Master English Pronunciation – Learn Sounds & Phonetics

English Pronunciation - Sounds

Clean up your spoken English, develop an ear for sounds with this concise, powerful course. Learn to read phonetically ensuring precise pronunciation of every word.

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Course curriculum

1. Post Questions to the Community
2. Welcome to our 'Sounds' course
3. Why Is English So Tricky - Part 1
4. Why Is English So Tricky - Part 2
5. What is the International Phonetic Alphabet - Part 1
6. What is the International Phonetic Alphabet - Part 2
7. The IPA quiz
8. The IPA Chart Explanation - Part 1
9. IPA Chart Explanation - Part 2
10. IPA Chart Explanation - Part 3
11. The IPA chart file (simplified version including British English sounds)
12. The IPA chart quiz
13. English Sounds Map
14. A Personal Message To You
1. Instructions
2. Golden tips
1. Single Vowel Sounds Introduction
1. The i: symbol and sound
2. The i: sound - Listen and repeat the example
3. Listen and repeat - iː sound
1. The I symbol and sound
2. The I sound - Listen and repeat the example
3. Listen and repeat - i sound
1. The u symbol and sound
2. The u sound - Listen and repeat the example
3. Listen and repeat - u sound
1. The u: symbol and sound
2. The u: sound - Listen and repeat the example
3. Listen and repeat - u: sound
1. The e : symbol and sound
2. The e sound - Listen and repeat the example
3. Listen and repeat - e sound
1. The ə symbol and sound
2. The ə sound - Listen and repeat the example
3. Listen and repeat - ə sound
4. Golden tip - The schwa sound
1. The ɜː symbol and sound
2. The ɜː sound - Listen and repeat the example
3. Listen and repeat - ɜː sound
1. The ɔ: symbol and sound
2. The ɔ: sound-Listen and repeat the example
3. Listen and repeat - ɔ: sound
1. The æ symbol and sound
2. The æ sound - Listen and repeat the example
3. Listen and repeat - ae sound
1. The ʌ symbol and sound
2. The ʌ symbol - Listen and repeat the example
3. Listen and repeat - ʌ sound
1. The ɑː symbol and sound
2. The ɑː symbol - Listen and repeat the example
3. Listen and repeat - a: sound
1. The ɒ symbol and sound
2. The ɒ symbol - Listen and repeat the example
3. Listen and repeat - ɒ sound
1. Diphthongs
2. Golden Tip - Pronouncing the -ed when forming the past tenses
1. The ɪə symbol and sound
2. The ɪə symbol - Listen and repeat the example
3. Listen and repeat - ɪə sound
1. The eə symbol and sound
2. The eə symbol - Listen and repeat the example
3. Listen and repeat - eə sound
1. The əʊ symbol and sound
2. The əʊ sound - Listen and repeat the example
3. Listen and repeat - əʊ sound
1. The aʊ symbol and sound
2. The aʊ sound - Listen and repeat the example
3. Listen and repeat - aʊ sound
1. The eɪ symbol and sound
2. The eɪ sound - Listen and repeat the example
3. Listen and repeat - eɪ sound
1. The aɪ symbol and sound
2. The aɪ sound - Listen and repeat the example
3. Listen and repeat - aɪ sound
1. The ɔɪ symbol and sound
2. The ɔɪ sound - Listen and repeat the example
3. Listen and repeat - ɔɪ sound
1. The ʊə symbol and sound
2. The ʊə sound - Listen and repeat the example
3. Listen and repeat - ʊə sound
1. Listen and write - exercise 1
2. Listen and write - exercise 2
3. Listen and write - exercise 3
4. Listen and write - exercise 4
5. Listening - exercise 1 - /æ/, /ʌ/ or /ʌ/,/æ/ ?
6. Listening - exercise 2 - æ , a: or a:, æ?
7. Listening - exercise 3 - I – i: or i: - I ?
8. Listening - exercise 4 - ɔ:,ɒ or ɒ, ɔ:?
9. Listening - exercise 5 - ɒ, əʊ or əʊ , ɒ?
10. Listening - exercise 6 - əʊ, aʊ or aʊ, əu?
11. Listening - exercise 7 - əʊ, ɔ: or ɔ:, əu?
12. Phonetic symbols - exercise 1
13. Answer Key - Part 1
