Connected speech and accent variation — the reason you understand the textbook but not the pub. 4 lessons · free.
The glottal stop, explained with the internet's favourite example. Once you hear where the /t/ goes, a lot of British speech stops sounding slurred.
Lesson notes →Native speakers drop /h/ constantly in fast speech. Knowing when it happens makes listening far easier.
Lesson notes →What actually shifts between regions. Hearing the pattern trains your ear for accents you have never met.
Lesson notes →A practical answer rather than a snobbish one: pick for who you speak to, and stop worrying about the rest.
Lesson notes →
Spelling that lies to you, vowels that outnumber the letters, and stress that moves. A good place to start.
“s” is often a /z/ — in plurals, in verbs, in ordinary words. The rule is simpler than it looks.
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