When British people talk at home, in a café or on the phone, it sounds fast, soft and blurred, and you catch only half of it. When you speak, people sometimes ask you to say it again. The cause is usually not your grammar. In this episode: • How the course is organised • Our model accent: modern standard british • Three big differences between written and spoken english • How to read our respellings • How to study, and a first scene • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: Episodes 2 to 25 — the British accent: rhythm, stress, tune, vowels and consonants. Episodes 26 to 43 — the grammar of real British speech. Episodes 44 to 51 — the preposition masterclass. Episodes 52 to 55 — articles and countability. Episodes 56 to 69 — words, phrasal verbs, idioms and clean slang. Episodes 70 to 85 — home scenes, from breakfast to bedtime. Episodes 86 to 93 — listening labs. Episodes 94 to 122 — everyday skills such as numbers, phone calls and small talk. Episodes 123 to 126 — the final reviews and exam. I'll PUT the KETtle ON — I'll make some tea (casual) to (tuh) — Off to school! (OF tuh SKOOL) of (uv) — a cup of tea (uh KUP uv TEE) and (un) — fish and chips (FISH un CHIPS) can (kuhn) — Can you help? (kuhn yuh HELP) for (fuh) — Thanks for waiting (THANKS fuh WAY-ting) a (uh) — a biscuit (uh BIS-kit) an apple (uh-NAP-ul) — the N moves onto the next word turn it off (TUR-ni-TOF) — switch it off car (KAH) — no R sound at the end park (PAHK) — no R before the K bird (BURD with no R) — one long, relaxed vowel bath (BAHTH) — a long AH in modern Standard British Real British English: the complete spoken course for learners worldwide — modern British accent, everyday grammar, phrasal verbs, idioms, slang, he/she/it for things, and real conversations at home. Listen, repeat out loud, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.