British Accents & Dialects
Let´s learn the defining characteristic features of British accents. You never know what English speaker you may need to communicate with...
Glottal Stop
Here´s an explanation on the glottal stop from Daily Dose of English, a term which came up during our lessons and, which has to do with quite a commonplace phonetic phenomenon in English. Next to is a picture illustrating our speech organs, where you may spot the position of the glottis at the bottom. That´s where the glottal stop takes place.
Watch it carefully to find out what it all consists in and, maybe, you will get the hang of it to a greater or lesser degree.
Watch it carefully to find out what it all consists in and, maybe, you will get the hang of it to a greater or lesser degree.