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​The Online Received Pronunciation Programme

Introduction

Course Introduction and Methodology Overview.

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Long vowels​

The five long vowels [ɑː], [uː], [ɔ:], [i:], and [ɜː].

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Short vowels: Part 1

Part 1 includes [ə] (schwa sound), [ɪ] as in “sit”, and [ʌ] as in “must”, with an [ɪ] - [i:] comparison.

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Short vowels: Part 2

Part 2 covers [ɒ], comparisons [ɒ] - [ɔ:] and [ɒ] - [ʌ],  short vowels [e] and [ʊ], comparison [ʊ] and [u:], and short vowel [æ].

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Diphthongs: Part 1

Diphthongs in Part 1 include [əʊ] as in “coat”, [eɪ] as in “late”, [ɔɪ] as in “toy”, and [ɪə] sound as in “nuclear”.

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Diphthongs: Part 2

Diphthongs [aɪ] as in “fly”, [ʊə] as in “tour”, [eə] as in “pear”, and [aʊ] as in “loud”.

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Semi-Vowels

[j] sound as in “yes” and [w] sound as in “water”.

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Plosive Consonants

Covering Unvoiced [p] and voiced [b], Unvoiced [t] and Voiced [d], and Unvoiced [k] and its partner [g].

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Nasal Consonants

Mastering [m] as in “smoke”, [n] as in “nine”, and [ŋ] sound as in “sing”.

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Lateral Consonants

Lateral consonant [l] as in “alone”, and the dark [ɫ] as in “cold”.

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Fricative Consonants: Part 1

Part 1 covers Unvoiced [f] and Voiced [v] as in “flower” and “very”, Unvoiced [θ] and Voiced [ð] as in “thin” and “this”.

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Fricative Consonants: Part 2

Unvoiced [s] and Voiced [z] as in “sweet” and “zebra”, Unvoiced [ʃ] and Voiced [ʒ] as in “shirt" and “vision”, Unvoiced [h] as in “hello”.

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Affricates

The [r] sound as in “red”, Unvoiced [tʃ] as in “cheap”, and Voiced [dʒ] “jeep”.

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