10 Pronunciations of /t/ – Session

DATE: 31st January
TIME: 12:00-12:30 (London)
TEACHER: Joseph Hudson

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IN BRIEF:

/t/ changes more than any other consonant sound in connected speech, in this session we will:

  • Learn 10 different pronunciations of /t/. 
  • Explore how /t/ varies in accents.

IN DETAIL:

/t/ has many pronunciations in everyday speech:

  • aspirated
  • affricate
  • glottal stop
  • voiced tap
  • fricative
  • elided
  • voiced plosive
  • dental
  • velar
  • reinforced

In this session we will practise all of these and learn when each one can occur in everyday speech in General British English.

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