In American and British English, the vowels in "day" and "go" are glides: the tongue moves during the vowel, "DAY-ee" and "GO-oo". In Indian English, these vowels are usually steady: the tongue stays in one place, giving a long, pure "eh" and a long, pure "oh". It sounds simple, but it affects hundreds of everyday words, from "okay" and "name" to "phone", "road" and "won't". What you will learn: • Gliding vowels and steady vowels • The steady "eh" words • The steady "oh" words • Steady vowels that can sound like other words • "won'T" and "want": an important pair • The real glides stay glides • Everyday words and phrases • Practice: decode the sentence • Listening strategies • Self-check questions to test your ear Level: B1–B2. Self-study: listen, then take the quizzes. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.