Aspiration of Plosives in British English Pronunciation

Aspiration is a distinguishing feature of English. Learn how to do it properly with this video!

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In this video I discuss aspiration, which is when some sounds are produced with extra air. Aspiration distinguishes English from other languages which don’t feature aspiration. So, watch this video if you want to improve your British English pronunciation!

⏱ TIMESTAMPS
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0:45 - What are plosives?
1:07 - Aspiration of plosives
3:03 - Nasal release
3:30 - Stop sequences
3:58 - Glottalisation & devoicing
4:50 - Setting

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My name's Ed and I'm a CELTA qualified English teacher from the UK. I love teaching English and I'm passionate about teaching British English pronunciation. At Lean English you'll find videos about phonetics, stress, intonation and connected speech.

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