BASIC Phonetics | Understanding The International Phonetic Alphabet
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π£ The International Phonetic Alphabet does NOT need to be scary!! In this lesson I'm going to make it very easy for you to understand BASIC PHONETICS and understand phonetic transcription of words in dictionaries.
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βΊ Learning basic phonetics is an effective way to improve your english pronunciation. There are 44 British English sounds: 24 consonant sounds and 20 vowel sounds. In this lesson we look at the phonemes of all these sounds in the IPA (international phonetic alphabet) so you can start to understand the phonetic transcription of words when you look them up in your online dictionary. Learning how to read the international phonetic alphabet will help you know exactly how to pronounce words in English, without being confused by the often strange spellings of words.
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βΊ CHAPTERS: BASIC PHONETICS
00:00 Introduction to Phonetics
1:06 Consonant Sounds in English
5:39 Vowels Sounds in English
6:46 Long Vowel Sounds in English
9:29 Diphthongs Sounds in English
12:14 Test: Phonetic Transcriptions of English Words
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