Standard Listening Speech - Level 3 Understanding liaisons 今回のフォーカスは「リエゾンを理解する」です。 ナチュラルな会話では前後の単語がつながって聞こえることがあります。これがリエゾンです。 いくつかのパターンを学習し、リエゾンを把握しましょう。

1. Listening: Level 3

2. Understanding Liaison

3. Understanding Liaison
What is Liaison?
Practice Tips on Using Liaison

4. What is Liaison?
• Liaison is used to alter the sound of words
when two words are combined
• Improve your listening skills by having
increased sensitivity to English sounds

5. Basic Rules for Identifying Liaison
Consonants: d, g, k, n, p, r, t
= > Vowels: a, e, i, o, u
Liaison occurs!
Dig it up. Di gi dup.
I did it. I di dit.
Ca nyou may kit?

6. Basic Rules for Identifying Liaison
"Can you make it?"
Another example:
“Can I have an orange?”
Ca-ni have a-norange?
In liaison, the consonant assimilates to a vowel

7. Basic Rules for Identifying Liaison
Try this one:
“Don ste po nit!”
Actually, it's "Don't step on it!"
Try speaking a little faster!

8. Basic Rules for Identifying Liaison
Additional Point!
“Don’t step on it!”
Ending with: -d, -g, -k, -n, -p, -t

9. Practice Tips on Using Liaison
Tip 1: Let’s Listen!
• News, Presentations = Too Fast
• 3-7 Words Slow Speed

10. Practice Tips on Using Liaison
Tip 2: Repeat!
• Make sure you can see the words that
you missed

11. Practice Tips on Using Liaison
Tip 3: Practice!
• Pronounce ⇔ Match
• Speak more quickly until you are aware
of liaison

12. Practice Tips on Using Liaison
Tip 3: Practice!
• Pronounce ⇔ Match
• Speak more quickly until you are aware
of liaison

13. Practice Tips on Using Liaison
Please remember:
• Understand liaison and practice using it repeatedly
• Understand the relation of sound and letters
• Dictation is a good training

14. Understanding Liaison

15. Listening: Level 3