Speak Up! (Version B) - Wednesdays at 1pm (Sept-Oct 2025)

1. How to Prepare for Class
2. Zoom Download Instructions
3. Link to Enter the Classroom
1. Lesson PDF
2. Preview the Lesson (video)
3. Warm-Up - Difficult Words to Pronounce (audio)
1. Lesson PDF
2. Preview the Lesson (video)
3. Warm-Up - G-dropping & Linking (audio)
1. Lesson PDF
2. Preview the Lesson (video)
3. Warm-Up - Elision (audio)
1. Lesson PDF
2. Preview the Lesson (video)
3. Warm-Up - Linking (audio)
1. Lesson PDF
2. Preview the Lesson (video)
3. Warm-Up - Minimal Pairs (audio)
1. Lesson PDF
2. Preview the Lesson (video)
3. Warm-Up - Word Stress (audio)
1. Lesson PDF
2. Preview the Lesson (video)
3. Warm-Up - Assimilation (audio)
1. Lesson PDF
2. Preview the Lesson (video)
3. Warm-Up - Shadowing Practice (audio)
1. Shadowing - High-level Technique for Fluency Practice
2. Shadowing (lesson guide)
3. Shadowing Practice (audio lesson)
4. Shadowing Practice (sentences & links)
1. Understanding Minimal Pairs - thin vs thing
2. Minimal Pair - thin vs thing (lesson guide)
3. Minimal Pair - /n/ and /ŋ/ (audio lesson)
4. Minimal Pair Activity - /n/ and /ŋ/ (city worksheet)
1. G-dropping (Drop it like it's hot!)
2. G-dropping (lesson guide)
3. G-dropping - 3 Songs to Sing (audio lesson)
4. G-dropping (song practice)
1. Linking (The first step in connected speech)
2. Linking (lesson guide)
3. Linking Common Phrases (audio lesson)
4. Linking Common Phrases (practice sentences)
1. The Most Common Sound in English
2. Schwa Sound (lesson guide)
3. Schwa Sound - /yuh/ and /tuh/ (audio lesson)
4. Schwa Sound - /yuh/ and /tuh/ (practice sentences)
1. Speak Faster 🏎️ & Save Time ⏳ with Reductions
2. Common Spoken Reductions (lesson guide)
3. Common Spoken Reductions (audio lesson)
4. Common Spoken Reductions (questions list)
1. Practice Linking, Reductions, G-dropping, etc.
1. Describing Words - Get the vocabulary juices flowing
2. Speaking Charades Explained (lesson guide)
3. Speaking Charades - My Description (audio lesson)
4. Speaking Charades Practice (word list)
1. Know Your Ts - True T vs Stop T
2. True T vs Stop T (lesson guide)
3. True T vs Stop T Sentences (audio lesson)
4. True T vs Stop T (practice sentences)
1. Americans LOVE the Flap T
2. Flap T (lesson guide)
3. Flap T Tongue Twister (audio lesson)
4. Flap T (tongue twister practice)
1. Swallow the T If You Dare (T-Glottalization)
2. T-Glottalization (lesson guide)
3. T-Glottalization - Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay (audio lesson)
4. T-Glottalization (song practice)
1. Let's remove some sounds with ELISION
2. Elision (lesson guide)
3. Elision - dropping the /t/ and /d/ (audio lesson)
4. Elision (practice sentences)
1. Let's put some sounds (T + Y) in the blender.
2. Assimilation - T + Y (lesson guide)
3. Dialogue Using Assimilation (audio lesson)
4. Assimilation - T + Y (practice dialogue)
1. Adding sounds to link two vowels. ⛓️
2. Intrusion (lesson guide)
3. Intrusion Sentences (audio lesson)
4. Intrusion (practice sentences)
1. Practice T Sounds, Elision, Assimilation, etc.
1. Practice Being Descriptive
2. Describing Pictures (lesson guide)
3. Speaking Activity - Describing Pictures (audio lesson)
4. Speaking Activity - Describing Pictures
1. One of the most challenging minimal pairs in English
2. Minimal Pair - sheep vs. ship (lesson guide)
3. Minimal Pair - /i:/ and /ɪ/ (audio lesson)
4. Minimal Pair Activity - /i:/ and /ɪ/ (practice sentences)
1. Light vs Dark - The battle of the Ls
2. Light L vs Dark L (lesson guide)
3. Light L and Dark L Tongue Twisters (audio lesson)
4. Light L and Dark L (tongue twister practice)
1. Useful Word Stress Rules to Follow
2. Word Stress Rules (lesson guide)
3. Word Stress Sentences (audio lesson)
4. Word Stress Rules (sentence practice)
1. Speak Clearly with Pauses Between Thought Groups
2. Thought Groups with Pausing (lesson guide)
3. Using Thought Groups - Sentences & Paragraph (audio lesson)
4. Thought Groups with Pausing (sentence & paragraph practice)
1. English as a Stress-Timed Language
2. Stress-Timing (lesson guide)
3. Stress-Timing with Echoing (audio lesson)
4. Stress-Timing (echoing practice)
1. The Rise & Fall of Intonation
2. Intonation - Rising & Falling (lesson guide)
3. Oh the Places You’ll Go - Using Intonation (audio lesson)
4. Oh the Places You’ll Go (intonation practice)
1. Practice Thought Groups, Stress Timing, /I/ vs /i:/, etc.
1. A challenging minimal pair (Pool vs Pull)
2. Minimal Pair - pool vs. pull (lesson guide)
3. Minimal Pair - /u/ and /ʊ/ (audio lesson)
4. Minimal Pair Activity - /u/ and /ʊ/ (city worksheet)
1. Let's Blend S + Y (Hear what happens!)
2. Assimilation - S + Y (lesson guide)
3. Rolling Stones Song Practice - S + Y (audio guide)
4. Assimilation - S + Y (song practice)
1. You /gotta/ Learn & Use These Reductions
2. More Common Reductions (lesson guide)
3. Conversation with Common Reductions (audio guide)
4. Common Reductions (practice dialogue)
1. Removing More Sounds (Schwa & H Sound)
2. Elision - Removing the Schwa or H Sounds (lesson guide)
3. Removing the Schwa & H Sounds (audio lesson)
4. Elision - Removing the Schwa or H Sounds (practice words & sentences)
1. Minimal Pair with Stop Consonants (B & P)
2. Minimal Pair - buy vs. pie (lesson guide)
3. B vs. P Tongue Twisters & Sentences (audio lesson)
4. Minimal Pair Tongue Twisters & Sentences - buy vs. pie (practice guide)
1. Native Speakers Often Blend These Sounds (D + Y)
2. Assimilation - D + Y (lesson guide)
3. Two Sounds (D + Y) Often Blended Together (audio lesson)
4. Assimilation - D + Y (common questions)
1. ED Endings & the Different Sounds (/t/, /d/, /id/)
2. ED Endings (lesson guide)
3. Paragraph Reading with ED Endings (audio lesson)
4. ED Endings (paragraph practice)
1. Make a distinction between these two sounds (W & V)
2. Minimal Pair - vine vs. wine (lesson guide)
3. Fine-tune the W & V Sounds (audio lesson)
4. Minimal Pair Sentences - vine vs. wine (practice guide)
1. 24 Consonant Sounds - Voiced vs Voiceless
2. List of the Consonant Sounds
3. 20 Vowel Sounds (Including Diphthongs)
4. List of Vowel Sounds
1. Fluency Check #1
2. Fluency Check #2
3. Fluency Check #3
4. Fluency Check #4
5. Fluency Check #5
6. Fluency Check #6
7. Fluency Check #7
8. Fluency Check #8

