grade 10 · 3 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Sounds commonly confused in speech
- Minimal pairs
- Consonant clusters
- Connected speech: linking and weak forms
- Speaking fluently without losing clarity
What you will be able to do
- distinguish and produce commonly confused sounds
- articulate consonant clusters accurately
- use linking and weak forms in connected speech
- speak fluently while remaining clear
Key questions
“How do you speak quickly and still be understood?”
Lessons
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Sounds and minimal pairs
40 min · 2 practice tasks · quizThe sound differences that change meaning, and how to produce them.
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Connected speech
40 min · 2 practice tasks · quizWhy fluent English does not sound like words said one after another.
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Clear at the speed that matters
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizLinking and reducing in ordinary speech, then slowing on the words a health or safety listener cannot guess.