The Sound of English Ebook & Audio

The Sound of English is a practical course in the modern British English sound system.

“All the tricks you need to know in order to sound like a native speaker. Highly recommended to all of those who want get their command of the English language to another dimension.”
Javier Fernandez Pena (Spanish Buzz, Toy Story 3). 

Over 9 chapters, you will learn the mouth positions, phonemic symbols and spellings for each of the 44 sounds that form modern British English pronunciation:

INTRODUCTION CHAPTER
The Sounds of English & IPA

PART 1: Vowel Sounds
1: Schwa /ə/
2: Short Vowels
3: Long Vowels
4: Diphthong Vowels

PART 2: Consonant Sounds
5: Fricative Consonants
6: Plosive Consonants
7: Approximant Consonants
8: Nasals & Clusters

The course is easy to use with clearly marked drills (repetition practice), exercises and notes, all of which is accompanied by audio (120 tracks).

Each chapter also goes deeper into important connected speech aspects such as intrusive /r/, reduced vowel length and glottal stops.

The accent model used is GB (General British) which is also known as SSB (Standard Southern) or Modern RP. At the end of each chapter there is a comparison with a regional accent to help tune learners' ears to the way English actually sounds throughout the UK and Ireland.

The course was produced by Joseph Hudson - the director of Pronunciation Studio speech school founded in 2008 in London. It is designed with practicality in mind - to be both quick and enjoyable way for a learner to grasp the full English sound system.

Since the first edition of The Sound of English came out in 2012 over 100,000 learners have followed the course in over 100 countries with over 98% positive feedback.

It is currently available in the third edition as an instant download pdf with audio with a 30 day no questions asked guarantee exclusively on this site.