This is the practice episode for Season 5. Ten short pieces of speech, each from a different speaker with a different first-language background, each carrying one or two features from the labs. Your task in every case is the same and it is the point of the whole season: identify the feature, decode the word, and say nothing about where the speaker might be from. What you will learn: • The three-step routine, one more time • Speakers one to five • Speakers six to ten • What the ten scenes have in common • The clarification toolkit • Practice: decode the sentence (round two, faster) • 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.