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Intonation 2
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# reference
- [How To Sound Like A Native Speaker In A Second Language](https://www.italki.com/en/article/848/how-to-sound-like-a-native-speaker-in-a-second-language)
pronouncation
- reduce your accent
- repeat with a native person
- use the spoken words the local use
- adopt cultural traits
- interact with natives
tips
- stress
- focus on stress and 'feeling'
- stress relates to rhythm and intonation
- think about not just individual sounds but also
think about the overall feeling of the sentence.
- study mouths movement
- repetition
pitch
- raised the pitch for the stress words, and dropped it at the end, and played with the level so every syllable was a little higher or a little lower than previous word .
- Intonation - emojis
- understand the hidding meaning
- GPS or mapping
- "that was good" - rise, fall, and rise
- "that was good" - rise, falling at then end <- negative
Stress - longer, louder, and higher
- verb, adj, and noun
- de-stress: relaxed and short -> function word
Intonation, Linking, Rhythm
- [The shape of stress](http://rachelsenglish.com/stress-syllable-shape-stress/)
- [stress-timed language](http://rachelsenglish.com/english-stress-timed-language/)
- to -> /tə/ or /də/ -> Let's go to /gou də/ the beach
- because of -> /kəz ə/
- of -> /əv/ or /ə/
- for -> /fər/
- and -> /æn/ or /ən/
- a -> /ə/
- an -> /ən/
- in -> /in/
- them -> /əm/
- at -> /ət|/
- can -> /kən/
- are -> /ər/
- was -> /wəz/
- that -> /ðət/
- have ->
- your -> /yər/
- at the -> /ət| ðə/
- her -> /ər/
- it's okay -> /tsou 'kei/
- as -> /əz/ as tall as
- was -> /wəz/
- You're welcome /jər' wel kəm/
- the -> /ði/
- It's cool -> /ts kul/
- we're become -> /wər/
- they're become -> /ðər/
- [WHAT DID Reduction](http://rachelsenglish.com/reduction-2/)
- what did -> /'wʌt| did/ or /wʌd/
- what did he -> /'wʌd i/
- what did you -> /wʌdʒ ə/
- [helping verb](http://rachelsenglish.com/reduction/)
- do -> /də/
- does -> /dəz/
- [should, would, could](http://rachelsenglish.com/pronounce-reduce-link/)
- should -> /∫əd/ or /∫ə/
- would -> /wəd/
- could -> /kəd/ or /kə/
- [shoulda,coulda,woulda ](http://rachelsenglish.com/shoulda-woulda-coulda/)
- should have -> /∫ud ə/
- should not have -> /∫ud ən ə/
- could have -> /kud ə/
- would have -> /wu dəv/
- [can, cann't](http://rachelsenglish.com/pronounce-can-vs-cant/)
- can -> /kən/
- cannot -> /kænt/
- [are]()
- are -> /ər/
- were -> /wər/
- [what](http://rachelsenglish.com/ways-to-say-what/)
- /wʌt|/
- [the](http://rachelsenglish.com/english-phrases-with-the/)
- at the -> /ət | ðə/
- is the -> tongue pushes on back of the teeth
- with the -> /wiθ ð|ə/
- [?]()
- what do you think ? -> /wʌ də jə/
- swhaddya /wa:dəyə/
- What do you ... ? ->
pronouncations
- Double contractions
- I would have = I'd've
- could not have = couldn't've
- reference
- [American English Pronunciation Course](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCknl1fWKjRImZEBDHBWyZWg/videos)
Connected speech
- [Change vibration] [7]
- [t] + [y] -> [t∫]
- I got you? -> /ai GAt∫yə/
- h-deletion
- "he" -> /iy/
- "him" -> /im/
- "his" -> /iz/
- "her" -> /ər/
- "has" -> /æz/
- "have" -> /æv/ /əv/
- Did he get it? -> /Di-diy Ge-dit/
- Did he get the new car? -> /DId hiy/ -> /DI-diy/
write what you hear
improve listening
- study reducation
- study linking
- he always /hi(y) 'ɔl weiz/
- study native speech
- write what you hear
- try Youglish -> YouGlish
reference
[1]: "https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/improve-your-english-pronunciation-shadowing-others/3339007.html" "Improve Your Pronunciation By 'Shadowing' Others"
[2]: "http://rachelsenglish.com/video-categories/#consonants" "Intonation"
[3]: "http://englishspeaklikenative.com/resources/common-pronunciation-problems/chinese-pronunciation-problems/#error4" "CHINESE PRONUNCIATION PROBLEMS IN ENGLISH"
[4]: "http://www.weibo.com/ttarticle/p/show?id=2309404005596264270260" "英语口语"
[5]: "http://tw.blog.voicetube.com/archives/12275" "斷句和語調"
[6]: "http://www.bilibili.com/video/av2681140/index_13.html" "Intonation"
[7]: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTZV3zHohdc" "vibration-change"