BBC Learning English - Feature: Pronunciation

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Summary

Tim reviews the Pronunciation Workshop series... and gives a final piece of advice

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Assimilation of /t/ followed by /j/

What happens when a word ends in /t/ and the next word begins with a /j/ sound?

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: assimilation of /t/ followed by /k/

How do we pronounce words beginning with /h/ in natural spoken English?

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Elision of /h/

How do we pronounce words beginning with /h/ in natural spoken English?

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Contracted 'have'

How do we pronounce 'have' when it's an auxiliary verb?

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: assimilation of /d/ and /b/

What happens when one word ends in a /d/ sound and the next one begins in /b/?

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Would you...?

How the phrase 'would you...?' is pronounced in natural English

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: The gemination of /t/

What happens when a word ends in a /t/ sound and the next word starts with /t/?

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: From

How do we pronounce 'from' in natural English?

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: assimilation of /s/

What happens when one word ends in /s/ and the next begins in /j/ or /ʃ/?

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Been

How do fluent speakers of English pronounce the word 'been' in natural speech? Tim explains...

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Linking /j/

Tim looks at what the linking /j/ is - and when it appears

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: The

Tim demonstrates two different ways to pronounce the word 'the'

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Plosives

What are plosives - and how do fluent speakers of English pronounce them? Tim explains...

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Can

How do fluent speakers of English pronounce the word 'can' in natural speech? Tim explains...

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Assimilation of /d/ to /g/

What happens when a word that ends with a /d/ sound is followed by a word beginning with a /g/ or a /k/? Tim explains...

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Consonant - vowel linking

What happens in pronunciation when one word ends in a consonant sound and the next word begins with a vowel sound? Tim explains...

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: 'was' and 'were'

How do fluent speakers pronounce 'was' in natural speech? Tim explains...

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: And

How do fluent speakers of English pronounce the word 'and' in natural speech? Tim explains...

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Have to

How do fluent speakers pronounce 'have to' when it's a modal verb of obligation? Tim explains...

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Assimilation of /nd/

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...

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Elision of /d/

Tim looks at an aspect of connected speech called 'elision of /d/'.

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Assimilation of /n/ followed by /p/

Tim looks at an aspect of connected speech called assimilation of /n/ followed by /p/.

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Linking /w/

Tim shows us how to join words together in spoken English with a linking /w/

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Schwa

Tim's looking at an aspect of spoken English called 'schwa'

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Intrusive /r/

Tim's talking about sounds that you can hear, even when they don't - or shouldn't - exist!

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Elision of /t/

What happens in everyday speech when a /t/ sound comes in between two consonant sounds?

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: 'Twinning' or Gemination

What happens when one word ends in an /s/ sound and the next word begins with an /s/ sound?

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Linking /r/

Tim is looking at an aspect of connected speech called linking /r/.

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Assimilation of /t/ and /p/

Tim talks pronunication: words that end with a /t/ sound

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Long Vowels - 5

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Long Vowels - 4

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Long Vowels - 3

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Long Vowels - 2

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Long Vowels - 1

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Short Vowels - 7

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Short Vowels - 6

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Short Vowels - 5

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Short Vowels - 4

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Short Vowels - 3

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Short Vowels - 2

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Short Vowels - 1

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Other Consonants - 8

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Other Consonants - 7

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Other Consonants - 6

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Other Consonants - 5

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Other Consonants - 4

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Other Consonants - 3

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Other Consonants - 2

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Other Consonants - 1

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Voiced Consonants - 8

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Voiced Consonants - 7

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Voiced Consonants - 6

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Voiced Consonants - 5

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Voiced Consonants - 4

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Voiced Consonants - 3

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Voiced Consonants 2

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Voiced Consonants - 1

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Voiceless Consonants - 8

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Voiceless Consonants - 7

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Voiceless Consonants - 6

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Voiceless Consonants - 5

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Voiceless Consonants - 4

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Voiceless Consonants - 3

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Voiceless Consonants - 2

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Voiceless Consonants - 1

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Diphthongs - 8

This is the eighth diphthong programme in our series of 45 pronunciation videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Voiced consonants / The Sounds of English: Voiced Consonants - 8

This is the eighth of eight voiced consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Voiceless consonants / The Sounds of English: Voiceless Consonants - 8

This is the eighth of eight voiceless consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Other consonants / The Sounds of English: Other Consonants - 8

This is the eighth of eight other consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Diphthongs - 7

This is the seventh diphthong programme in our series of 45 pronunciation videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Diphthongs / The Sounds of English: Diphthongs - 8

This is the eighth of eight diphthong programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Diphthongs - 6

This is the sixth diphthong programme in our series of 45 pronunciation videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Other consonants / The Sounds of English: Other Consonants - 7

