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0:00Hello everyone and welcome back to
0:02English with Lucy. This is day three of
0:05your fiveday shadowing challenge where
0:08we follow one continuous story to help
0:10build your English skills from B1 up to
0:14C1. Day one explored essential
0:17vocabulary and day two was all about
0:19grammar. If this is your first day
0:21joining us, welcome, but I recommend
0:24starting with day one to get the most
0:27out of these lessons. There's a link to
0:29the full 5-day shadowing challenge
0:32playlist in the description below.
0:34Today, we'll focus on one of my favorite
0:36topics, pronunciation across the B1, B2,
0:41and C1 levels. And if you haven't yet
0:44joined the free consolidation course,
0:47now is the time because inside your day
0:50three materials, there is something
0:52extra special waiting for you. exclusive
0:55access to my interactive IPA vow chart.
1:00Normally, this is only available in my
1:03paid courses, but I'm including it for
1:06free in the consolidation course. This
1:08chart clearly models each individual
1:11vowel sound in my accent, modern RP.
1:14It's one of the most powerful tools for
1:16improving your pronunciation and
1:19understanding of spoken English. The
1:22link to join the course for free is in
1:24the description or you can scan the QR
1:26code on screen now. Once you're in,
1:29everything unlocks automatically and you
1:31can start mastering these sounds
1:33immediately. Also, when you join the
1:36consolidation course, you automatically
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1:48my beautiful British English B1, B2, and
1:52C1 programs. The link to join is in the
1:56description. Let's work on your
1:58pronunciation. Now, we'll start with B1,
2:01the intermediate level. Shadow or repeat
2:04after me. Then, we'll analyze some
2:06interesting pronunciation features. I
2:09woke up feeling refreshed and ready to
2:12go. After a quick breakfast, I jumped in
2:16the car and set off. The landscape was
2:20incredible, so I stopped at lots of
2:23viewpoints to take photos.
2:28Let's start with the phrase, I woke up
2:30feeling. Feeling has a long e vowel
2:33sound. Feeling. To make E, keep your jaw
2:38quite closed and spread your lips almost
2:41like you're smiling. E feeling.
2:46If we relax the lips and shorten the
2:48sound, we get I can you hear the
2:52difference? E I feeling filling. It's
2:59important to pronounce long and short
3:01vowel sounds accurately as they can
3:04change the meaning of a word completely.
3:06Repeat with me to practice a few
3:22Now notice how I say the next phrase.
3:25Refreshed and ready to go.
3:28I don't use the strong forms and or to.
3:32Instead, I use weak forms with thewah an
3:38refreshed and ready to go. To make this
3:41weak vowel sound, relax the muscles in
3:43your face. Open the jaw a little. Keep
3:46your lips relaxed and use as little
3:49effort as possible to make a soft uh uh
3:54my students often use strong forms
3:58Listen and repeat with me to compare and
4:28shadow me again now with the weak forms.
4:32I woke up feeling refreshed and ready to
4:35go. After a quick breakfast, I jumped in
4:39the car and set off. The landscape was
4:43incredible, so I stopped at lots of
4:46viewpoints to take photos.
4:50Okay, here's the next part of our story
4:53at B1. Shadow me or repeat after me.
4:58I drove towards Glen Co following a
5:01route the cottage owner had said was her
5:07Did you notice I said towards with one
5:10syllable, not towards with two and
5:16favorite, not favorite.
5:20Removing the schwah from the middle of
5:22words like this is called syncopy and is
5:25common in British English. Think camera
5:29instead of camera and family instead of
5:35Let's practice now. Repeat after me.
5:50I've included more examples and practice
5:53in your day three consolidation course
5:56along with that interactive IPA vowel
5:59chart. You're going to love that, I
6:01promise. Finally, let's hear what
6:03happens to the words owner and had when
6:11I drop the H sound in had and glide
6:14between the two schwas with a linking
6:20Dropping the H sound in grammar words
6:23like have, has, and had is common in
6:26fast speech. Try to copy these features
6:30now. Shadow me. I drove towards Glen Co
6:34following a route the cottage owner had
6:37said was her favorite.
