Weather/weekend (materials in phonetics)

Listen to these poems, choose one and learn it by heart imitating the speaker's intonation:

Summer Sun by R.L.Stevenson or here and the poem.
The Wind by R.L.Stevenson or another link to mp3 and the text.
Daffodils  by  W.Wordsworth.
The Rainy Day by H.W. Longfellow or this version. (NEC p. 124)
Snowflakes by H.W. Longfellow. (NEC p. 124)

                                         

retrieved from:

http://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/nature-travel/why-do-we-have-seasons   

Linking:

• linking /w/
• linking /j/
• linking /j/ and /w/ together
• linking /r/ 
• Consonant-vowel linking (practice it).

Recording of the dialogues p. 116 ex.3.
Dialogue (free time).
NEC p. 156 ex. 32.