This is the seventh of eight other consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Voiced consonants / The Sounds of English: Voiced Consonants - 7

This is the seventh of eight voiced consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Short vowels / The Sounds of English: Short Vowels - 7

This is the seventh of seven short vowel programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Diphthongs / The Sounds of English: Diphthongs - 7

This is the seventh of eight diphthong programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Voiceless consonants / The Sounds of English: Voiceless Consonants - 7

This is the seventh of eight voiceless consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Voiced consonants / The Sounds of English: Voiced Consonants - 6

This is the sixth of eight voiced consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Diphthongs / The Sounds of English: Diphthongs - 6

This is the sixth of eight diphthong programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Other consonants / The Sounds of English: Other Consonants - 6

This is the sixth of eight other consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Voiceless consonants / The Sounds of English: Voiceless Consonants - 6

This is the sixth of eight voiceless consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Short vowels / The Sounds of English: Short Vowels - 6

This is the sixth of seven short vowel programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Diphthongs - 5

This is the fifth diphthong programme in our series of 45 pronunciation videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Diphthongs - 4

This is the fourth diphthong programme in our series of 45 pronunciation videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Diphthongs / The Sounds of English: Diphthongs - 5

This is the fifth of eight diphthong programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Voiceless consonants / The Sounds of English: Voiceless Consonants - 5

This is the fifth of eight voiceless consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Short vowels / The Sounds of English: Short Vowels - 5

This is the fifth of seven short vowel programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Long vowels / The Sounds of English: Long Vowels - 5

This is the fifth of five long vowel programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Voiced consonants / The Sounds of English: Voiced Consonants - 5

This is the fifth of eight voiced consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Other consonants / The Sounds of English: Other Consonants - 5

This is the fifth of eight other consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Diphthongs / The Sounds of English: Diphthongs - 4

This is the fourth of eight diphthong programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Short vowels / The Sounds of English: Short Vowels - 4

This is the fourth of seven short vowel programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Other consonants / The Sounds of English: Other Consonants - 4

This is the fourth of eight other consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Voiced consonants / The Sounds of English: Voiced Consonants - 4

This is the fourth of eight voiced consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Voiceless consonants / The Sounds of English: Voiceless Consonants - 4

This is the fourth of eight voiceless consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Diphthongs - 3

This is the third diphthong programme in our series of 45 pronunciation videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Long vowels / The Sounds of English: Long Vowels - 4

This is the fourth of five long vowel programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Voiceless consonants / The Sounds of English: Voiceless Consonants - 3

This is the third of eight voiceless consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Other consonants / The Sounds of English: Other Consonants - 3

This is the third of eight other consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Diphthongs - 2

This is the second diphthong programme in our series of 45 pronunciation videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Diphthongs / The Sounds of English: Diphthongs - 3

This is the second of eight diphthong programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Voiced consonants / The Sounds of English: Voiced Consonants - 3

This is the third of eight voiced consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Long vowels / The Sounds of English: Long Vowels - 3

This is the third of five long vowel programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Short vowels / The Sounds of English: Short Vowels - 3

This is the third of seven short vowel programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Short vowels / The Sounds of English: Short Vowels - 2

This is the second of seven short vowel programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / The Sounds of English: Diphthongs - 1

This is the first diphthong programme in our series of 45 pronunciation videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Diphthongs / The Sounds of English: Diphthongs - 2

This is the second of eight diphthong programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Long vowels / The Sounds of English: Long Vowels - 2

This is the second of five long vowel programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Other consonants / The Sounds of English: Other Consonants - 2

This is the second of eight other consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Voiceless consonants / The Sounds of English: Voiceless Consonants - 2

This is the second of eight voiceless consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Voiced consonants / The Sounds of English: Voiced Consonants 2

This is the second of eight voiced consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Short vowels / The Sounds of English: Short Vowels - 1

This is the first of seven short vowel programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Long vowels / The Sounds of English: Long Vowels - 1

This is the first of five long vowel programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Other consonants / The Sounds of English: Other Consonants - 1

This is the first of eight other consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Voiceless consonants / The Sounds of English: Voiceless Consonants - 1

This is the first of eight voiceless consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Diphthongs / The Sounds of English: Diphthongs - 1

This is the first of eight diphthong programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Introduction to The Sounds of English

This is the introductory video to our The sounds of English series

BBC Learning English - The Sounds of English: Voiced consonants / The Sounds of English: Voiced Consonants - 1

This is the first of eight voiced consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation

Tim's Pronunciation Workshop

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The Sounds of English

Scroll down to the bottom of this page for The Sounds of English, our video guide to all the consonant and vowel sounds in the English language. Watch, listen and repeat. It's as simple as that!