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Listen + Repeat: Audio 1.1 — Imitation.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 1.2 — Placement.
Test Yourself: Audio 2.1 — Which Syllable is Stressed?
Listen + Repeat: Audio 2.2 — Rhythmic Patterns.
Test Yourself: Audio 2.3 — Identify the Rhythmic Pattern.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 3.2 — The UH as in BUTTER [ʌ] Vowel.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 3.3 — The AH as in FATHER [ɑ] Vowel.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 3.4 — AH [ɑ] vs. UH [ʌ].
Test Yourself: Audio 3.5 — AH [ɑ] vs. UH [ʌ] Test.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 3.6 — The AW as in LAW [ɔ] Vowel.
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Listen + Repeat: Audio 3.7 — The AA as in BAT [æ] Vowel.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 3.8 — AH [ɑ] vs. AA [æ].
Test Yourself: Audio 3.9 — AH [ɑ] vs. AA [æ] Test.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 3.10 — AA [æ] followed by Nasal Consonants.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 3.11 — The EH as in BED [ɛ] Vowel.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 3.12 — AA [æ] vs. EH [ɛ].
Test Yourself: Audio 3.13 — EH [ɛ] vs. AA [æ] Test.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 3.14 — The EE as in SHE [i] Vowel.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 3.15 — The IH as in SIT [ɪ] Vowel.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 3.16 — IH [ɪ] vs. EE [i].
Test Yourself: Audio 3.17 — IH [ɪ] vs. EE [i] Test.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 3.18 — EH [ɛ] vs. IH [ɪ].
Test Yourself: Audio 3.19 — EH [ɛ] vs. IH [ɪ] Test.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 3.20 — The OO as in BOO [u] Vowel.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 3.21 — The UH as in PUSH [ʊ] Vowel.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 3.22 — UH [ʊ] vs. OO [u].
Test Yourself: Audio 3.23 — UH [ʊ] vs. OO [u] Test.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 3.24 — The UH as in SUPPLY [ə] Vowel (Schwa).
Listen + Repeat: Audio 3.25 — Syllabic Consonants.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 3.26 — The UR as in BIRD [ɜ] Vowel.
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Test Yourself: Audio 3.27 — Vowel Test.
Test Yourself: Audio 3.28 — Stressed or Unstressed?
Listen: Audio 4.1 — Diphthongs.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 4.2 — The OH as in NO [oʊ] Diphthong.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 4.3 — OH [oʊ] vs. AW [ɔ] or AH [ɑ].
Test Yourself: Audio 4.4 — OH [oʊ] vs. AW [ɔ] or AH [ɑ] Test.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 4.5 — The OW as in NOW [aʊ] Diphthong.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 4.6 — OW [aʊ] vs. AW [ɔ] or AH [ɑ].
Test Yourself: Audio 4.7 — OW [aʊ] vs. AW [ɔ] or AH [ɑ] Test.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 4.8 — The AI as in BUY [aɪ] Diphthong.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 4.9 — The AY as in SAY [eɪ] Diphthong.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 4.10 — AY [eɪ] vs. IH [ɪ] vs. EE [i].
Test Yourself: Audio 4.11 — AY [eɪ] vs. IH [ɪ] vs. EE [i] Test.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 4.12 — The OY as in TOY [ɔɪ] Diphthong.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 4.13 — The EW as in FEW [ju] Diphthong.
Test yourself: Audio 4.14 — What diphthong are you hearing?
Test yourself: Audio 4.15 — Mixed Minimal Pairs, Vowels and Diphthongs.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 5.1 — Paired Consonants.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 5.2 — Unpaired Consonants.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 5.3 — The B [b] and P [p] Consonants.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 5.4 — The G [g] and K [k] Consonants.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 5.5 — Stop T vs. No T.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 5.6 — The Three T Sounds.
Test Yourself: Audio 5.7 — What T do you Hear?
Listen + Repeat: Audio 5.8 — The D [d] Consonant.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 5.9 — The V [v] and F [f] Consonants.
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Listen + Repeat: Audio 5.10 — The Z [z] and S [s] Consonants.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 5.11 — The SH [ʃ] and ZH [ʒ] Consonants.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 5.12 — The Two TH [θ] and [ð] Consonants.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 5.13 — The CH [ʧ] and JJ [dʒ] Consonants.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 5.14 — SH [ʃ] vs. CH [ʧ].
Listen + Repeat: Audio 5.15 — The M [m] Consonant.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 5.16 — The NG [ŋ] Consonant.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 5.17 — The N [n] Consonant.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 5.18 — N [n] vs. NG [ŋ].
Test Yourself: Audio 5.19 — N [n] vs. NG [ŋ] Test.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 5.20 — The H [h] Consonant.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 5.21 — The Y [j] Consonant.
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Listen + Repeat: Audio 5.22 — The W [w] Consonant.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 5.23 — The R [ɹ] Consonant.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 5.24 — R [ɹ] vs. W [w].
