In addition, phonetic transcription is useful for showing the significant differences between the pronunciation of isolated words in a dictionary and the actual pronunciation of those same words when they are grouped together in connected speech. Students can see why connected speech is more difficult to understand when they are shown the modifications in pronunciation that occur in such speech, and they can learn what modifications to expect and how to recognise them. They can also adopt a more natural-sounding speech themselves by notin
In addition, phonetic transcription is useful for showing the significant differences between the pronunciation of isolated words in a dictionary and the actual pronunciation of those same words when they are grouped together in connectedspeech. Students can see why connected speech is more difficult to understandwhen they are shown the modifications in pronunciation that occur in suchspeech, and they can learn what modifications to expect and how to recognisethem. They can also adopt a more natural-sounding speech themselves by notin