Which method helps you find the syllables in a familiar spoken word?

• Say it slowly and tap its spoken beats.
• Count each written vowel letter as a separate beat.
• Give each written consonant letter its own beat.

A listener misses a word ending in your practice phrase. What is a useful first check?

• Make every word louder.
• Compare the ending with the model phrase.
• Speak faster so the listener cannot notice the ending.

Every language marks word stress by making one syllable both louder and longer.

You want to compare your target sound with a course recording. Which recording of your own speech would be useful?

• Unrelated words spoken at a very quick pace
• A phrase that leaves out every target sound
• The same phrase containing the target sound

You recognise a phrase's words separately but miss them when they are spoken together. What could help?

• Replay the phrase and listen at the word joins.
• Ignore sounds after the first.
• Expect each word to sound exactly as it does alone.

Shadowing requires a delay of exactly half a second behind the model.

In English, REcord can mean a stored account; reCORD can mean to store information. Capitals mark stress. What does this contrast show?

• The spelling alone always decides the spoken meaning.
• Speaking every word faster removes differences in meaning.
• Word stress can distinguish meanings.

Listener feedback identifies two sounds that cause confusion. Which plan uses that feedback and checks the result?

• Avoid those sounds in future speech.
• Practise those sounds, then check understanding.
• Practise all sounds equally and stop asking for feedback.