6:40When working towards B1, clear
6:43pronunciation is essential. My beautiful
6:46British English B1 program integrates
6:49British pronunciation into every lesson
6:52with IPA transcriptions and audio
6:55pronunciation guides throughout. You'll
6:58get seven dedicated pronunciation
7:00lessons that I created with my expert
7:03pronunciation teachers covering topics
7:06like vowel sounds, ed endings, consonant
7:10sounds, connected speech, and word
7:12stress. We make pronunciation your
7:15priority from day one because sounding
7:18natural is just as important as knowing
7:21the right words. These lessons break
7:24down everything you need to sound clear
7:26and confident in British English. And
7:29when Black Friday week arrives, you'll
7:32have an incredible chance to unlock the
7:34full course with huge savings. Your
7:38clearest English yet has never been
7:41closer. Now, let's move on to B2, the
7:44upper intermediate level. Try and shadow
7:47me. By midm morning, I'd reached a
7:50stunning lock surrounded by nothing but
7:56Rain had been forecast, but the sky had
8:00stayed clear, so I hiked up the sunny
8:03hillside for a better view of the
8:06wonderful countryside.
8:10Okay, I used three contracted forms
8:12here, eyed, rained, and skyd. My
8:17students often use full forms when
8:19speaking. I had, rain had, sky had. This
8:23is clear, but can sound too formal, slow
8:26us down, and spoil our English rhythm.
8:30Bring the words together. Eyed,
8:35skyd. Notice how eyed has just one
8:40syllable whereas rain and skyd have two.
8:44I explain why in the consolidation
8:47course. You can join that now for free.
8:50Let's take a look at another tricky
8:52vowel sound. H like in stunning. To make
8:57this short vowel sound, I open my jaw a
9:00little and I pull my tongue towards the
9:03back of my throat slightly. My lips stay
9:06relaxed. Uh uh. We often find uh in
9:10words spelled with the letter u like
9:13stunning. up and sunny. But we also find
9:17this sound with other spelling patterns.
9:20Can you spot any more H words here?
9:23Well, we have nothing,
9:26wonderful, and countryside.
9:30Listen and repeat after me. Nothing.
9:39My students often mispronounce this word
9:41and say countryside. Try to avoid this.
9:47Let's try again now, focusing on the
9:49contractions and the a vowel. Shadow me
9:53again. By midm morning, I'd reached a
9:57stunning lock surrounded by nothing but
10:00mountains and trees.
10:02Rain had been forecast, but the sky had
10:06stayed clear. So, I hiked up the sunny
10:09hillside for a better view of the
10:12wonderful countryside.
10:16Are you confused by all the symbols on
10:18screen? Don't worry. Learning each of
10:21the individual vowel sounds that make up
10:23British English will be a gamecher for
10:26your pronunciation progress. The day
10:29three consolidation course activities
10:31and my interactive IPA vowel chart will
10:34help you refine your pronunciation and
10:37increase your accuracy and confidence.
10:40Here's the next part of our story at B2
10:42level. Shadow me now. The autumn colors
10:46were absolutely gorgeous. Golden bracken
10:50covering the cliffs and hillsides
10:53creating a stunning contrast against the
11:00First, we have the autumn colors. Notice
11:03the silent N in autumn. We usually use
11:07the strong form the and add a linking Y
11:10before vowel sounds. The autumn and a
11:14weak the before consonant sounds, the
11:17cliffs, the dark peaks. Make sure you
11:21use the long e vowel there. Dark peaks,
11:25not dark picss. I pronounce the word
11:28contrast with a short O. If you want to
11:31sound British when you speak English,
11:33keep this sound short. O.
11:38Open the jaw quite wide, round the lips
11:41and pull the tongue down and back. O.
11:45Contrast. Most North American accents
11:48tend to use a longer R sound instead.
11:52Contrast. So O is definitely a sound to
11:55perfect if you want to speak with a
11:57British sounding accent. Listen and
12:00repeat these O words to practice.
12:10Try to copy these features now. Shadow
12:12me again. The autumn colors were
12:15absolutely gorgeous. Golden bracken
12:19covering the cliffs and hillsides,
12:22creating a stunning contrast against the
12:28My beautiful British English B2 program
12:31takes your pronunciation to the next
12:33level with 15 expert pronunciation
12:37lessons on rhythm and stress,
12:39intonation, contractions,
12:42elision, connected speech, and so much
12:46more. These lessons come from decades of
12:49teaching experience and are designed to
12:51help your speech flow more smoothly and
12:53naturally. We also weave pronunciation
12:56into every vocabulary, reading, and
12:58conversation lesson so you know exactly
13:01how to say each new word. You'll
13:04understand how British sounds work and
13:06feel confident producing them yourself.
