Very varied - contrasting /e/ and /eə/ in English

English Sound Building - British Pronunciation

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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10/24/22 • 12 min

English Sound Building - British Pronunciation - Very varied - contrasting /e/ and /eə/ in English

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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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