Phonetic

Phonetic

It would be nice to start this blog with phonetic (sound) issue. It occurs to me that students are usually having difficulty in pronouncing some of the English word in correct pronunciations. Readers can have a look at the chart attached below. 

vowels IPA examples listen ʌ cup, luck Amer ɑ: arm, father Amer / Brit æ cat, black Amer e met, bed Amer 1 ə away, cinema Amer 2 ɜ:ʳ turn, learn Amer / Brit 2 ɪ hit, sitting Amer i: see, heat Amer ɒ hot, rock Amer / Brit 3 ɔ: call, four Amer / Brit 4 5 ʊ put, could Amer u: blue, food Amer aɪ five, eye Amer aʊ now, out Amer eɪ say, eight Amer oʊ go, home Amer 6 ɔɪ boy, join Amer eəʳ where, air Amer / Brit 1 7 ɪəʳ near, here Amer / Brit 7 ʊəʳ pure, tourist Amer / Brit 7

consonants IPA examples listen b bad, lab Amer d did, lady Amer f find, if Amer g give, flag Amer h how, hello Amer j yes, yellow Amer k cat, back Amer l leg, little Amer m man, lemon Amer n no, ten Amer ŋ sing, finger Amer p pet, map Amer r red, try Amer s sun, miss Amer ʃ she, crash Amer t tea, getting Amer 8 tʃ check, church Amer θ think, both Amer ð this, mother Amer v voice, five Amer w wet, window Amer z zoo, lazy Amer ʒ pleasure, vision Amer dʒ just, large Amer Note : Amer = American          Brit    = British

To hear the correct pronoucation for those words, please click the url below.

        http://www.antimoon.com/how/pronunc-soundsipa.htm

Once you click the url, here is the process on how to listen to the correct pronouncation for each word given.

Should there be any question, please do not hesitate to drop the issue on the comment part. We will try to answer with the best solution. Thank you dear students.