Level B2 (approx. band 5.5-6.5) · Academic and General Training Every first language gives English a different shape, and that variation is normal. It is not wrong, and it is never funny. But a few sound habits can make one word sound like another, and then the listener has to guess. In this episode: • How to use this clinic • South asian languages and arabic • Mandarin, cantonese and vietnamese • Filipino languages, spanish and portuguese • Listening lab • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key points: • Find your confusing sounds, drill them in pairs, and check your mouth in a mirror. • Separate v and w, p and b, and start s-groups with the s sound itself. • Finish your final consonants cleanly, without adding a vowel or dropping them. • Hold the contrasts p and f, b and v, and start "s" words with a clean s. IELTS Complete Course: a self-study podcast from A1 to C2 for Academic and General Training. Listen, pause and answer, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair. Independent course, not affiliated with the IELTS test owners.