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Joking &Kidding

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Joking & Kidding

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1 • You will hear a quick clapper sound to signal transition between text slides in the module.

• Audio lessons are full modules and broken down into lesson text slides to give you a good view of the Sound~Spellings & lots of helpful tips.

2 • A simple reminder to Speak, speak, speak ~ Repeat, repeat, repeat ~ Mimic, mimic, mimic.

• Listening is important but only listening will never build speaking ability or develop a new accent like speaking it yourself.

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1a-Are you kidding?1b-Are-yuh kid˛in? 1c-Are-yuh kid˛`n me?2a-Are you joking?2b-Are you jo˛kin?2c-Are-yuh jo˛k`n?

Practice Tips~1• The grey color of (function and linking) words means that it is often a "Reduced" pronunciation.

2• You and Yuh are completely interchangeable. Typically Yuh is spoken naturally when speaking fast or casually.

3• Try to repeat short easy phrases at the same time as the speaker. Learn to anticipate the tempo and rhythm to speak exactly at the same time in the same way.

Lesson Notes: 1• PATTERN: Question Helper Verb + Subject + Verb.2• Remember, every time the helper verb is a verb "to be" (are-is-am-was-were) the next main verb will always be an "ING" verb.3• Joking and Kidding have exactly the same meaning.4• The reduced sound of an ending N can sometimes be very short and difficult to hear.

WRITTEN SENTENCES

1a-Are you kidding?1b-Are you kidding? 1c-Are you kidding me?2a-Are you joking?2b-Are you joking?2c-Are you joking?

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PHONETICSOUNDSPELLINGS

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3a-Are they kidding?

3b-Are they kid˛in?

3c-They kid˛in?

4a-Are they joking ?

4b-Are they jo˛kin?

Practice Tips~1• If you hear changing voice pitch with intonation, try to mimic it exactly as you hear for the practice.

2• Listen closely in conversation for different intonation pitch. Try to connect to pitch with the emotion of the speaker.

3• Native speakers will generally not think about intonation but it reflects their feelings.

Lesson Notes: 1• Sentence 3c (They kiddin?) omits the main question word (are). This is common with fast speech & commonly replaced with an ending intonation tone.

2• A simple question intonation is often a rising or higher tone but other lower or falling tones can express different speaker emotions.

WRITTEN SENTENCES

3a-Are they kidding?3b-Are they kidding?3c-They kiddiňg?4a-Are they joking ?4b-Are they joking?

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HEY!CONVERSATION

QUESTIONS



5a-Iz˛E kidding?

5b-Iz˛E kid˛'n?

6a-Iz-she joking?

6b-Iz-she jo˛kin?

Practice Tips~1• It's good to intentionally practice both the fully pronounced pattern and the short, fast, reduced pronunciation.

2• Practice speaking short phrases as quickly and often as possible during.

3• Note: Identical phrases that only differ in spoken pronunciation are paired with # & (a-b-c).

Lesson Notes: 1• PATTERN: Question Helper Verb + Subject + Verb.

2• Remember, every time the helper verb is a verb "to be" the next main verb will always be an ING verb.

WRITTEN SENTENCES

5a-Is he kidding?

5b-Is he kidding?

6a-Is she joking?

6b-Is she joking?

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HEY!CONVERSATION

QUESTIONS



7a-I˛zat˛dúh joke?

7b- Wuh˛zat˛dúh joke?

7c-i˛zisúh joke?

Practice Tips~1• Listen for the short cut ending sounds of letters marked grey color.

2• Listen for the phrases that drop the first word "Do".

3• Some reduced sounds are almost inaudible but they still affect the rhythm. Listen Close.

Lesson Notes: 1• Here "Joke" is a simple noun but the word joke is not aways a funny phrase or riddle? Joke can also be an untruthful statement or a misleading statement.

2• Notice the significant "Syllable Shift" and "Reduced" words here with the natural speech.

WRITTEN SENTENCES

7a-Is that a joke?

7b-Was that a joke?

7c-Is this a joke?

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QUESTIONS



8a-You're kidding, right?8b-Yer kid˛in, right?9a-You're joking, right?9b-Yer jo˛kin, right?10a-Tha˛t´suh joke, right? 10b-Thi˛si´zuh joke, right?

