Best Midwinter Tuition Podcasts (2025)

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Contractions - no, I'm not in labour! 8:27

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8y ago8:27

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Have a listen to some examples of contracted words (such as I'm, he's, she'd etc) and listen to some of the common mistakes people make. Listen and repeat the smooth transition from vowel to consonant. The list will be available on my website - www.midwintertuition.co.uk

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HELLO and Tongue Exercises! 9:58

8y ago9:58

9:58

A few tongue exercises and mentions of my products

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Featuring the Midwinter Offspring - Word endings. 8:11

9+ y ago8:11

8:11

A silly song and a short chat!

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New Year, New Voice, 2016 - Vowel Sounds 8:49

9+ y ago8:49

8:49

Let's stretch out the vowel sounds that we should begin our vocal training with. A simple set of sounds that we use all the time.

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New Year, New Voice, 2016 - Warm Up 10:45

9+ y ago10:45

10:45

HummingAhhingUsing consonants with ahhhhFluttersBring the voice forward

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New Year, New Voice, 2016 7:14

9+ y ago7:14

7:14

Breathing, posture and capacity exercises.

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Telephone Technique 7:37

10y ago7:37

7:37

Pauline lists the best ways to use your voice on the phone

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T vs. L 7:33

10y ago7:33

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A discussion of the differences and similarities between the two alveolar sounds. Go to www.midwintertuition.co.uk for more details

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The Snail and the Whale 10:04

10+ y ago10:04

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Muscular Flexibility 9:37

10+ y ago9:37

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Consonant / Vowel - W Plus Short OO 5:49

10+ y ago5:49

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Let's try some words that begin with w followed by the short oo sound. It's very tricky! Take it slow. Use a mirror if needed.

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"If" by Rudyard Kipling. 3:42

10+ y ago3:42

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Poetry Reading - Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold 7:38

10+ y ago7:38

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Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold

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The Letter 'e' that sounds like 'i' 10:11

11y ago10:11

10:11

Some examples and a short explanation given

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Elocution Lesson 1 Resources (Part 2) 1:47

11y ago1:47

1:47

A revision aid for current students although listeners can hear the intonation and pronunciation of many common sounds, words and phrases. It's at a bit of a pace and split over two podcasts.

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Elocution Lesson 1 Resources (Part 1) 11:38

11y ago11:38

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A revision aid for current students although listeners can hear the intonation and pronunciation of many common sounds, words and phrases. It's at a bit of a pace and split over two podcasts.

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Vocal Health Tips in the Winter Weather 10:33

11y ago10:33

10:33

Just a chat about how to keep our throats healthy in the winter

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Elocution - Consonants - NG sound 10:55

11y ago10:55

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We generally write it as NG but it can be found in other spellings too. Listen and repeat to try and master this sound.

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Ear Eer Ere! A Falling Diphthong 10:19

11y ago10:19

10:19

Examining the falling diphthong of ear...

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Elocution for Jobseekers 10:51

11y ago10:51

10:51

This week, Pauline goes through some reasons why good Elocution is essential for Jobseekers.

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The Consonant 'H' 7:04

11y ago7:04

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Pauline and her 4 year old son Christopher talk about the letter 'H'.

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Repetition and Disfluencies in Public Speaking 6:53

11y ago6:53

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We use Ed Miliband's speech at the Labour Party conference as our starting point, then discuss repetition in speeches followed by disfluencies in everyday conversation

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The Letter 'R' 8:12

11y ago8:12

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SUCH a tricky letter sound. Let's work through it together. See www.midwintertuition.co.uk for the script for this episode.

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TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY 2014 6:36

11y ago6:36

6:36

Arrrr! Avast me hearties! Let's speak some PIRATE today!

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The 'er' Sound 6:36

11y ago6:36

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Here we briefly examine the sound made by er/ir/ear/ur in words like 'bird'. See my website www.midwintertuition.co.uk for a list of words.

