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What is Received Pronunciation? Distribution of /r/ in RP and an overview of English long vowels.
The process of linking. Vowel reduction and schwa as the most common vowel in English.
Sentence rhythm. Weak and strong forms of grammatical words.
Linguistic interference from Polish to English and the process of Final Devoicing. Vowel length in RP.
An overview of English monophthongs. Phonetic symbols and key words corresponding to English monophthongs.
A more detailed look at front vowels in RP: how to differentiate "sheep" from "ship", and "bed" from "bad".
A more detailed look at open vowels in RP: how to differentiate "bad", "bud", and "bard".
A more detailed look at round vowels in RP: how to differentiate "cot" from "court"/"caught", and "fool" from "full".
A more detailed look at English central vowels: how to pronounce words such as "term", "church", "word", "further", "server". Written test.
An overview of English diphthongs.
Working on the pronunciation of an English poem with a special emphasis on the English vowel system.
A detailed look at the most problematic consonants in English: how to pronounce "th" and "ng" in English, as in "thing".
A detailed look at the most problematic consonants in English: how to pronounce dark /l/ in English, as in "full".
Oral test.
Oral test.
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