Receive Pronunciation (RP) or BBC Pronunciation

            The accent that we concentrate on and use as our model is the one that is most often recommended for foreign learners studying British English. It is for a long time been identified by the name 'Receive Pronunciation (RP).'




Receive pronunciation (RP), the term suggesting that is result of social judgement rather than of an official decision as to what is correct or wrong. It has become more widely known and accepted through the advant of radio television. The BBC used to recommend this form of pronunciation for its announcers and news readers mainly because it was the type which was most widely understood and which excited least prejudice of a regional kind. Thus, receive pronunciation (RP) often became identified in the public mind with 'BBC English.' This special position occupied by 'Receive Pronunciation (RP)', basically educated southern British English and traditionally taught to foreigners.