Episodes
Welcome to season 5 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re reviewing all the sounds from season 5, and many others too, with ten tongue twisters. Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.   The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram.   Interested in classes? Get in touch! I occasionally have availability for 1:1 students. Email [email protected] Support the show
Published 12/05/22
Welcome to season 5 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re looking at words with both ‘l’ and ‘r’. Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.   The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram. Interested in classes or a one-off diagnosis session? Get in touch! I sometimes have availability for 1:1 students. Email [email protected] Support the show
Published 11/28/22
Welcome to season 5 of English Sound Building! Today, reviewing a lot of sounds in tricky clusters with /l/. Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.    The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon. You can also follow and contact me on Instagram, or email [email protected]   Support the show
Published 11/21/22
Welcome to season 5 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re reviewing /r/, and a lot of other consonant sounds besides, to look at clusters with /r/. Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.    The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki! Contact me if there is no availability showing – I always try...
Published 11/14/22
Welcome to season 5 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re practising the diphthong /eɪ/. Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.   The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki! Contact me about group classes [email protected]😊 Support the show
Published 11/07/22
Welcome to season 5 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re following on from last week, and contrasting two sounds we’ve looked at before, but not in relation to each other: /ɜ:/ and /eə/. Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.   The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki! Contact me if there is...
Published 10/31/22
Welcome to season 5 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re contrasting two sounds we’ve looked at before, but not in relation to each other: /e/ and /eə/. Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.    The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki! Contact me if there is no availability showing – I always...
Published 10/24/22
Welcome to season 5 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re back with connected speech and another intrusive sound: intrusive /r/. Have fun!  Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.   The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki! Contact me if there is no availability showing – I always try to make...
Published 10/17/22
Welcome to season 5 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re continuing from last week’s look at the /r/ sound, thinking about places where we see the letter ‘r’ in writing, but do not pronounce it in a standard RP accent. Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.    The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. Interested in classes? Learn with me on...
Published 10/10/22
Welcome to season 5 of English Sound Building! Today is the first of a few episodes this season looking at the /r/ sound. In particular, this episode considers words where the written letter ‘r’ is always pronounced, and practises the /r/ sound in minimal pairs with /l/ and /w/. Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.   The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram,...
Published 10/03/22
Welcome back to season 4 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re recapping the sounds from this season, as well as a few from others, by having fun with some tongue twisters, rhymes and a song.  Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.   The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki! Contact me if there...
Published 07/04/22
Welcome back to season 4 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re back with connected speech, this time looking at another 'intrusive' sound: /w/. Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.    The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki! Contact me if there is no availability showing – I always try to...
Published 06/27/22
Welcome back to season 4 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re picking back up on the /ɪ/ and /e/ sounds from last week, and seeing how they behave in two schwa diphthongs: /ɪə/ and /eə/. We’ll look at the sounds individually, in common words, and in sentences.  Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.   The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. ...
Published 06/20/22
Welcome back to season 4 of English Sound Building! This week we're revisiting two short vowels we've looked at before: /e/ and /ɪ/, and contrasting them with each other.   Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.    The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. Interested in classes? You can learn with me on italki! If my schedule shows no...
Published 06/13/22
Welcome back to season 4 of English Sound Building! Today, we're looking at "syncope" in pronunciation: otherwise known as words with disappearing syllables.  Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.   The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki!  Support the show
Published 06/06/22
Welcome back to season 4 of English Sound Building! Today, we're looking at word stress in two-syllable nouns and verbs.  Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.   The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki!  Support the show
Published 05/30/22
Welcome back to season 4 of English Sound Building! Today, we're picking back up on /b/ from last week, but contrasting it with the fricative /v/. We’ll look at the sounds individually, in common words, and in sentences.  Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.   The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. Interested in classes? Learn with me on...
Published 05/23/22
Welcome back to season 4 of English Sound Building! Today, we're looking at our last voiceless/ voiced consonant pair: /p/ and /b/. We’ll look at the sounds individually, in common words, and in sentences.  Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.   The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. Interested in classes? Learn with me on...
Published 05/20/22
Welcome back to season 4 of English Sound Building! Following on from last week's episode all about /h/, this week we're discussing when /h/ is dropped - both by most speakers, in the weak forms of grammar words, and by some speakers, much more often, in some regional English accents.    Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.    The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon. Don't forget to follow me on...
Published 05/09/22
Welcome back! To kick off season 4, we're practising the /h/ sound. Have fun! Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.     If you use social media, come find me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki!  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/englishbrickbybrick)
Published 05/02/22
Welcome to season 3 of English Sound Building! It's season 3 recap time already. We're having fun with the sounds we've focused on this season (as well as those from previous seasons) by working on some tongue twisters, a short rhyme, and two songs. Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.    The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. Interested...
Published 12/06/21
Welcome to season 3 of English Sound Building! Today, we're contrasting two sounds we've looked at separately before: /ʃ/ and /s/.  We're looking at a lot of minimal pairs, and we're practising with some sentences and a famous tongue twister, too. Have fun! Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.   The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. ...
Published 11/29/21
Welcome back to season 3 of English Sound Building! Today, we're looking at how /j/ is heard between sounds in connected speech. Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.    The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki! I'm officially fully booked at the moment, but I may be able to make an exception...
Published 11/22/21
Welcome to season 3 of English Sound Building! Today, we're revisiting the /ʤ/ sound we looked at last season, and contrasting it with /j/. We’re looking at the sounds in words, minimal pairs, and sentences. Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.     The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki! I'm...
Published 11/15/21