Test Yourself: Audio 5.25 — R [ɹ] vs. W [w] Test.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 5.26 — The L [l] Consonant.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 5.27 — L [l] vs. OH [oʊ].
Listen + Repeat: Audio 5.28 — R [ɹ] vs. L [l].
Test Yourself: Audio 5.29 — R [ɹ] vs. L [l] Test.
Test Yourself: Audio 5.30 — What Consonant do you Hear?
Listen + Repeat: Audio 6.1 — Beginning Clusters.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 6.2 — R Clusters.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 6.3 — Middle and Ending Clusters.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 6.4 — Plural Nouns.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 6.5 — Regular Past Tense.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 7.1 — 3-Syllable Words.
Test Yourself: Audio 7.2 — 3-Syllable Words Test.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 7.3 — Verbs vs. Nouns.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 7.4 to 7.6 — Word Stress and Suffixes.
Audio 7.4 — Suffixes: Stress on the Suffix
Audio 7.5 — Suffixes: Stress just before the Suffix
Audio 7.6 — Suffixes: Stress two syllables before the Suffix
Listen + Repeat: Audio 7.7 — Compound Words.
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Listen + Repeat: Audio 7.8 — Initials.
Listen: Audio 8.1 — Thought Groups.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 8.2 — Linking Vowel to Vowel.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 8.3 — Linking Consonant to Vowel.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 8.4 — Linking the Stop T to a Consonant.
Test Yourself: Audio 8.5 — Which Phrase is Linked?
Listen + Repeat: Audio 9.1 — Three-Syllable Words and Phrases.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 9.2 — Content Words.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 9.3 — Content Words, Slow Motion.
Test Yourself: Audio 9.4 — Which Word is the Most Stressed?
Listen: Audio 9.5 — One Thought Leading to Another.
Test Yourself: Audio 9.6 — Up or Down?
Listen: Audio 10.1 — Stressed vs. Unstressed.
Listen: Audio 10.2 — Stressed vs. Reduced.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 10.3 — ARE, OR, FOR, YOUR.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 10.4 — AT and THAT.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 10.5 — Dropping the H.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 10.6 — THEM.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 10.7 — OF.
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Listen + Repeat: Audio 10.8 — CAN.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 10.9 — TO.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 10.10 — DO and DOES.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 10.11 — AND.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 10.12 — THE.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 10.13 — AS, WAS, BECAUSE.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 10.14 — SHOULD, WOULD, and COULD.
Test yourself: Audio 10.15 — Is the Word Reduced?
Listen + Repeat: Audio 11.1 — N’T Contractions.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 11.2 — Can vs. Can’t.
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Listen + Repeat: Audio 11.3 — TO BE and TO HAVE Contractions.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 11.4 — Modal Verb Contractions.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 11.5 — Modal Verb Contractions, Slow Motion.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 11.6 — ‘LL Contractions.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 11.7 — ‘LL Contractions, Slow Motion.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 11.8 — WOULD, HAD, and DID Reductions.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 11.9 — Contractions with Reductions.
Test yourself: Audio 11.10 — What contraction are you hearing?
Listen + Repeat: Audio 12.1 — Gonna.
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Listen + Repeat: Audio 12.2 — Wanna.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 12.3 — Gotta.
Listen: Audio 13.1 — Penn Station.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 13.2 — Penn Station Practice.
Listen: Audio 13.3 — Subway Stop.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 13.4 — Subway Stop Practice.
Listen: Audio 13.5 — Directions Dialog.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 13.6 — Directions Dialog Practice.
Listen: Audio 13.7 — Reservations.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 13.8 — Reservations Practice.
Listen: Audio 13.9 — Wait Time.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 13.10 — Wait Time Practice.
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Listen: Audio 13.11 — At a Restaurant Dialog.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 13.12 — At a Restaurant Dialog Practice.
Listen: Audio 13.13 — Another Size.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 13.14 — Another Size Practice.
Listen: Audio 13.15 — Return Policy.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 13.16 — Return Policy Practice.
Listen: Audio 13.17 — Shopping Dialog.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 13.18 — Shopping Dialog Practice.
Listen: Audio 13.19 — Meeting Moved.
Listen: Audio 13.20 — Stressed Words and Sentence Position.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 13.21 — Meeting Moved Practice.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 13.23 — Report Practice.
Listen: Audio 13.24 — At Work Dialog.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 13.25 — At Work Dialog Practice:
Listen: Audio 13.26 — Tomorrow Night.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 13.27 — Tomorrow Night Practice.
Listen: Audio 13.28 — Love To.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 13.29 — Love To Practice.
Listen: Audio 13.30 — Out of Town.
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Listen + Repeat: Audio 13.31 — Out of Town Practice.
Listen: Audio 13.32 — Making Plans Dialog.
Listen + Repeat: Audio 13.33 — Making Plans Dialog Practice: