– WEEKLY LIVE ZOOMS –

Improve your English pronunciation skills in fun online group lessons (via Zoom) with expert tuition, and a practical 4 level program. 

What’s included?

Each level of the group program includes:

10 LIVE LESSONS

Each level is 10 x 45 minute live classes via Zoom.

VIDEOS & QUIZZES

Each lesson has a video summary and quiz for revision. 

EBOOKS

The Sound of English ebooks with audio.

CERTIFICATE

You’ll receive a course completion certificate when you finish.

The group courses are in 4 levels. These do not relate to your level of English, they are based on your level of knowledge in pronunciation. 

Upcoming Courses

Each level is £99/person, next dates are shown:

PRONUNCIATION


– Wednesdays | 14:00-14:45 |
(22/10-7/1)

– IPA Chart
– 44 Sounds of GB English
– Articulators
– Spelling to Sound

INTONATION

– Thursdays | 12:00-12:45 |
(13/11-29/1)

– Sentence Stress
– Intonation Patterns
– Pacing and Units of Speech
– Dialogue Practice

PHONETICS

– Thursdays | 18:00-18:45 |
(13/11-29/1)

– Allophones
– Phonetic Transcription
– Connected Speech
– Diacritics

ACCENTS


– Tuesdays | 13:00-13:45 |
(21/10-23/12)

– Accents from Britain
– American & Irish
– Sounds & Intonation
– Ear Training

Syllabus

PRONUNCIATION

Introduction
– IPA Chart
– Spelling to Sound
– Articulators

– /ə/
– Spelling to Sound
– Function vs Content
– American R colouring

– /ɪ,ʊ,ɛ,ʌ,ɒ,a/
– Spelling to Sound
– Unusual Spellings
– Northern /ʌ/

– /iː,uː,əː,ɔː,ɛː,ɑː/
– Spelling to Sound
– Reduced Vowels
– TRAP/BATH Split

– /ɪə, eɪ, aʊ, əʊ, ʌɪ, ɔɪ/
– Spelling to Sound
– Word Construction
– /ʊə/ (new vs old)

– IPA Chart
– Articulators
– Voicing
– Place of Articulation

– /f,v,θ,ð,s,z,ʃ,ʒ,h/
– /θ/ vs /ð/
– Homophones
– S Endings
– TH Fronting

– /p,b,t,d,k,g,tʃ,dʒ/
– /t/ vs [ʔ]– ED Endings
– Silent Letters

– /w,r,j,l/
– Clear vs Dark /l/
– Silent R
– Linking R
– Rhoticity

– /m,n,ŋ/
– Clusters
– Syllabic Consonants
– G Droppin’

INTONATION

– What is Stress
– Dictionary Stress
– Words, Syllables, Sentences
– Function & Content

– Tonic Syllable (TS)
– Choosing a TS
– Information
– Function Words

– Onset
– Head
– Pre-head
– Tail

– What’s Stressed?
– Names
– Negatives
– Compounds

– Abbreviations
– Phrasal Verbs
– -teen Numbers
– Syllable-final Stress

– 4 Patterns
– Pitch Diagrams
– Steps & Bends
– Tone & Meaning

– Falling
– Rising
– Fall-rising
– Rise-falling

– Wh-
– Yes/No
– Tags I
– Tags II

– Definitive Fall
– Implication
– Friendly Rise
– High Fall

– Sequences
– Subordinates
– Adverbials
– Lists

PHONETICS

– The grid
– Monophthongs
– Diphthongs
– Diacritics

– [ə,ɪ,i,u]– Different Schwas
– Phonemic vs Phonetic
– Weak vowel joining

– /ɪ,iː/ /ʊ,uː/ /ʌ,a,ɑː/
– Position & Length
– Identifying focus sounds
– Phonemic vs Phonetic

– Pre-fortis clipping
– Vowel length and stress
– Length diacritic [ˑ]

– Centring “Diphthongs” /ɔə,ʊə,eə,ɪə/
– “Monophthongs” /iː,uː/
– Mapping diphthongs

– Place, Manner, Voicing
– GB English Chart
– Full IPA Chart
– Diacritics

– Elision
– Dental joining
– H Dropping

– 10 Pronunciations of /t/
– 3 Uses of the Glottal Stop [ʔ]– Aspiration [ʰ]– Devoicing

– 5 Pronunciations of /r/
– Vowel/vowel joining
– Vowel assimilations before [ɬ]– Yod dropping

– /n/ assimilations
– NG coalescence
– Nasal diacritic

ACCENT

– ‘Standard’ British vs American
– Rhoticity
– General American features

– Estuary vs Cockney vs MLE
– Vowel sounds
– Consonant sounds
– History

– What is “Standard Northern”
– Vowel sounds
– Consonant sounds
– Yorkshire vs Lancashire

– Vowel sounds
– Consonant sounds
– History

– Vowel sounds
– Consonant sounds
– Rhoticity
– Stereotypes

– Vowel Sounds
– Intonation
– Stereotypes
– vs Black Country

– Vowel Sounds
– Consonant Sounds

– Vowel Sounds
– Consonant Sounds

– Vowel Sounds
– Consonant Sounds

– Vowel Sounds
– Consonant Sounds
– History
– vs RP

FAQ

Groups are normally on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays – the same day/time for 10 weeks, then it changes to the next level. 

We don’t allow recording of group courses for privacy reasons. You can catch summaries of all courses on the course page. 

Included with group training is full access to the STUDIO ONLINE resources (ebooks, lessons, quizzes, tests and live practice lessons). 

Our teachers will speak at normal native speed in class, so it is essential that learners can follow this without getting lost. The courses are suitable on this basis, for high intermediate to proficient level speakers. If you’re not sure your level is right, contact us or take an assessment.

We aim to give individual feedback for those joining with cameras on in the Zoom groups, though it depends on the number of learners in the class. 

All classes are taught by Pronunciation Studio’s IPA certified teaching team Joseph, Tom, David and Zainab. Every member of the team has over 10 years’ classroom experience.

Currently Joseph is teaching most of the online groups. 

Yes, you can take the course anywhere – just make sure you alter the times to match the local time where you are.