Very varied - contrasting /e/ and /eə/ in English
10/24/22 • 12 min
Welcome to season 5 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re contrasting two sounds we’ve looked at before, but not in relation to each other: /e/ and /eə/.
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Welcome to season 5 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re contrasting two sounds we’ve looked at before, but not in relation to each other: /e/ and /eə/.
Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.
The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon.
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Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki! Contact me if there is no availability showing – I always try to make room for podcast listeners 😊
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English Sound Building - British Pronunciation - Very varied - contrasting /e/ and /eə/ in English
Transcript
So, today we’re reviewing two sounds we’ve looked at already, but contrasting them with each other: the short vowel /e/, and the diphthong /eə/. While this isn’t a short/ long vowel contrast, I often find that it can effectively be that in the way my learners make the sounds, both in a tendency to hold short /e/ for too long, and to make the diphthong /eə/ too short.
Today’s workout is going to be reasonably short, and is preparing us for the next step next week, when we contr
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