Practice Tips~

1• Statements can be turned into a question with an ending rising tone or a ending question word.

2• Intonation is completely individual with each speaker. Sometimes a strong rising tone with a question tag word indicates a strong interest or curiosity.

Lesson Notes: 1• PATTERN: Question Helper Verb + Subject + Verb.

2• Every time the helper verb is a verb "to be" the next main verb will always be an "ING" verb.

3• Confirmation questions can also be less direct than than a straight question.

WRITTEN SENTENCES

8a-You're kidding, right?8b-You're kidding, right?9a-You're joking, right?9b-You're joking , right?10a-That's a joke, right? 10b-This is a joke, right?

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Quick Reference Slides~HEY!


Basic Guide for Using Lang~Loops.HEY!

• BASIC PRACTICE GUIDE •

• Listen closely to the speakers Pronunciation, Intonation, new Sounds & Speech Rhythm.

• Mimic the speaker. Match your voice with the speakers. ~try to copy it exactly as you hear it.

• Repeat each looped phrase immediately as you hear it.

• Read the “Phonetic~Sound~Spellings” to study important sound details of spoken English.

• Ask direct questions on any lesson at Sound Cloud to receive personal help and feed back.

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1 •Use earphones to get the best sound details for faster learning.

2 •Listen with only one ear or cover one ear to hear your own voice.

3 •Hearing new pronunciation sounds clearly takes time and concentration. Focus on producing the Rhythm of speech and sound even if accurate pronunciation takes a little longer. Speech Rhythm Practice is a physical exercise.

• SIMPLE LISTENING TIPS

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1 •If a loop seems too fast to repeat with the speaker, try to practice only half the phrase

until you can match the pronunciation. Then work on the 2nd half of the phrase in the

same way –then repeat the full phrase together. It will only take a few attempts to speak

it all together.

2 •If a lesson section seems too slow or easy, then

repeat it 2-3 times for rhythm practice before the

next phrase. The more you repeat the faster you'll

develop more natural English Speech Rhythm.

Repetition is the simple secret to fluency.

• TIPS ABOUT REPETITION SPEED

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• The words Joking & Kidding have the same meaning and politeness. Using one over the other is strictly

the speakers choice. Kidding (might) beused slightly more between close or intimate friends, but not

necessarily.

• Intonation is a very important expressive tool in English and can add different layers of meaning to any

phrase. Intonation or Voice Pitch can not be learned as a set of rules like grammar but must be listened to

and associated with expressive situations.

• Copy the speakers voice pitch to build "Sound Memory". You will hear the same Intonations in real

conversation. (Sound Memory + Real Experience = Understanding)

Mini~Course Lesson notes& Tips

About: Key WordsJoking &

Kidding

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Joking &Kidding

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Real

Experience

Understanding

Sound

Memory

• Vocab. & Grammar Notes

• Joking & Kidding usually can use the same grammar pattern, but not in every case.

Some expressions might grammatically be the same but one

might sounds more natural in everyday use.


Mini~Course Lesson notes& Tips

About: Key WordsJoking &

Kidding

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Joking &Kidding

• One vocabulary difference is that "A Joke" as a noun & "to joke" as a verb both refer to the same topic. But, the word "to Kid" is only a verb referring to an action. ("A Kid" as a noun is a young child or adolescent.)

• The word Joke would typically be used when referring to an actual prank or verbal joke as a noun. Words of similar topics like (Kid - Trick - Fool - Play) are often used when referring to a verb action.

• Remember the basic rule that main verbs become "ing" verbs when following a helper verb (is-are-am)

• A Joke = Noun

• Joking = Verb

• (To) Joke = Verb

• A Joker = Noun

• A Kid = Noun

• (To) Kid = Verb

• Kidding = Verb

• A Kidder = Noun

• Kids = Verb

• (The) Kid = Noun

• Ex: That's a good joke.

• Ex: I'm joking.

• Ex: He likes to joke around.

• Ex: He's a real joker.

• Ex: That kid is a good joke teller.

• Ex: Please don't kid me.

• Ex: Are you kidding me?

