ENGLISH CONVERSATION – READING HEADLINES (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y6WQq1zN4vA&feature=youtu.be)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/p>\nVideo Transcript:<\/h2>\n You guys love Ben Franklin exercise\u00ae videos. They\u2019re one of the best ways for you to improve listening comprehension and learn tricks to sound more natural when speaking English, like using specific reductions.<\/p>\n
This January, you\u2019re getting five all new Ben Franklin exercise\u00ae videos where we do a full analysis of real American English conversations.<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s topic: reading headlines. Let\u2019s get started with this analysis. First, the whole conversation.<\/p>\n
I feel like that\u2019s a lot of the conversations that I have with people, is, I\u2019ll be like, \u201coh, I read about\u2026\u201d.
Now, the analysis. In this little quip of conversation, my friend Laura and I are talking about\u00a0 how we\u2019re in this bad habit of not actually reading articles. We\u2019ll just read headlines and the one-second summary and then we\u2019ll talk about it, \u201cOh, I read about\u2026blah blah blah\u201d even though we didn\u2019t actually read the article. Are you guilty of that too?<\/p>\n
I feel like that\u2019s a lot of the conversations that I have with people\u2014<\/p>\n
Okay this is a really long through group and I\u2019m speaking really quickly. But even though I am, I am still making some words longer. They\u2019re being brought out with a little bit more length but also a little bit more volume. And they\u2019ll be a little higher in pitch, they\u2019ll have uuuhhh—- this shape. Let\u2019s try to identify what they are.<\/p>\n
I feel like that\u2019s a lot of the conversations that I have with people\u2014
I feel like\u2014 I feel like that\u2019s a lot\u2014 Let\u2019s just start there. I feel like that\u2019s a lot of the\u2014 \u2018Feel\u2019 and \u2018lot\u2019 are a little bit longer and they have the peak of the volume and of the pitch of the stress. Let\u2019s listen to that little sentence part, that little sentence fragment again.<\/p>\n
I feel like that\u2019s a lot of the\u2014
I feel like that\u2019s a lot of the\u2014 I feel like that\u2019s a lot of the\u2014 So even though we speak quickly in American English, we still have longer syllables and that is really important for clarity with American English. I have some students who know that Americans speak quickly and they want to do that too. And it feels way too rushed and the reason why is because it doesn\u2019t have these longer words or syllables within the faster syllables. We have to have the long ones too. I feel like that\u2019s a lot of the\u2014<\/p>\n
Okay let\u2019s listen to a little bit more. Ts\u2014 Ts\u2014 So what else to we hear being a little bit longer, a little bit more stressed?<\/p>\n
I feel like that\u2019s a lot of the conversations that I have with people\u2014<\/p>\n
Conversations that I have with people\u2014 Conversa\u2014 So this syllable is a little bit more stressed, a little bit longer: conversations that I have with people\u2014 \u2018Have\u2019 is more stressed here, a little longer.<\/p>\n
the conversations that I have with people\u2014
Conversations that I have with people is, I\u2019ll be like \u201cOh, I read about\u2026\u201d So those are for me the longest, most clear syllables and a lot of the other syllables are said really quickly. Are there any reductions? Let\u2019s go back and see.<\/p>\n
I feel like that\u2019s a lot of the conversations that I have with people\u2014
Let\u2019s look at the first sentence fragment. Um. What\u2019s happening? So, this is not a reduction but it\u2019s a link putting two words together when one word ends with the same sound that the next word begins with. We don\u2019t say \u2018feel\u2026like\u2019 but we say \u2018feel like\u2019. We connect them with a single L. I feel like that\u2014<\/p>\n
\u00a0I feel like\u2014 I feel like\u2014 I feel like that\u2019s a lot of the\u2014<\/p>\n
Another thing, so we have the linked L here. Another thing I\u2019m noticing is um, how high the intonation is here. I feel like\u2014 I feel, feel\u2014 That\u2019s pretty high and I guess I was just doing that because it\u2019s sort of funny and so that brought more emotion and energy into the voice which made the pitch even higher.<\/p>\n
