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 word...
23 Maj 202217min
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 sente...
20 Maj 202219min
'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 gr...
9 Maj 202216min
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 u...
2 Maj 202220min
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 so...
6 Dec 202115min
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 s...
29 Nov 202116min
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 ...
22 Nov 202113min
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 sen...
15 Nov 202115min
