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English Sound Building - British Pronunciation — 54 episodes

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Season 5 recap - Burger burglars and other tongue twisters

2

Luxury and Tranquility - words with /r/ and /l/

3

Completely problematic - clusters with /l/

4

Probably brilliant - tricky clusters with /r/

5

Hey, hey, hey! The diphthong /eɪ/ in English

6

Her hair - contrasting /ɜː/ and /eə/ in English

7

Very varied - contrasting /e/ and /eə/ in English

8

Four or five - intrusive /r/ in English

9

Order, order! More on pronouncing the letter 'r' in English

10

I'm terribly sorry - saying the letter 'r' in English

11

Season 4 Recap - Tongue twisters, rhymes and a song

12

How are you? Intrusive /w/ in English

13

Beer or bear? The diphthongs /ɪə/ and /eə/ in English

14

The left lift - /e/ and /ɪ/ in English

15

Several business interests - disappearing syllables in English

16

Record the record! Word stress in two-syllable verbs and nouns

17

My best vest - /b/ and /v/ in English

18

Buy pies! /p/ and /b/ in English.

19

'E 'as an 'ard 'at on 'is 'ed... dropping /h/ in English

20

Hip hip hooray!

21

Season 3 Recap - More Tongue Twisters, Rhymes and Songs

22

She sells seashells - contrasting /ʃ/ and /s/ in English

23

Be afraid, be very afraid - intrusive /j/ in connected speech

24

Yeti on a Jetty - the /j/ and /dʒ/ sounds in English

25

Sing a song! The /ŋ/ sound in English.

26

Cold gold - the /k/ and /g/ sounds in English

27

Gotta go! Contrasting /ɒ/ and /əʊ/ in English

28

You've got guts! The /ɒ/ and /ʌ/ sounds in English.

29

A proper cup of coffee - weak forms of common grammar words in English

30

Cheap as Chips! The /ɪ/ and /i:/ sounds in English

31

Season 2 Recap - Tongue Twisters and Rhymes

32

Fewer viewers - /f/ and /v/

33

A little chill: the two 'l' sounds in English

34

Wouldya, couldya? /ʃ/, /ʧ/, /ʒ/ and /ʤ/ in connected speech

35

Cheering and jeering: the /tʃ/ and /dʒ/ sounds.

36

It's sure azure - the /ʃ/ and /ʒ/ sounds

37

Good food - the /ʊ/ and /u:/ sounds

38

Luck or look? The /ʌ/ and /ʊ/ sounds

39

Twelve giveaways - /w/ and /v/ in the middle or at the end of words

40

A wet vet - /w/ and /v/ at the beginning of words

41

Season 1 shorts - The trapper...

42

Season 1 Shorts - Skirts and Shirts

43

Season 1 Shorts - Fred fed Ted...

44

S1 Shorts - "Lesser Leather"

45

Play and repeat - season one recap

46

Go go go! The /əʊ/ sound.

47

Top dog - the /ɒ/ sound

48

Past tense -ed endings

49

Betting or bedding? The /t/ and /d/ sounds.

50

Work, work, work! The /ɜː/ sound.

51

Never forget! The 'schwa' sound in individual words

52

Man or men? /æ/ and /e/

53

Teeth and teethe - the two 'th' sounds in English

54

Peace or peas? /s/ and /z/