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English Sound Building - British Pronunciation

Tamsin (English Brick by Brick)

Join me, Tamsin, to smash some English language learning goals and flex your pronunciation muscles! English Sound Building is an advanced pronunciation podcast where *you* do the work to build muscle, muscle memory, and master new sounds. Each episode will focus on one or two British English sounds, looking at how they're pronounced in common words, and then practising them in some trickier phrases. Always remember that successful communication is possible in any one of the thousands of global English accents. This podcast is for those of you who enjoy playing with sound 😊
Season 5 recap - Burger burglars and other tongue twisters December 05, 2022
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Luxury and Tranquility - words with /r/ and /l/November 28, 2022
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Completely problematic - clusters with /l/November 21, 2022
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Probably brilliant - tricky clusters with /r/November 14, 2022
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Hey, hey, hey! The diphthong /eɪ/ in EnglishNovember 07, 2022
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Her hair - contrasting /ɜː/ and /eə/ in EnglishOctober 31, 2022
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Very varied - contrasting /e/ and /eə/ in EnglishOctober 24, 2022
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Four or five - intrusive /r/ in EnglishOctober 17, 2022
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Order, order! More on pronouncing the letter 'r' in English October 10, 2022
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I'm terribly sorry - saying the letter 'r' in EnglishOctober 03, 2022
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Season 4 Recap - Tongue twisters, rhymes and a songJuly 04, 2022
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How are you? Intrusive /w/ in EnglishJune 27, 2022
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Beer or bear? The diphthongs /ɪə/ and /eə/ in EnglishJune 20, 2022
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The left lift - /e/ and /ɪ/ in EnglishJune 13, 2022
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Several business interests - disappearing syllables in EnglishJune 06, 2022
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Record the record! Word stress in two-syllable verbs and nounsMay 30, 2022
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My best vest - /b/ and /v/ in EnglishMay 23, 2022
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Buy pies! /p/ and /b/ in English.May 20, 2022
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'E 'as an 'ard 'at on 'is 'ed... dropping /h/ in EnglishMay 09, 2022
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Hip hip hooray!May 02, 2022
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Season 3 Recap - More Tongue Twisters, Rhymes and SongsDecember 06, 2021
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She sells seashells - contrasting /ʃ/ and /s/ in EnglishNovember 29, 2021
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Be afraid, be very afraid - intrusive /j/ in connected speechNovember 22, 2021
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Yeti on a Jetty - the /j/ and /dʒ/ sounds in EnglishNovember 15, 2021
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Sing a song! The /ŋ/ sound in English.November 08, 2021
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