JJ_Recitation_A1

PART A_1

We will read aloud the words below. Please repeat after me. I will check your pronunciation.
(Students will practice for a speech content.Please send the mispronounced words and expressions to your student.)

PART A_2

hill
former
slave
sweltering
oppression
little
nation
character
brotherhood
injustice
content

PART A_3

Now, let’s review some words from part A_2.
(Please review the mispronounced words and expressions from part A_2.)

PART A_4

PART B_1

We will read aloud the words below to practice liaisons. Please repeat after me. I will check your pronunciation.
(Please send the mispronounced words and expressions to your student.)

PART B_2

have a /hæv ə/
that one /ðæt wʌn/
heat of /hit ʌv/
content of /ˈkɑntɛnt ʌv/
transformed into /trænˈsfɔrmdˈɪntu/
in a nation /ɪn ə ˈneɪʃən/
an oasis /ən oʊˈeɪsɪs/
together at /təˈgɛðər æt/
color of /ˈkʌlər ʌv/
PART B_3

Now, let’s review some words from part B_2.
(Please review the mispronounced words and expressions from part B_2.)

PART B_4

PART C_1

We’ll read aloud the sentences individually. Please repeat after me. I will check your intonation.
(This is a speech by Martin Luther King on August 28, 1963 during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.)

PART C_2

1. I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
2. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
3. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
4. I have a dream today!

PART C_3

Now, let’s review some words from part C_4.
(Please review the mispronounced words and expressions from part C_4.)

PART C_4

PART D_1

We’ll read aloud the sentences to practice proper pauses. Please repeat after me. I will check your intonation.

PART D_2

1. I have a dream __ that one day __ on the red hills of Georgia __ the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners __ will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
2. I have a dream __ that one day __ even the state of Mississippi, __ a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, __ sweltering with the heat of oppression, __ will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
3. I have a dream that my four little children __ will one day __ live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin __ but by the content of their character.
4. I have a dream today!
PART D_3

Now, let’s review some words from part D_4.
(Please review the mispronounced words and expressions from part D_4.)

PART D_4

PART E_1

Please listen carefully as I read aloud the passage. After that, please it read aloud with the proper liaisons and pauses. I will check your intonation.

PART E_2

I have a dream __ that one day __ on the red hills of Georgia __ the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners __ will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream __ that one day __ even the state of Mississippi, __ a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, __ sweltering with the heat of oppression, __ will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children __ will one day __ live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin __ but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today!

PART E_3

Now, you’ll read aloud the passage. Then, please try to read with liaisons and pauses you learned. I will check your intonation.

PART E_4

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today!

PART E_5

Now, let’s review some words from part B_4.
(Please review the mispronounced words and expressions from part B_4.)

PART E_6