14. Answer Key - Part 2
15. Answer Key - Part 3
1. Consonants - part 1
2. The p symbol and sound
3. The p sound - Listen and repeat the example
4. The b symbol and sound
5. The b sound - Listen and repeat the example
6. The t symbol and sound
7. The t sound - Listen and repeat the example
8. The d symbol and sound
9. The d sound - Listen and repeat the example
10. The tʃ symbol and sound
11. The tʃ sound - Listen and repeat the example
12. The dʒ symbol and sound
13. The dʒ sound - Listen and repeat the example
14. The k symbol and sound
15. The k sound - Listen and repeat the example
16. The g symbol and sound
17. The g sound - Listen and repeat the example
18. Listen and repeat - p, b, t, d, tʃ, dʒ, k and g sounds
19. Golden tip - Words ending in -ous
1. Consonants - Part 2
2. The f symbol and sound
3. The f sound - Listen and repeat the example
4. The v symbol and sound
5. The v sound - Listen and repeat the example
6. The θ symbol and sound
7. The θ sound - Listen and repeat the example
8. The ð symbol and sound
9. The ð sound - Listen and repeat the example
10. The s symbol and sound
11. The s sound - Listen and repeat the sound
12. The z symbol and sound
13. The z sound - Listen and repeat the example
14. The ʃ symbol and sound
15. The ʃ sound - Listen and repeat the example
16. The ʒ symbol and sound
17. The ʒ sound - Listen and repeat the example
18. Listen and repeat - The f ,v ,θ, ð , s, z, ʃ and ʒ sounds
19. Golden tip - The th sound
20. Golden tip - The final -s pronunciation
1. Consonants - part 3
2. The m symbol and sound
3. The m sound - Listen and repeat the example
4. The n symbol and sound
5. The n sound - Listen and repeat the example
6. The ŋ symbol and sound
7. The ŋ sound - Listen and repeat the example
8. The h symbol and sound
9. The h sound - Listen and repeat the example
10. The l symbol and sound
11. The l sound - Listen and repeat the example
12. The r symbol and sound
13. The r sound - Listen and repeat the example
14. The w symbol and sound
15. The w sound - Listen and repeat the example
16. The j symbol and sound
17. The j sound - Listen and repeat the example
18. Listen and repeat - m, n, ŋ, h, l, r, w and j sounds
19. Golden tip - The British R
1. Listening - exercise 1 - The final s : s, z or iz?
2. Listening - exercise 2 - The final s : -s, z or iz- ?
3. Listening - exercise 3 - /ð/ or /θ/?
4. Listening - exercise 4 - / ʃ / or / ʒ / ?
5. Listening - exercise 5 - / tʃ /, / dʒ /?
6. Listening - exercise 6 - /ʃ/ - /tʃ/ - /ʒ/ - /dʒ/ - /θ/ - /ð/?
7. Phonetic symbol - exercise 1
8. Answer Key - Part 1
9. Answer Key - Part 2
10. Answer Key - Part 3
1. Transcription Exercise n.1 from IPA to English
2. Trascription Exercise n. 2 from Ipa to English
3. Trascription Exercise n. 3 from Ipa to English
4. Transcription Exercise n.4 from English to IPA
5. Transcription Exercise n.5 from English to IPA
6. Answer key - Part 1
7. Answer Key - Part 2
8. Golden Tip - Words that end in cally
9. Personal message to you written phonetically
10. Conclusive Statement

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Introduction

Instructions

The Single Vowels Introduction

The i: sound

The I sound

The ʊ sound

The ʊ: sound

The e sound

The ə sound

The ɜː sound

The ɔ: sound

The æ sound

The ʌ sound

The ɑː sound

The ɒ sound

The Diphthongs

The ɪə symbol

The eə symbol

The əʊ symbol

The aʊ symbol

The eɪ symbol

The aɪ symbol

The ɔɪ symbol

The ʊə symbol

Practice Single Vowels and Diphthongs Chapter

The Consonants - part 1

The consonant - Part 2

The Consonants - part 3

Practice Consonants Chapter

Practice Transcriptions chapter

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