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Vocal Projection - a Few Tips! 9:24

11y ago9:24

9:24

Hints and tips towards better projection

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EPISODE 50! Diphthong 'air' 65k DOWNLOADS! THANKYOU! 7:36

11+ y ago7:36

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Thankyou for listening to my podcast - now at 65k downloads and 50 episodes long. Today we look at 'air'.

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Elocution - A Mini Lesson 8:26

11+ y ago8:26

8:26

A refresher for previous and current students and an introduction to how an Elocution lesson might work for newbies.

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Intonation - Hopes and Wishes 8:03

11+ y ago8:03

8:03

Practice the rise-fall-rise in hopes and wishes

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Poetry Reading - Daffodils by William Wordsworth 9:18

11+ y ago9:18

9:18

Pauline reads the poem after examining the end rhyme sounds

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Lateral Consonant - L 7:47

11+ y ago7:47

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Please see separate podcast for L at the end of a word. www.midwintertuition.co.uk

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Intonation - Linking Words 6:27

11+ y ago6:27

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Some examples are given of how we link words

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Consonants - Semi-Vowel - W 6:07

11+ y ago6:07

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Today we examine the semi-vowel / consonant sound 'W'. We look at words then sentences that use the sound. Listen and repeat to practise the sound.

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Intonation - Congratulations / Compliments 9:11

11+ y ago9:11

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For more information or to book a lesson, go to www.midwintertuition.co.uk

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Consonants - CH / DZ 7:59

11+ y ago7:59

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I give sound production advice, then example words, plus a little history of the spelling and sound. Check out www.midwintertuition.co.uk for more info

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Intonation - Lists and a series of similar items 8:11

11+ y ago8:11

8:11

Several examples from the Cambridge English Pronunciation in Use book

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Vowels - Diphthong - eur / ewe / ur 7:44

11+ y ago7:44

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Intonation in Greetings 6:27

11+ y ago6:27

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Informal and formal greetings are demonstrated and discussed

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Consonants - B and P 8:58

11+ y ago8:58

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B, P, BR, PL, words, phrases, technique. Check out midwintertuition.co.uk for more info

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Intonation - Reassurances and Contradictions 10:46

12y ago10:46

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In this episode Pauline gives some examples of commonly-used reassuring sentences, taken from Thompson's 'Intonation in Practice'. We look at where the rise and fall occur. Listen to Pauline and repeat slowly. Secondly Pauline gives some examples of how we contradict people, either by disagreeing or correcting them. The intonation pattern is differ…

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Elocution - S and Z in Plurals 5:27

12y ago5:27

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Letters and words to practice

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Elocution - Intonation in Sentences 10:04

12y ago10:04

10:04

Think about who, when, what, where, why and many more - practice the questions by repeating after me.

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Elocution - Consonants - K and G 11:37

12y ago11:37

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Once we are confident with the sound we can put them in a sentence.

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Elocution - Intonation in Information 8:34

12y ago8:34

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This is a short podcast to give you impetus to practice with your own examples. Write short sentences containing simple information and practice speaking them using a fall on the informative part. This is often the noun but not always.

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Elocution - The Neutral Vowel Sound - Schwa! 8:45

12y ago8:45

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Words, sentences and examples, plus an explanation of mouth shape.

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Elocution - Stress in Compound Nouns 11:26

12y ago11:26

11:26

Using internet resources and a fantastic textbook, we try a selection of compound nouns

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Elocution - Poetry Reading-The Chaos of English! 10:36

12y ago10:36

10:36

Pauline reads through a long, confusing poem which deals with many irregularities of pronunciation in the English language.

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Consonants - T and D 10:30

12y ago10:30

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Pauline demonstrates how to make and drill the T and the D. She looks at a few examples of past tense regular that use ed and which t/d/id sound it makes. She finished with her favourite rhyme that uses both sounds! Email [email protected] for more info or look at www.midwintertuition.co.uk…