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English Sound Building - British Pronunciation

Tamsin (English Brick by Brick)

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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 E...

Episodes (108)

Season 5 recap - Burger burglars and other tongue twisters

English Sound Building - British Pronunciation

Dec 5, 202212:35pending

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

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Nov 28, 20228:33pending

Completely problematic - clusters with /l/

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Nov 21, 202213:08pending

Probably brilliant - tricky clusters with /r/

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Nov 14, 202221:37pending

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

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Nov 7, 202215:22pending

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

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Oct 31, 202214:04pending

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

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Oct 24, 202212:01pending

Four or five - intrusive /r/ in English

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Oct 17, 202218:58pending

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

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Oct 10, 202216:43pending

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

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Oct 3, 202218:31pending

Season 4 Recap - Tongue twisters, rhymes and a song

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Jul 4, 202217:31pending

How are you? Intrusive /w/ in English

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Jun 27, 202216:06pending

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

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Jun 20, 202220:44pending

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

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Jun 13, 202216:57pending

Several business interests - disappearing syllables in English

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Jun 6, 202211:45pending

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

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May 30, 202216:30pending

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

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May 23, 202217:12pending

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

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May 20, 202219:43pending

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

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May 9, 202216:06pending

Hip hip hooray!

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May 2, 202220:38pending

Season 3 Recap - More Tongue Twisters, Rhymes and Songs

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Dec 6, 202115:26pending

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

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Nov 29, 202116:04pending

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

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Nov 22, 202113:45pending

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

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Nov 15, 202115:08pending

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

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Nov 8, 202115:01pending

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

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Nov 1, 202120:14pending

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

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Oct 25, 202116:18pending

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

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Oct 18, 202116:45pending

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

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Oct 11, 202114:28pending

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

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Oct 4, 202116:32pending

Season 2 Recap - Tongue Twisters and Rhymes

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Jul 12, 202111:57pending

Fewer viewers - /f/ and /v/

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Jul 5, 202114:23pending

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

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Jun 28, 202114:35pending

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

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Jun 21, 202119:33pending

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

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Jun 14, 202115:38pending

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

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Jun 7, 202112:41pending

Good food - the /ʊ/ and /u:/ sounds

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May 31, 202113:23pending

Luck or look? The /ʌ/ and /ʊ/ sounds

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May 24, 202117:05pending

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

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May 17, 202113:57pending

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

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May 10, 202115:28pending

Season 1 shorts - The trapper...

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Apr 5, 20215:00pending

Season 1 Shorts - Skirts and Shirts

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Mar 29, 20216:27pending

Season 1 Shorts - Fred fed Ted...

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Mar 22, 20217:03pending

S1 Shorts - "Lesser Leather"

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Mar 15, 20216:02pending

Play and repeat - season one recap

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Mar 8, 202118:18pending

Go go go! The /əʊ/ sound.

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Mar 1, 202110:29pending

Top dog - the /ɒ/ sound

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Feb 22, 202110:27pending

Past tense -ed endings

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Feb 15, 202120:19pending

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

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Feb 8, 202123:49pending

Work, work, work! The /ɜː/ sound.

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Feb 1, 202112:08pending