Tim's Pronunciation Workshop
medium levelTim's Pronunciation Workshop: Plosives
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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. Wow. Isn't the world an amazing place? Look how many countries there are! Well – at least ten! Do you like travelling? How many countries have you visited? Now, is there any particular place, or country, that you'd like to visit? This is what the people of London told us when we asked them that same question.
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I'd like to visit Iceland.
I'd like to visit South America.
I'd like to visit Spain and Greece.
I'd love to go to Egypt.
Tim
contraction 'I'd' ends in the sound /d/, doesn’t it? Or does it? Listen again - can you fully hear the /d/?
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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
Episode 48 / 23 Sep 2014
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...