The Stressed Timed Language of Brazil

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In English, we don't pronounce every syllable or every word with the same emphasis. This creates the reduction of some syllables and the emphasis of other syllables. When we reduce some syllables, oftentimes it will link to other syllables, even if they're in a different word. And this is what creates the connective speech for us. We saw before an example sentence, I ran a milk, so I'm going to the store. If you just heard that, you can probably catch some of the words I'm saying.

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Is speaking fast English one of your dreams? While this may seem impossible to achieve sometimes, there’s a secret ability you need to master in order to make that happen: Connected speech. Learning (and using) connected speech in your English will make you sound confident, natural and, of course, faster when you speak! In today’s episode, we teach some of the most common connected speech patterns and how you can use them.

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