British Accent Training Welcome, my transatlantic, special-relationship, across-the-pond cousins! This is a British Accent Training guide to the American accent, written by myself – Matt Pocock – a resident Brit and 3,000-lesson accent coach. We’ve tailored this guide to the … Continued
In this British Accent Training series on the art of the ‘R’, we’re looking at how you can improve a weak ‘r’ sound. We looked at the tapped ‘r’ in our last article, so now it’s time to look at … Continued
For this part of our British Accent Training series on the ‘R’, we’re looking at the when things fall apart. Sometimes, the ‘R’ just won’t work. You might find that it sounds weak, unconvincing, or even obscures the meaning. Sometimes … Continued
Well done for making in this far in our British Accent Training series on the ‘R’ sound. Now that we know how to make the ‘R’, we need to know where to put it. When we’re reading out text, or … Continued
The ‘R’ is one of the toughest parts of English pronunciation. That’s why at British Accent Training, we’re devoting a whole series to it – looking at how you can master it and make it natural. This means you need … Continued
British Accent Training: ‘Ur’ Combination Let’s look at the ‘ur’ letter combination. This comes up in the words above, and it’s a nasty combination to get into your head. That’s because it’s not so much what you say, but what … Continued
British Accent Training: ‘Ong’ Combination Time to look at a new combination – the ‘ong’ combo. It’s a combination of two sounds: the ‘oh’ in ‘god’, ‘body’, ‘sorry’ and the ‘ng’ sound at the end of the word. Let’s look … Continued
In the lesson above, Matt takes you through the Dark ‘L’ sound, a crucial component of the RP sound set. Learning the British Accent can be surprising – especially when you come across sounds you’d never even considered before. You … Continued
British Accent Training: The ‘Z’ Sound The ‘z’ sound occurs a surprising amount in RP. It’s on the end of words like ‘sounds’, ‘sings’, and ‘knives’ – even though all of them are written with the letter ‘s’. This is … Continued