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't miss the next one. The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram . Interested in classes? Get in touch! I occasionally have availability for 1:1 students. Email [email protected] Support the sh...
Dec 05, 2022•13 min•Season 5Ep. 54
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 script is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram . Interested in classes or a one-off diagnosis session? Get in touch! I sometimes have availability for 1:1 students. Email [email protected] Support the show...
Nov 28, 2022•9 min•Season 5Ep. 53
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. The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon . You can also follow and contact me on Instagram , or email [email protected] Support the show...
Nov 21, 2022•13 min•Season 5Ep. 52
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 don't miss the next one. The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram , Facebook or Twitter . Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki ! Contact me if there is no availability showing – I always try ...
Nov 14, 2022•22 min•Season 5Ep. 51
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 is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram , Facebook or Twitter . Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki ! Contact me about group classes [email protected]😊 Support the show...
Nov 07, 2022•15 min•Season 5Ep. 50
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 memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one. The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram , Facebook or Twitter . Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki ! Contact me if there is...
Oct 31, 2022•14 min•Season 5Ep. 49
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 so you don't miss the next one. The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram , Facebook or Twitter . Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki ! Contact me if there is no availability showing – I alway...
Oct 24, 2022•12 min•Season 5Ep. 48
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't miss the next one. The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram , Facebook or Twitter . Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki ! Contact me if there is no availability showing – I always try to make r...
Oct 17, 2022•19 min•Season 5Ep. 47
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 often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one. The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram , Facebook or Twitter . Interested in classes? Learn with me on...
Oct 10, 2022•17 min•Season 5Ep. 46
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 in minimal pairs with /l/ and /w/. 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 is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram , Fac...
Oct 03, 2022•19 min•Season 5Ep. 45
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 muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one. The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram , Facebook or Twitter . Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki ! Contact me if ther...
Jul 04, 2022•18 min•Season 4Ep. 44
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't miss the next one. The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram , Facebook or Twitter . Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki ! Contact me if there is no availability showing – I alway...
Jun 27, 2022•16 min•Season 4Ep. 43
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, and in sentences. 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 is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram , Facebook or Twitter...
Jun 20, 2022•21 min•Season 4Ep. 42
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 make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one. The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram , Facebook or Twitter . Interested in classes? You can learn with me on italki ! If my schedule shows no...
Jun 13, 2022•17 min•Season 4Ep. 41
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 subscribe so you don't miss the next one. The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram , Facebook or Twitter . Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki ! Support the show...
Jun 06, 2022•12 min•Season 4Ep. 40
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. The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram , Facebook or Twitter . Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki ! Support the show...
May 30, 2022•17 min•Season 4Ep. 39
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 often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one. The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram , Facebook or Twitter . Interested in classes? Learn with m...
May 23, 2022•17 min•Season 4Ep. 38
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 can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one. The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram , Facebook or Twitter . Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki ! S...
May 20, 2022•20 min•Season 4Ep. 37
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 often, in some regional English accents. 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 is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on...
May 09, 2022•16 min•Season 4Ep. 36
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, come find me on Instagram , Facebook or Twitter . Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki ! Support the show...
May 02, 2022•21 min•Season 4Ep. 35
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 songs. 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 is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram , Facebook or Twitte...
Dec 06, 2021•15 min•Season 3Ep. 34
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 twister, too. 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. The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram , Facebo...
Nov 29, 2021•16 min•Season 3Ep. 33
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 one. The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram , Facebook or Twitter . Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki ! I'm officially fully booked at the moment, but I may be able to make an e...
Nov 22, 2021•14 min•Season 3Ep. 32
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 to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one. The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram , Facebook or Twitter . Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki !...
Nov 15, 2021•15 min•Season 3Ep. 31
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. The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram , Facebook or Twitter . Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki ! I'm officially fully booked at the moment, but I may be able to make an exception for podc...
Nov 08, 2021•15 min•Season 3Ep. 30
Welcome back to season 3 of English Sound Building! Today, we're looking at another voiceless and voiced consonant pair: /k/ and /g/. We'll practise the sounds in individual words, in some minimal pairs, and in sentences. 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 is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram , Facebook or Twitter . Interested in classes? Learn ...
Nov 01, 2021•20 min•Season 3Ep. 29
Welcome to season 3 of English Sound Building! Today, we're picking up on the /ɒ/ sound from last week, and contrasting it with the diphthong /əʊ/. 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. The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram , Facebook or Twitter . Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki ! I'm officially fully booked at the moment, b...
Oct 25, 2021•16 min•Season 3Ep. 28
In this episode, we're practising the contrast between the British English vowel sounds /ɒ/ and /ʌ/. We're reviewing some common words with both sounds, before looking at some minimal pairs and sentences. 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 is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram , Facebook or Twitter . Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki...
Oct 18, 2021•17 min•Season 3Ep. 27
Welcome to season 3 of English Sound Building! Today, we're looking at an important feature of sentence-level pronunciation: the weak forms of some common grammar words, and how these can help your listening and speaking skills. We're doing this by looking back on some tongue twisters and rhymes, which will really help you see how these weak forms contribute to the rhythm of English, too. Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't...
Oct 11, 2021•14 min•Season 3Ep. 26
Welcome to season 3 of English Sound Building! To start season 3, we’re looking at a real classic: the difference between the short vowel /ɪ/ and the long vowel /i:/. We practise the sounds individually in words and sentences, in minimal pairs, and in some mixed sentences at the end. 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 is available free on my Patreon . Don't forget to follow me on Instagram ...
Oct 04, 2021•17 min•Ep. 25
