At Pronunciation Studio we teach 4 levels: Pronunciation, Intonation, Phonetics, Accent:

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

NOTE: the level refers to pronunciation knowledge not level of English. 

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