DVD-5 Practice Scenes and More Practice Scenes

Main Menu for DVD-5
with links to three Sub-Menus.
Below are menus for:
Practice Scenes and
More Practice Scenes



These scenes bring together
practice of vowels, consonants,
connected speech, and intonation,
in a structured approach
toward complete fluency.


Practice Scenes


In Scenes 1 and 2, we've taken the liberty of making contractions where they should be, to create a smoother American style. In Scenes 3 and 4, the emphasis is on intonation and pitch jumps. Note how the speaker always varies slightly the pitch change. In this way, many subtleties of meaning are communicated and the speech never sounds repetitive or "sing-songy". Instead, the intonation communicates a great number of little messages suggesting tempos, energy levels, and emotions that you would never glean from the words alone. In Scenes 5 and 6, there is more emphasis placed on linking words together, as well as continuing work on Structural and Consonant Action.


Symbol Review
At the beginning of Tape 8 is a short section which reviews all the color and number symbols.

Review of Neutral Diphthongs


Review of Consonant
Color Coding

Restaurant Scene
With the movie scenes on Tapes 8 and 9 we begin putting it all together: Vowels, Consonants, Linking, Weak Forms, and Intonation.
Operative Word List
The familiar Triple Repetition,
in three stages of vocal energy:

1
Sustaining the sounds to develop
muscle and sense memory
2
Sustained, but faster moving
3
Normal pronunciation with good
Feeling Awareness
Sentences
A Triple Repetition of all the Connecting Links and all the Phrases.
Run-Through of Scene
Following the step by step Work-Through of the movie scene, we are prepared to Run-Through the entire scene, working toward complete fluency.

Contents of Practice Scenes
SYMBOL REVIEW
Hotel Lobby
Hotel Bar
Jackie's Studio
Jackie's Studio
Restaurant
Paolo's Room


 


More Practice Scenes


The dialogue in these scenes is sometimes very fast moving. Try to get familiar with the scene in linked phrases. When you've gotten to where you can go through an entire scene with all the vowels, consonants, linking, and intonation in proper play, you will have accomplished a very demanding exercise. As you get familiar with a scene, try to stay "in synch" with the speaker and "mirror" exactly the form and feeling of the speaker. The more familiar you get with a scene, the less you will need to focus on the "text" superimposed on the screen, and the more you can concentrate on emulating the speaker's vocal energy.


Lots of practice scenes

comprised of the best dialogue from an action adventure movie shot in West Africa, starring Burt Reynolds, Barry Sullivan,
and Arthur Kennedy.



Challenging scenes, broken down into the familiar structure of Operative Words and Linked Phrases, all performed in a Triple-Repetition at three levels of vocal energy. Realistic dialogues employing plenty of weak forms, linking, and American intonation patterns. This practice builds fluency in both speaking and listening.

Operative Word List
The familiar Triple Repetition,
in three stages of vocal energy:

1
Sustaining the sounds to develop
muscle and sense memory
2
Sustained, but faster moving
3
Normal pronunciation with good
Feeling Awareness
Sentences
A Triple Repetition of all the Connecting Links and all the Phrases.
Run-Through of Scene
Following the step by step Work-Through of the movie scene, we are prepared to Run-Through the entire scene, working toward complete fluency.

Contents of More Practice Scenes
The City
City Outskirts
The Market
Hotel Bar
The "Anna"
Latalah's Office
The Market
Hotel Bar





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