Helping Sounds

When a word ends in a vowel and the next word starts with a vowel, a "helping sound" comes between them so they are easier to say

Thus in natural conversation this would sound like:
English uses helping sounds, usually a y (/j/), w or r . These sounds come between vowel sounds at word boundaries.

"Sea Otter" sounds like "Sea Yotter"
"No agreement" sounds like "No wagreement"
"Canada is" sounds like "Canada ris" (but this last one is more common with British English)

Do you teach your students about these helping sounds? Top-Up Listening does.

Teaching about these helping sounds can also help your student's pronunciation back