Activity 1: Hear the Pronunciation

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Section 1 The short e vowel p.71

Section 2 The short 0 vowel p.72

Section 3 The NURSE vowel pp.72-74

Section 4 days vs daze pp.75-76

Section 5 nose vs knows p.77

Section 6 The East Anglian short o p.78

Section 7 Yod-dropping p.78

Section 8 Words spelt with oo pp.79-80

Section 9 here vs hair pp.80-81

Section 10 sure and pure p.81

Section 11 off and cloth p.81

Section 12 Shwa p.82

Section 13 Smoothing p.83

Section 3 d as t p.84

Section 4 Glottal stops pp.84-85

Section 5 Clear l p.85

Section 6 thr and shr p.86

Section 7 glass and class p.86

Section 8 Individual words pp.86-87

Placenames

Placenames pp.88-90