Okay, so everything links together. I feel like that\u2019s\u2014 K right into TH sound, TS cluster right into the schwa: tsa\u2014 that\u2019s a\u2014 that\u2019s a\u2014 that\u2019s a\u2014 Then we have \u2018a lot of the\u2019. Now it\u2019s unclear to me, the word \u2018of\u2019 will be fully pronounced this way, definitely reduce it to the schwa. I\u2019m not quite sure if I drop the V or not, it\u2019s said very quickly. You can definitely drop the V here. A lot of the\u2014 A lot of the\u2014 Then you just use schwa to link \u2018lot\u2019 and \u2018the\u2019 and the T here will become a Flap T, just one single flap against the roof of the mouth because it comes between two vowels. And the little three-word phrase, \u2018a lot of\u2019, is very common. So practice it that way with me now: a lot of\u2014\u00a0 a lot of\u2014 a lot of\u2014 a lot of\u2014 really smooth, forward flow of sound.<\/p>\n
A lot of\u2014 A lot of\u2014 A lot of conversations that I have with people\u2014<\/p>\n
The conversations that I have with people. Okay so the schwa \u2018of the\u2019 going right into the C, there\u2019s no break here. Conversations that\u2014 The word \u2018that\u2019, I reduce that. The vowel has the schwa. Conversations that\u2014 that I have with people\u2014<\/p>\n
Okay, I\u2019m doing something a little interesting here. Well, first, the Z sound of \u2018conversations\u2019 linking into the TH. Conversations that\u2014\u00a0 Conversations that\u2014\u00a0 No stop in sound. So usually, most people would link this but I don\u2019t. I don\u2019t link it with a Flap T. I sort of re-emphasize. Why do I do that? Don\u2019t know. Doesn\u2019t matter. Usually, we\u2019ll link things with a Flap T when the next word begins with a vowel, we\u2019ll link that ending word. We\u2019ll link that ending sound, rather. When a word ends in a vowel or diphthong plus T and the next word begins with a vowel or diphthong, just like up here with \u2018lot of\u2019, we so often flap that T.<\/p>\n
Every once in a while, we don\u2019t. I\u2019m emphasizing \u2018I\u2019 by putting a little break. I\u2019m emphasizing that. I have\u2014 I have these conversations with the\u2014<\/p>\n
That I have with people\u2014
So even though I don\u2019t connect with a Flap T, it\u2019s still petty smooth. There\u2019s not a big break there. That I have with people\u2014 So \u2018have\u2019 is more stressed but \u2018I\u2019 is also a little bit longer: That I have with people\u2014 have with people\u2014 have with people\u2014 These sounds are all connected. The V right into the W, the H right into the P. No break here. With people\u2014<\/p>\n
This word can be tough for some people. Haha. \u2018People\u2019 can be tough for people. Okay, so the pronunciation is P, the EE as in She vowel in the stressed syllable, and then the Dark L, pll\u2014 pll\u2014 pll\u2014 in the unstressed syllable. A lot of people want to round their lips a little bit. They substitute that in for the Dark L. Try to make sure your lips are relaxed for this sound. People. Ull, ull, ull, ull. You want the back of the tongue to be doing the work for this sound.<\/p>\n
people\u2014 people\u2014 people\u2014<\/p>\n
Is I\u2019ll be like\u2014 Is I\u2019ll be like\u2014 Is I\u2019ll be like\u2014 Okay so this is all pretty mumbled. IS, the word \u2018is\u2019 has a Z sound so that links into the next sound: Is I\u2019ll be like\u2014 So the word \u2018I\u2019, the words \u2018I will\u2019 contract to \u2018I\u2019ll\u2019 but it\u2019s hardly every pronounced that way. It\u2019s almost always reduced to something like: all, all, all. Which sounds like \u2018all\u2019 said quickly. All, all. Is I\u2019ll\u2014 Is I\u2019ll\u2014 Is I\u2019ll\u2014 Is I\u2019ll be like\u2014 Is I\u2019ll be like\u2014 Is I\u2019ll be like\u2014<\/p>\n
Is I\u2019ll be like\u2014
Is I\u2019ll be like\u2014 Is I\u2019ll be like\u2014 The word \u2018be\u2019 said really quickly. It\u2019s almost like there isn\u2019t a vowel there. Be like\u2014 be like\u2014 be like\u2014 So this is all lower in pitch, a little flatter, it comes across pretty unclear. So we have sets of words like this, strings of words like this in American English that are less clear, certainly less clearly pronounced and that provides contrast with the clearer stressed syllables like \u2018I have\u2019. And that contrast is important in American English.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Is I\u2019ll be like \u201cOh, I read about.\u201d<\/p>\n