13:09This is where your English starts
13:11sounding precise and natural. And Black
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13:17This program will be part of something
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13:24your best chance to start sounding
13:27naturally fluent. Okay, let's move up to
13:30C1 now, the advanced level. Shadow me if
13:33you can. As I continued along the road
13:36with its endless twists and turns, each
13:40vista was more breathtaking than the
13:44The gentle autumn sun made the landscape
13:48Striking mountains reflected perfectly
13:52in picturesque locks surrounded by
13:59Now, did you notice that I didn't say
14:01endless or twists? Instead, I dropped
14:05the duh and t sounds, making these words
14:09easier to say. Endless. twists. We often
14:14drop T and D when they appear between
14:17consonant sounds. Here are some more
14:19examples. Listen and repeat to practice.
14:28rust colored. There's another very
14:30British vowel sound in the word last. I
14:34pronounce this word with the long a
14:36vowel. Open your mouth nice and wide,
14:39just like you're at the dentist, and say
14:42a. In most North American accents, the
14:45long a becomes a short a. Last. Listen
14:50and repeat more words from the story to
15:06The consolidation activities for day
15:08three dive deeper into the pronunciation
15:10features we cover today. We'll practice
15:13elision, contractions, weak forms, vowel
15:17sounds, and more to get you sounding
15:20natural and fluent. Shadow me again now.
15:24As I continued along the road with its
15:26endless twists and turns, each vista was
15:30more breathtaking than the last. The
15:34gentle autumn sun made the landscape
15:38Striking mountains reflected perfectly
15:42in picturesque locks surrounded by
15:49We'll listen to the final part of our
15:51story now at C1 level. Speak along with
15:54me. Finally, I reached a remote beach by
15:58the coast and was utterly lost for
16:02It was simply superb.
16:07In the first sentence, we have an
16:09incredibly British sound, the glottle
16:12stop. You just heard it again in the
16:15word British, although I don't usually
16:18use the glottle stop in the middle of
16:20words. I make the glottle stop by
16:22blocking the flow of air in my throat
16:24and then quickly releasing it like a
16:26small cough. It can replace a t- sound
16:30in the middle or at the end of words. In
16:33my modern RP accent, I only tend to use
16:35it at the end of words. So, instead of
16:39saying remote beach, I might say remote
16:43beach. You don't have to do this, but
16:46have a go if you want to sound more
16:48British. Let's practice with some
16:50phrases from the story. Listen and
16:53repeat. First with a t sound and then
17:08nothing but mountains.
17:11Nothing but mountains.
17:14And let's finish with one final tricky
17:16vowel sound, the in words. Many
17:21languages don't have this sound, so it
17:23can be challenging for some students to
17:25reproduce. Try this. Imagine you've seen
17:28something disgusting.
17:33Or you can take the sound uh and
17:40listen and repeat to practice. word
17:50Shadow me again now for the final time
17:52today. Finally, I reached a remote beach
17:56by the coast and was utterly lost for
18:01It was simply superb.
18:05Okay, excellent work. Now, at C1, we
18:09refine your pronunciation by mastering
18:11the subtleties that make your English
18:15In my beautiful British English C1
18:17program, you'll get 12 advanced
18:20pronunciation lessons where you'll
18:22perfect advanced features like tone of
18:25voice, elision, and assimilation,
18:28complex word stress patterns, stress
18:31timing, and comprehensive connected
18:35You'll know exactly how your tongue,
18:38lips, and jaw work together to produce
18:41precise modern RP sounds. Pronunciation
18:44is also emphasized throughout every
18:47lesson with IPA transcriptions and audio
18:50guides. These are some of the best
18:52pronunciation lessons you'll find
18:54anywhere, created from decades of
18:57specialist teaching experience. At C1,
19:01you begin to sound genuinely advanced
19:03and even authentically British. That's
19:06what sets this program apart. And with
19:09Black Friday weekly approaching,
19:12advanced level fluency has never been
19:14closer. Incredible discounts and huge
19:17bonuses are on the way. You'll be so
19:20glad you're on the list. And that brings
19:23us to the end of day three. We've
19:25covered some useful pronunciation tips
19:27today, but don't stop here. There is so
19:30much more in your day three
19:33consolidation course materials with
19:36access to the interactive vow chart.
19:39Remember, you can join the consolidation
19:40course for free. The link is in the
19:43description box or you can scan the QR
19:46code on screen now. Next is day four
19:49where it all comes together in real
19:52conversation. It's going to be an
19:54incredible lesson, so don't miss it.