About this course

$249.00
154 lessons
3.5 hours of video content

Preparing for Class

Week 1 - Language Learning

Week 2 - Be Descriptive

Week 3 - Working in English

Week 4 - Helpful Little Words

Week 5 - Telling a Story

Week 6 - Travel

Week 7 - Idioms & Expressions

Week 8 - Negotiations

Lesson 1 - Shadowing

Lesson 2 - Minimal Pair (thin vs. thing)

Lesson 3 - G-dropping

Lesson 4 - Linking (consonant to vowel)

Lesson 5 - Schwa Sound

Lesson 6 - Super Common Reductions

Speaking Comprehension Check

Lesson 7 - Speaking Charades

Lesson 8 - True T vs Stop T

Lesson 9 - Flap T

Lesson 10 - T-Glottalization

Lesson 11 - Elision (dropping the /t/ or /d/)

Lesson 12 - Assimilation (/t/ + /y/ = /ch/)

Lesson 13 - Intrusion (vowel to vowel linking)

Speaking Comprehension Check

Lesson 14 - Describing Pictures

Lesson 15 - Minimal Pair (sheep vs. ship)

Lesson 16 - Light L vs. Dark L

Lesson 17 - Word Stress

Lesson 18 - Thought Groups

Lesson 19 - Stress-Timing

Lesson 20 - Intonation (speaking naturally)

Speaking Comprehension Check

Lesson 21 - Minimal Pair (pool vs. pull)

Lesson 22 - Assimilation (/s/ + /y/ = /sh/)

Lesson 23 - More Common Reductions

Lesson 24 - Elision (removing the schwa or /h/)

Lesson 25 - Minimal Pair (buy vs. pie)

Lesson 26 - Assimilation (/d/ + /y/ = /j/)

Lesson 27 - ED Endings

Lesson 28 - Minimal Pair (wine vs. vine)

Pronunciation Library (Super-Quick Overview)

Speaking Naturally - Connected Speech Sentences

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