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Hello, friends! 

A bunch of you are well aware of the ‘Pronunciation Study Sessions’ conducted jointly by Galina and I right here on MyEC last year! The virtual class had, regrettably, ended abruptly and you haven’t got the slightest clue till this very moment! I’m sorry for keeping you, our enthusiastic learners of speech sounds, in the dark! Believe it or not, I was having problem back then saving any newly created blogs as ‘Drafts’. Usually, for your info, each blog of a study session would take four to five days for me to complete! Just recently a knight in shining armour came to my rescue and the rest is history! Thank you, teacher Tara!

Okay! Are you ready to rekindle your passion for perfect pronunciation? Great! If you remember rightly, our last lesson was Study Session 9. Now, before I post Study Session 10, I want you to record the following speech sounds, words and sentences. This is a perfect opportunity for you to recall all the 14 phonemes (speech sounds) we have introduced so far. To all those NEW KEEN LEARNERS of EC, YOU ARE INVITED too! If you think that it's too late to join us, you're wrong! Don’t worry if the speech sounds are something unheard-of to you. You can still pick them out in next to no time. It's worth learning them because the ability to identify and make the speech sounds could solve the problems concerning your pronunciation. If you put your trust in us, we will not let you down. This is your big chance! 

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         Click the related link if you want to revise a Study Session.

  Study Session 3:   consonant sounds /p/ and /b/

                                     I didn't push him into the bush as he claimed. 

  Study Session 4:   consonant sounds /t/ and /d/

                                     It's not true that the students drew the mural.

  Study Session 5:   consonant sounds /k/ and /g/

                                    The cable right below our gable looks precarious. 

  Study Session 6:   consonant sounds /f/ and /v/

                                    We saw some fast animals in the vast Amazon forest.  

  Study Session 7:   consonant sounds /θ/ and /ð/

                                   The word ‘thigh’ sounds different from ‘thy’, if you ask me.

  Study Session 8:   consonant sounds /s/ and /z/

                             We all know zinc will, without doubt, sink in water. 

  Study Session 9:   consonant sounds /ʃ/ and /ʒ/

                                    Our leader of vision had his mission which ended in failure.

You can use this Vocaroo Voice Recorder to practise the above given task. Please take note, however, your voice will not be saved in it permanently!  

“My shyness has ruined so many opportunities!” 

Please don’t make that mistake, my fellow EC members!

voice recordings so far:

12

         They are: Prostomolotova Galina, Hala J.M, Daniel, Stephen, Asm@, Rajesh,

                          Selma, Hani, SkoonAlBahr, Barbare, Scarlett and Ehab Nassif

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~* GS *~

ATTENTION

If you have completed the above audio assignment, you can move on to

STUDY SESSION 10