British English

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  • Track 1

    p. 33

    tapped /r/ - /t-d/

  • Track 2

    p. 34

    past tense –ed

  • Track 3

    p. 34-35

    /tʃ-dʒ/

  • Track 4

    p. 36-37

    /tʃ-dʒ-ʃ/ word contrasts

  • Track 5

    p. 38

    the glottal stop

  • Track 6

    p. 39

    /s- z/ - word pairs

  • Track 7

    p. 41

    /v/ and contrasts /v-w/

  • Track 8

    p. 42-43

    /θ-ð/

  • Track 9

    p. 44

    /θ-ð-t-d/ word contrasts

  • Track 10

    p. 44-45

    /s-z/

  • Track 11

    p. 45

    "inflectional s"

  • Track 12

    p. 46

    /s-z/ and word contrasts – pronunciation practice 3.3

  • Track 13

    p. 46-47

    /s-z/ which sound? 1

  • Track 14

    p. 47

    /s-z/ which sound? 2

  • Track 15

    p. 47-48

    /ʃ-ʒ/ spelling

  • Track 16

    p. 49

    /ʃ-ʒ/ pronunciation practice 3.4

  • Track 17

    p. 49

    /tʃ-dʒ-ʃ-ʒ-s/word contrasts

  • Track 18

    p. 54

    "clear /l/" – "dark /l/"

  • Track 19

    p. 54 and 56

    /r/

  • Track 20

    p. 57

    /j/

  • Track 21

    p. 58-59

    /w/ and /v/

  • Track 22

    p. 60

    /w/ or /v/?

  • Track 23

    p. 61

    "dark /l/" – other variants

  • Track 24

    p. 70

    shortening and lengthening of vowels

  • Track 25

    p. 71 and 73-74

    the front monophthongs

  • Track 26

    p. 74-75

    the front monophthongs – pronunciation practice 4.1

  • Track 27

    p. 75

    the front monophthongs – pronunciation practice 4.2

  • Track 28

    p. 75

    /iː-ɪ/ - word contrasts

  • Track 29

    p. 76 and 78

    the central monophthongs

  • Track 30

    p. 79

    /ʌ-ɜː/ - practice

  • Track 31

    p. 80

    central monophthongs in other accents

  • Track 31 b

    p. 80

    central monophthongs in other accents

  • Track 32

    p. 81 and 83-85

    the back monophthongs

  • Track 33

    p. 86

    the back monophthongs – pronunciation practice 4.4

  • Track 34

    p. 87

    /ʌ-ɒ/ - which sound? 1

  • Track 35

    p. 87

    /ʌ-ɒ/ - which sound? 2

  • Track 36

    p. 87-88

    /ɒ-ɔː/ - practice

  • Track 37

    p. 88

    back monophthongs in other accents

  • Track 38

    p. 88-90

    weak vowels /i-u-ə/

  • Track 39

    p. 91

    /ə/ practice

  • Track 40

    p. 92-93

    front closing diphthongs

  • Track 41

    p. 94

    front closing diphthongs - pronunciation practice 4.6

  • Track 42

    p. 94

    front closing diphthongs in other accents

  • Track 43

    p. 95-96

    back closing diphthongs

  • Track 44

    p. 97

    back closing diphthongs - pronunciation practice 4.7

  • Track 45

    p. 97-98

    /əʊ-aʊ/ - word contrasts

  • Track 46

    p. 98

    /əʊ-aʊ/ - which?

  • Track 47

    p. 98-99

    /əʊ-aʊ/ in other accents

  • Track 48

    p. 99-100

    centring diphthongs

  • Track 49

    p. 101

    centring diphthongs - pronunciation practice 4.8

  • Track 50

    p. 102

    centring diphthongs - word contrasts

  • Track 51

    p. 102

    centring diphthongs - which?

  • Track 52

    p. 103

    centring diphthongs in other accents

  • Track 53

    p. 107-108

    word and sentence stress

  • Track 54

    p. 108

    limerick

  • Track 55

    p. 109

    pronunciation practice 5.1

  • Track 56

    p. 110

    stress in two-syllable words

  • Track 57

    p. 110

    stress in longer words

  • Track 58

    p. 111

    verb or noun/adjective?

  • Track 59

    p. 111

    pronunciation practice 5.2

  • Track 60

    p. 111-112

    secondary stress

  • Track 61

    p. 112

    double stress 1 - pronunciation practice 5.3

  • Track 62

    p. 112

    double stress 2 - pronunciation practice 5.4

  • Track 63

    p. 113-114

    word stress vs sentence stress

  • Track 64

    p. 116

    is / has – weak forms

  • Track 65

    p. 117-118

    weak or strong?

  • Track 66

    p. 118

    pronunciation practice 5.5

  • Track 67

    p. 120

    pronunciation practice 5.6

  • Track 68

    p. 120-121

    pronunciation practice 5.7

  • Track 69

    p. 124

    assimilation 1

  • Track 70

    p. 125

    assimilation 2 - pronunciation practice 5.8

  • Track 71

    p. 126

    elision

  • Track 72

    p. 126-127

    pronunciation practice 5.9

  • Track 73

    p. 131 and 134

    Intonation 1

  • Track 74

    p. 135-136

    pronunciation practice 6.1

  • Track 75

    p. 136-137

    pitch level

  • Track 76

    p. 137

    old and new information

  • Track 77

    p. 139

    intonation and sentence function

  • Track 78

    p. 139

    pronunciation practice 6.2

  • Track 79

    p. 140-141

    the low fall

  • Track 80

    p. 142-143

    the high fall

  • Track 81

    p. 144-145

    the low rise

  • Track 82

    p. 146-147

    the high rise

  • Track 83

    p. 147-148

    the fall-rise 1

  • Track 84

    p. 148-149

    the fall-rise 2

  • Track 85

    p. 149

    exercise 6.1

  • Track 86

    p. 150

    intonation – additional points

  • Track 87

    p. 162-163

    nursery rhymes

  • Track 88

    p. 163

    limericks

  • Track 89

    p. 190

    words – dictation

  • Track 90

    p. 190-192

    sentences – dictation

  • Track 91

    p. 193-194

    intonation dictation

  • Track 92

    p. 215-216

    different variants of English – some examples