Oh, I read about. So here, I\u2019m slowing down. I\u2019m speaking really clearly because I\u2019m quoting myself. I\u2019m not just talking. I\u2019m saying something that I had said. When we say: I\u2019ll be like\u2014 \u2018Like\u2019 is another way to say \u2018she said\u2019 so \u2018I\u2019ll be like\u2019 is \u2018I\u2019ll say\u2019 or if you\u2019re talking about a woman, you can say: And then she was like \u2018No way!\u2019. That would be the equivalent of saying: And then she said \u2018No way!\u2019.<\/p>\n
So we use the word \u2018like\u2019 sometimes in storytelling as a substitute for \u2018said\u2019. I\u2019ll be like\u2014 I\u2019ll say or I said. \u2018And she was like\u2019 is like saying \u2018and she said\u2019.<\/p>\n
Oh, I read about. Okay so more clear, longer words, ending D links into beginning schwa of \u2018about\u2019. Everything is nice and connected. I do a True T here. Again, I\u2019m speaking more clearly. I\u2019m not just talking, I\u2019m quoting myself so I have to make it seem different. And that\u2019s why it\u2019s all a little bit more clear that just normal conversation.<\/p>\n
Is I\u2019ll be like \u201cOh, I read about.\u201d
But I didn\u2019t actually read\u2014 I put a little break here separating thought groups. But I didn\u2019t actually read the actual thing. I do that for emphasis. It\u2019s funny. I\u2019m talking about reading something but I didn\u2019t read it. I just read one sentence about it. But I didn\u2019t actually read\u2014 \u2018Read\u2019, much longer, the most stressed word there. But I didn\u2019t actually read\u2014 But I, but I, but I\u2014 This is like I was saying before, usually when a word ends in a T and the sound before is a vowel or a diphthong, and the next word begins with a vowel or diphthong, we flap that to make a smooth connection. But I, but I, but I\u2014<\/p>\n
But I, but I, but I\u2014<\/p>\n
But I didn\u2019t actually\u2014 Didn\u2019t actually\u2014 It sounds to me like I\u2019m stop– I\u2019m dropping the T. There\u2019s no sense of a stop here: didn\u2019t actually\u2014 So ending N is linking into the next vowel. na\u2014 na\u2014 didn\u2019t actually\u2014 actually\u2014<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t actually\u2014
Actually. Actually. So this word can be four syllables: actually. Or it can be three: actually. I think three syllables is a little bit more common. It\u2019s a little easier, that\u2019s what I have done. Ac\u2014 tually\u2014 In IPA, I would write it like this. Stress on the first syllable: Ac\u2014 tuall\u2014 and then I\u2019ll probably write that with the schwa. Actual\u2014 ly\u2014 Actually.\u00a0 Actually.<\/p>\n
The ending E links right into the next sound, the consonant R. Actually read\u2014 Actually read\u2014 So everything is smoothly connected.<\/p>\n
actually read\u2014 actually read\u2014 actually read the actual thing.<\/p>\n
The actual thing. The actual thing. So I\u2019m stressing this quite a bit. I\u2019ve slowed down: The actual thing. Those two syllables have some stress. The word \u2018the\u2019 pronounced with the EE vowel. We styupically do that when the next word begins with a vowel or diphthong. Otherwise, we pronounce it as the schwa: the. But here, it\u2019s \u2018thee\u2019. The actual\u2014\u00a0 The actual\u2014\u00a0 and it links right into the next word. The actual thing.<\/p>\n
The actual thing. The actual thing. The actual thing.<\/p>\n
And as I\u2019m saying that, Laura says: The actual about. I can\u2019t quite tell because I\u2019m speaking at the same time but I think she might be doing a schwa. The actual. That\u2019s pretty normal too. I mean the rule is if the next word begins with a vowel or diphthong, you pronounce this E as the EE vowel but I\u2019ve noticed Americans certainly don\u2019t always do this. The actual about.<\/p>\n
Actual about. Linking those two words together. L about\u2014 l about\u2014 The actual about. And thens he puts a Stop T at the end. She does not release that.<\/p>\n
The actual about. The actual about. The actual about.
I read the headline. Okay, what are the two most stressed syllables there? I read the headline. So the words that are usually the ones that are stressed in a sentence are the nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. They don\u2019t always have equal stress but those are the words that are content words, that are usually the ones that are these longer, more clear words.<\/p>\n
So everything in this four-word thought group is linked together, said very smoothly, always a forward motion of the voice, not choppy at all. I read the headline. I read the headline. The word \u2018the\u2019 pronounced with the schwa, the next sound is a consonant. We do pronounce the H in this word.<\/p>\n
I read the headline.
