The Key to English Pronunciation: British Pronunciation

Did you know that the Phonemic Chart contains 44 sounds of spoken English? Learn more about this wonderful tool, whether as a learner of English, or a teacher of English as a foreign language. 

These videos were designed to help people decipher the phonetic transcription of words in a dictionary, when learning English as a Foreign Language. They are also very useful for intermediate to proficient speakers of English who want to improve their pronunciation and learn more vocabulary.

Understanding phonetics is paramount in teaching pronunciation and correcting phonology in the classroom. With these 7 introductory videos, learn how to make sense of pronunciation and use the IPA, the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Once you know what the symbols represent, the rest is plain sailing with consonant sounds!

Through examples, learn how to identify the different short vowel sounds.

Now for the long vowel sounds, that often represent a huge difficulty for language learners.

And finally let's look at the last of 3 vowel sound types: the gliding vowel sounds, also called diphthongs, which combine two short vowel sounds.

Let's analyse the pronunciation of a commonly mispronounced ending, the -ED ending, and understand how to make it easier for learners of English.

And a final unit on the -S endings, essential for a good pronunciation of plural forms, and the third person singular in the simple present.

After watching the Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers Video you are welcome to watch 1 more video on the subject:

- Cardinal Numbers (1, 2, 3...) - for further practice

And don't forget to download your PDF in this lecture.

Some verbs and nouns are written the same, i.e. a present, to present, but a pronounced differently. With the following 2 videos you will be able to work on their pronunciation and get the stress pattern just right.

Don't forget to get some practice with the quiz!

Tongue Twisters are designed to help you break down sounds and improve your enunciation. Try with these selected tongue twisters:

- Tongue twisters with confusing consonant sounds

- Tongue twisters with confusing vowel sounds