• Ex: That guy is a kidder, he likes to joke around.

• Ex: He always kids me.

• Ex: That kid is a big joker, always fooling around.

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Verbs

"ing" Verbs

• Vocab. & Grammar Notes

Nouns



Next: A Quick Reference of Lang~Loops

Phonetic~Sound~Spellings & DefinitionsHEY!



A Special Note for You.HEY!

• "Phonetic-Sound-Spellings" might be new

for some. Any written explanation about

sound & pronunciation can be difficult to

understand without direct speaking &

listening experience with those sounds.

• Our best language learning comes from

lots of speech practice, careful listening &

conversation.

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Overview of Phonetic~Sound~SpellingsHEY!

Speech

Rhythm

Syllable

Stress

Pronunciation

Voice

Intonation

• Speech Rhythm: is the sound between words when spoken naturally.

• Intonation & Voice Pitch: are both basically fluctuation of voice tone. (i.e.: higher, lower, rising, falling)

• Word & Syllable Stress: works closely with intonation to add emphasis to words & syllables.

• Let's Start by Looking at some Lang~Loops Language Definitions.

• Pronunciation: is the spoken sound of single isolated words or syllables.

• Speech Rhythm: is the sound between words when spoken naturally (i.e.: higher, lower, rising, falling)



• Syllable Shifting*: is a Lang-Loops term describing how ending word sounds shift into the next word causing a much different pronunciation than the written form when spoken naturally in common everyday speech.

• Reduced Pronunciation: is a common simplified pronunciation of a word or syllable, sometimes making is difficult to hear clearly.

Reduced

Pronunciation

Syllable Shifting

Stop

Sound

Endings• Stop Sound Endings: are words where the ending letter sound is cut very short also sometimes making is difficult to hear clearly.

"All language fluency begins with understanding sound"



Small Grey

Words

Small Grey

Ending Letters

Grey

Phonetic

Words

2- Small Grey Words - (the - you - and - to - at - it - of ) • Reduced Sounds, are small, quick pronunciations usually as a result of common everyday words called Function and Linking Words.

3- Small Grey Ending Letters - (p - t - k - d - b - n - g - ck) • Sound Stops, are where a full letter sound at the end of a word is cut in half or “stopped”.

1- Phonetic Grey Words - • Pronunciation & Sound Changes are the main changes in speech with linking words - function words & informal contractions. See examples below

(wuh.nuh = want to / haf.tuh = have to / gah.duh = got to / yuh = you / tuh = to / duh = do / uhv = of / djyuh = did you / chyuh = are you / fer = for)

• Phonetic spellings showing changes in pronunciation.



4- Small Hook Dot [ ˛ ˛ ˛ ] = A Syllable Shift forward into the next word.• 2 words joined in sound by the last letter of the first word shifting forward into the next word. Ex: (Like it = Li˛k’it) or (Get it = Ge˛d´it)

Apostrophe

Mark ´ ´ ´

Down

Slash Mark

` ` `

Small

Hook Dots

˛ ˛ ˛

5- Apostrophe Mark [ ‘ ‘ ‘] between two phonetic words.• Shows where a Syllable Shift connects two words with sound. Ex: (Like it = Li˛k’it) or (Get it = Ge˛d´it)

6- Slash Mark [ ` ` `] at the end of a word with a cut sound.• Indicates a Shortened Ending Sound with “ing” or “en” ending words. Ex: (Walking = Walk`n) or (Talking = Talk`n)

• These marks show combined sounds spoken close together.



7- Small Dot [ . . . ] Shows Informal Word Contractions. • 2-3 words joined in sound with a significant change in pronunciation, creating an entire new word sound. Ex: (Want to = Wuhn.tuh)

Short Dash - - -

Other

Marks

ˆ ˇ ´ `

Small

Dots . . .

8- Short Dash [ - - - ] • Placed between full words spoken very close together and often fast but not necessarily a common contraction.

9- Other Marks ˆ ˇ ´ ( ˆ falling -ˇ rising -´ high ) Ex: (Reǎlly?)• Intonation and voice pitch changes, in speech to

emphasize or change meaning of expressions.

• These marks show combined sounds spoken close together.


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