The 4 Secrets to Speaking Quickly & Fluently - CONNECTED SPEECH

Do you want to know how to use connected speech to speak quickly and fluently in British English? This video will teach you how to use assimilation, catenation, intrusion and elision!

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I just received my CAE result and have surprisingly scored 200/210 (C2 level). Thank you so much Lucy!

[thelanguagelife]

As a native speaker it's so interesting consciously reflecting upon things like this that were always just second nature and I never really gave too much thought to🤔

[sudhirniranjanlalsharma]

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[dori.szoketamasne]

I would really appreciate a video about linking words in advanced level;) it would be very useful. kisses from Hungary

[dzakijabbarmahdi]

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[jasonbolster]

When language teachers speak to students, we tend to slow the language down, exaggerate differences between sounds and emphasise certain speech patterns in a very unnatural way. To teach you to say the English letter "R" with your lips forward, we push our lips forward way too much, in a way that any native speaker would find ludicrous. Unfortunately, students tend to assume, because that's how they hear it spoken, that that's the best way to speak, or even that's it's the only right way to speak. The first time I heard the equivalent "rules" in Mandarin, I told a professor of linguistics from Beijing that he was wrong! I'd never heard anyone else talk the way he told me to! So now, I will say this to students: have you ever wondered why listening seems so much harder than reading or writing? I did in Mandarin. It's because you expect everyone else to speak the way your teacher does. You're listening out for what you've heard from your teacher, or watching their mouth waiting for that silly pouting which they never do. What Lucy's teaching here is "real" speech. They aren't rules so much as ways we streamline the language to make it more efficient. The theory is that, as students get more fluent at higher levels, they'll naturally adopt them in the same way for the same reasons. I've seen no evidence that the theory works.

[manellayna]

I think the most interesting topic is the second one intrusion please try to give us more examples :)))
And thanks for the video

[BrokenKeys]

Very informative, thank you very much! here is just a quick recap :
1) CATENATION
carrying the consonant from the end of one word into the begining of the new word starting with vowel. example: an apple = annaple
2) INTRUSION
when an extra sound intrudes to make it easier to flow between two vowel sounds.
There are 3 most common intrusion sounds:
A) /j/ (we /j/ all play /j/ out),
B) /w/ (go /w/ out to /w/ open),
C) /r/ (there /r/ is; better /r/ alone)
3) ELISION
is loss of a phoneme sound, lost /t/ and /d/ at the end. (next door = neks do:(r), most common = mose common)
4) ASSIMILATION
is similar to elision but instead of the phoneme being dropped, two phonemes come together and change into a new phoneme sound.
A) /t/ + /j/ = /tS/ (ch) sound (meet you = meechyoo, picture = pikcher, Tuesday = chyoosday)
B /d/ + /j/ = /dz/ (did you = didzyou)

[gmailliamg]

Lucy, can you make a video about interesting British series for different levels of English leaners, please? It would help so much! I know a lot of American series (like House M.D., The Mentalist, Game of Thrones and so on) but I'd like to get closer to British pronunciation. I think, a lot of people would be glad to hear about it) Thank you ;)
Great video, btw :)

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[bermetumarova]

You are so positive 😍
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[roosanatalia]

The third one, elision, helped me so much!! I've been struggling with that in my pronunciation recently. I hadn't even realized that is the reason I don't sound like a native speaker. Thank you so much Lucy! An in-depth lesson about that (elision) would be incredibly useful!

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[rosamondle]

OMG! Long time no see my lovely teacher. I missed you very much. I was so happy that I was crying while I wrote the comment. BTW the lesson is interesting. Thank you!

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I'm in love with you not only because you are super pretty but also because you speak very fluently and clear, not mumbling like some people do, I have to include myself there. I'm changing that step by step. You are one of the only ones I can understand without paying attention to the screen but only using my ears. Keep it up with the amazing work you are doing here. Greetings from 🇨🇱

[lowis]

Lucy can you make a video about the "th" sound?

[marciofavatto]

I've never ever heard something so precious! I'm really thankful for you teaching us. Congratulations.

[kimcollins]

OMG I speak American English and I'm here 😂😂 I just love seeing your videos !! ❤️❤️