Today, we're talking about a concept called "thought chunking" and how it applies to languages, specifically American English. Our main focus here is on pronunciation, especially the rhythm and intonation. You'll also learn 4 exercises that you can start using. In the next lesson, we'll do some practice with the main exercise.

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Intro: (0:00)
Listening Dictation: (0:45)
What is "chunking"?: (1:10)
Why use chunking?: (2:15)
How to use chunking (NOTE FIRST!): (3:48)
Input Exercise #1 (main exercise): (4:32)
Input Exercise #2: (6:29)
Output Exercise #1: (7:30)
Output Exercise #2: (8:19)
Outro and Up Next: (9:14)

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