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English Sound Building - British Pronunciation
Episodes
54 episodes
Season 5 recap - Burger burglars and other tongue twisters
Welcome to season 5 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re reviewing all the sounds from season 5, and many others too, with ten tongue twisters.Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don...
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Luxury and Tranquility - words with /r/ and /l/
Welcome to season 5 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re looking at words with both ‘l’ and ‘r’.Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one. The Podcast...
Completely problematic - clusters with /l/
Welcome to season 5 of English Sound Building! Today, reviewing a lot of sounds in tricky clusters with /l/.Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one. &nb...
Probably brilliant - tricky clusters with /r/
Welcome to season 5 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re reviewing /r/, and a lot of other consonant sounds besides, to look at clusters with /r/.Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you ...
Hey, hey, hey! The diphthong /eɪ/ in English
Welcome to season 5 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re practising the diphthong /eɪ/.Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one. The Podcast script i...
Her hair - contrasting /ɜː/ and /eə/ in English
Welcome to season 5 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re following on from last week, and contrasting two sounds we’ve looked at before, but not in relation to each other: /ɜ:/ and /eə/.Practise as often as you can to build muscle mem...
Very varied - contrasting /e/ and /eə/ in English
Welcome to season 5 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re contrasting two sounds we’ve looked at before, but not in relation to each other: /e/ and /eə/.Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe s...
Four or five - intrusive /r/ in English
Welcome to season 5 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re back with connected speech and another intrusive sound: intrusive /r/. Have fun! Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don...
Order, order! More on pronouncing the letter 'r' in English
Welcome to season 5 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re continuing from last week’s look at the /r/ sound, thinking about places where we see the letter ‘r’ in writing, but do not pronounce it in a standard RP accent.Practise as ofte...
I'm terribly sorry - saying the letter 'r' in English
Welcome to season 5 of English Sound Building! Today is the first of a few episodes this season looking at the /r/ sound. In particular, this episode considers words where the written letter ‘r’ is always pronounced, and practises the /r/ sound...
Season 4 Recap - Tongue twisters, rhymes and a song
Welcome back to season 4 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re recapping the sounds from this season, as well as a few from others, by having fun with some tongue twisters, rhymes and a song. Practise as often as you can to build ...
How are you? Intrusive /w/ in English
Welcome back to season 4 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re back with connected speech, this time looking at another 'intrusive' sound: /w/.Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don'...
Beer or bear? The diphthongs /ɪə/ and /eə/ in English
Welcome back to season 4 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re picking back up on the /ɪ/ and /e/ sounds from last week, and seeing how they behave in two schwa diphthongs: /ɪə/ and /eə/. We’ll look at the sounds individually, in common words...
The left lift - /e/ and /ɪ/ in English
Welcome back to season 4 of English Sound Building! This week we're revisiting two short vowels we've looked at before: /e/ and /ɪ/, and contrasting them with each other. Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and ma...
Several business interests - disappearing syllables in English
Welcome back to season 4 of English Sound Building! Today, we're looking at "syncope" in pronunciation: otherwise known as words with disappearing syllables. Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you sub...
Record the record! Word stress in two-syllable verbs and nouns
Welcome back to season 4 of English Sound Building! Today, we're looking at word stress in two-syllable nouns and verbs. Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one...
My best vest - /b/ and /v/ in English
Welcome back to season 4 of English Sound Building! Today, we're picking back up on /b/ from last week, but contrasting it with the fricative /v/. We’ll look at the sounds individually, in common words, and in sentences. Practise as...
Buy pies! /p/ and /b/ in English.
Welcome back to season 4 of English Sound Building! Today, we're looking at our last voiceless/ voiced consonant pair: /p/ and /b/. We’ll look at the sounds individually, in common words, and in sentences. Practise as often as you c...
'E 'as an 'ard 'at on 'is 'ed... dropping /h/ in English
Welcome back to season 4 of English Sound Building! Following on from last week's episode all about /h/, this week we're discussing when /h/ is dropped - both by most speakers, in the weak forms of grammar words, and by some speakers, much more...
Hip hip hooray!
Welcome back! To kick off season 4, we're practising the /h/ sound. Have fun!Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one. If you use social media, c...
Season 3 Recap - More Tongue Twisters, Rhymes and Songs
Welcome to season 3 of English Sound Building! It's season 3 recap time already. We're having fun with the sounds we've focused on this season (as well as those from previous seasons) by working on some tongue twisters, a short rhyme, and two s...
She sells seashells - contrasting /ʃ/ and /s/ in English
Welcome to season 3 of English Sound Building! Today, we're contrasting two sounds we've looked at separately before: /ʃ/ and /s/. We're looking at a lot of minimal pairs, and we're practising with some sentences and a famous tongue twist...
Be afraid, be very afraid - intrusive /j/ in connected speech
Welcome back to season 3 of English Sound Building! Today, we're looking at how /j/ is heard between sounds in connected speech.Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next o...
Yeti on a Jetty - the /j/ and /dʒ/ sounds in English
Welcome to season 3 of English Sound Building! Today, we're revisiting the /ʤ/ sound we looked at last season, and contrasting it with /j/. We’re looking at the sounds in words, minimal pairs, and sentences.Practise as often as you can t...
Sing a song! The /ŋ/ sound in English.
Welcome to season 3 of English Sound Building! Today, we're looking at just one sound, the nasal consonant /ŋ/. Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.&nbs...