Or I read the 1-sentence\u2014I put a little break here while I\u2019m thinking of what word to say. The word \u2018or\u2019. This often reduces to \u2018ur\u2019. Ur\u2014 ur\u2014 ur I read\u2014 ur I read\u2014 I don\u2019t reduce it here. Or. Or I read the\u2014 Or. So the word \u2018Or\u2019 is the AW as in Law sound followed by R when it\u2019s not reduced. But the AW sound really changes here. It\u2019s not the AW, it becomes oh, oh, oh, much more closed. The lips round further. The tongue pulls further back in the mouth. Or, or, or.<\/p>\n
Or\u2014 Or\u2014 Or I read the 1-sentence\u2014<\/p>\n
Or I read the 1-sentence\u2014 One sentence. \u2018Read\u2019 and \u2018one\u2019 get the most stress there. Everything is linked together. Let me spell out the word \u2018one\u2019 here. This letter is a vowel. But the word, the sounds, are these in IPA. These are the sounds. So whenever we\u2019re talking about rules like with Flap Ts or this kind of thing or the pronunciation of the word \u2018the\u2019, we\u2019re never talking about letters, we\u2019re always talking about sounds. So the beginning sound of this word is a consonant. That means the rule is \u00a0this would be pronounced with the schwa, not an EE vowel. The one\u2014 the one\u2014 not: thee one\u2014 thee one\u2014 the, the, the, the one. The one-sentence.<\/p>\n
The one-s. The one-s. The one-sentence.<\/p>\n
One-sentence. Let\u2019s talk about this word for a second. Sentence. What\u2019s happening with that T? Sent\u2014ence. I\u2019m making it a Stop T. The rule is when the T is in a sequence of T, schwa, N, that it\u2019s a Stop T. That\u2019s what I\u2019m doing here. Sent\u2014 stop the air, really quickly just hold it for a second, sent\u2014 ence.<\/p>\n
Sent\u2014 ence. ence. ence. Sent\u2014 ence. Other words like this: Mountain. Kitten. Fountain. Curtain.<\/p>\n
I have a video where I go over this a little bit more in detail, you can search on YouTube, Rachel\u2019s English Mountain. And it should come up. Sentence. One-sentence.<\/p>\n
One-sentence. One-sentence. One-sentence blurb that\u2026<\/p>\n
So now I say: Blurb that\u2014 and that\u2019s one thought group. I\u2019m thinking of exactly what to say. blurb that\u2026 blurb that\u2026 So I\u00a0 might normally reduce the word \u2018that\u2019 to the schwa but I don\u2019t here because I\u2019m thinking about what to say so I\u2019m speaking a bit more slowly. Blurb that\u2014 So that keeps its full AH vowel, it does have a Stop T. \u00a0Blurb that\u2014 Blurb that\u2014 So here we have an R, a B, a TH. Three consonants in a row. Blurb that\u2014 I don\u2019t release the B. B is a stop consonant just like T. The lips come together, that stops the air. And then they release: bb\u2014bb\u2014bb\u2014<\/p>\n
But we often don\u2019t release stop consonants in conversation especially when the next sound is another consonant. So my lips come together, I make the B sound: blurb\u2014 But then, rather than releasing, I go right into the TH sound. Blurb that\u2014 Blurb that\u2014 Blurb that\u2014 Blurb that\u2014<\/p>\n
Blurb that\u2014 Blurb that\u2014 Blurb that\u2014<\/p>\n
That\u2014 Yeah. Laura said \u2018yeah\u2019. Up down shape of stress, she knows what I\u2019m going to say, she agrees with me, she probably does it too.<\/p>\n
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.<\/p>\n
Facebook posts with the headline.<\/p>\n
Facebook posts with the headline. Facebook posts with the headline. So more stress on \u2018face\u2019 and \u2018head\u2019.\u00a0 \u2018Posts\u2019, this is a verb and I said that nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are the words that are usually stressed. But not all of them will be stressed everytime. Facebook posts with the headline. That would be too much.<\/p>\n
So even content words are sometimes not stressed compared to the stressed words in a sentence. Facebook posts with the headline. So here we have STS. I do make all of those sounds. Posts. Posts. Posts.<\/p>\n
Posts. Posts. Posts with the headline.<\/p>\n
Facebook posts with the headline. With the headline. So I said before when we have the same sound at the beginning and ending of a word that links together, two words that link together that we make one sound. So \u2018with\u2019 is usually pronounced with an unvoiced TH, \u2018the\u2019 is usually pronounced with a voiced TH. When these two words come together, which happens pretty frequently, the unvoiced sound wins. It\u2019s stronger. With the\u2014 with the\u2014 with the headline. With the headline. With the\u2014 with the\u2014 with the\u2014 with the\u2014<\/p>\n
So its like taking the word \u2018with\u2019 and just putting a schwa at the end. with the\u2014 with the\u2014 with the headline. Facebook posts with the headline.<\/p>\n
With the headline. With the headline. With the headline.<\/p>\n
The D sound in \u2018headline\u2019. D just like T, just like B, is a stop consonant. Here, it\u2019s followed by another consonant. When stop consonants are followed by consonants, they\u2019re very often not released. It\u2019s not headline. Head. Head. D, d, d\u2014 we don\u2019t release the tongue. Headline. We say: headline. So we put our tongue up into position for the D, we make a quick D sound, rather than releasing, we go right into the L sound. Headdddline. Headline. Headline. Headline.<\/p>\n
Headline. Headline. Headline.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s listen to the whole conversation one more time.<\/p>\n
I feel like that\u2019s a lot of the conversations that I have with people, is, I\u2019ll be like, \u201coh, I read about\u2026\u201d.
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