Tim's Pronunciation Workshop
medium levelTim's Pronunciation Workshop: assimilation of /s/
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Tim
Hi. I'm Tim and this is my Pronunciation workshop. Here I'm going to show you how English is really spoken. Come on, let's go inside. You know how they say that British people are obsessed with the weather? Well I'm feeling under it today. Under the weather – that's an expression which means 'I'm not feeling very well'. Excuse me! What do you say in your language when someone sneezes? Do you know what we say in British English? Let's ask the people of London.
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Tim
you! Bless you! Now the word 'bless' ends in /s/ and 'you' begins with /j/. But what happens to the /s/ sound when we put the two words together? Watch and listen again.
Voxpops
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Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Assimilation of /t/ and /p/
Episode 46 / 23 Sep 2014
Tim talks pronunication: words that end with a /t/ sound
Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Linking /r/
Episode 47 / 23 Sep 2014
Tim is looking at an aspect of connected speech called linking /r/.
Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: 'Twinning' or Gemination
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What happens when one word ends in an /s/ sound and the next word begins with an /s/ sound?
Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Elision of /t/
Episode 49 / 23 Sep 2014
What happens in everyday speech when a /t/ sound comes in between two consonant sounds?
Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Intrusive /r/
Episode 50 / 23 Sep 2014
Tim's talking about sounds that you can hear, even when they don't - or shouldn't - exist!
Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Schwa
Episode 51 / 23 Sep 2014
Tim's looking at an aspect of spoken English called 'schwa'
Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Linking /w/
Episode 52 / 23 Sep 2014
Tim shows us how to join words together in spoken English with a linking /w/
Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Assimilation of /n/ followed by /p/
Episode 53 / 23 Sep 2014
Tim looks at an aspect of connected speech called assimilation of /n/ followed by /p/.
Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Elision of /d/
Episode 54 / 23 Sep 2014
Tim looks at an aspect of connected speech called 'elision of /d/'.
Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Assimilation of /nd/
Episode 55 / 23 Sep 2014
What happens when a word or syllable ending in the sound /nd/ is followed by a word or syllable starting with a consonant sound? Tim explains...