Listening also involves understanding different ____ of speech and different ____. Some people speak more slowly and with more ____. Others speak fast and/or with few pauses. Features such as speed of delivery and accent are part of connected speech, i.e. spoken language in which words join together to form a ____ stream of sounds. Other features of connected speech are ____ and sentence stress, linking sounds and words ____ and the use of ____ forms. One reason why learners have problems understanding spoken language is because they are not used to dealing with features of connected ____.

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