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John Wells' blog
'Everything to do with phonetics.'  Great blog by my own teacher, Prof. J. C. Wells.

The King's Speech
My colleague Gareth Unwin's multi-Oscar-winning film shows brilliantly that if you want to change your speech it takes dedication and a willingness to go outside your comfort zone.

Alex's phonetic thoughts
Alex Rotatori is an Italian phonetician with a nice blog -- and an impressively native-like English accent.

The English Language In 24 Accents
This virtuoso display of phonetic talent from Truseneye92 deserves the millions of views it's had online.  Note that the third accent demonstrated is what I would call Standard British, while the fourth is closer to "R.P."  
WARNING: strong language!

My writer-director webpage
Dialect Resources
The Speech Accent Archive
Over 1000 speech samples with phonetic transcriptions.  Native and non-native speakers of English.

IDEA: The International Dialects of English Archive
Wonderful archive of downloadable recordings, founded by dialect coach Paul Meier (University of Kansas).

Sounds Familiar? Accents and Dialects of the UK
The British Library provides this great clickable map of the UK with new and old recording.

Accents of English
Cambridge University Press, 1982.  Classic text by John Wells (see also his blog, above).


Phonetics Resources

Audio-visual IPA charts
Complete charts from dialect coach Paul Meier – click on each symbol to hear Paul producing each sound.

UCL Summer Course in English Phonetics
Two-week summer course focusing on pronunciation for learners of EFL.  I've taught on SCEP many times.
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