Sound Recognition

Session 2

The Vocal Tract

Jcarreras.homestead.com

The Consonants of English(ic.arizona.edu)

The Vowels of Englishhttp://falarlentender,com/

Here is a great learning tool. It helps you to learn the phonetic alphabet.

Just go tohttp://www.soundsenglish.com/phonetic.html

further guide to pronunciation:http://

www.oupchina.com.hk/dict/phonetic/home.html

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And visit

to learn sounds in detail through video

in which each sound is vividly described in one file

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pronsounds/index.shtml

Short Vowelsɪ

kit /kɪt/bid /bɪd/hymn /hɪm/minute /'mɪnɪt/

ʊfoot /fʊt/put /pʊt/good /gʊd/

ʌstrut /strʌt/mud /mʌd/love /lʌv/blood /blʌd/

ɒlot /lɒt/odd /ɒd/wash /wɒʃ/

əabout /əˈbaʊt/common /ˈkɒmən/standard /ˈstændəd/butter /ˈbʌtə/

edress /dres/bed /bed/head /hed/many /ˈmeni/

ætrap /træp/stamp /stæmp/bad /bæd/

Long Vowelsiː

fleece /fliːs/sea /siː/machine /məˈʃiːn/

uːgoose /guːs/two /tuː/blue /bluː/group /gruːp/

ɑːfather /ˈfɑːðə/start /stɑːt/hard /hɑːd/

ɔːthought /θɔːt/law /lɔː/north /nɔːθ/war /wɔː/

ɜːnurse /nɜːs/stir /stɜː/learn /lɜːn/refer /rəˈfɜː/

Dipthongsɪə

near /nɪə/here /hɪə/weary /ˈwɪərɪ/

ʊə

tour /tʊə/jury /ˈʤʊərɪ/cure /kjʊə/

aɪ

price /praɪs/high /haɪ/try /traɪ/eye /aɪ/

ɔɪ

choice /ʧɔɪs/noise /nɔɪz /boy /bɔɪ/boiler /ˈbɔɪlə/

əʊ goat /gəʊt/show /ʃəʊ/no /nəʊ/

eə

square /skweə/fair /feə/various /ˈveəriəs/

aʊ

mouth /maʊθ/now /naʊ/fowl /faʊl/

eɪ

face /feɪs/day /deɪ/break /breɪk/

Voiceless Consonantsp

pen /pen/copy /ˈkɒpi/happen /ˈhæpən/

t

tea /tiː/tight /taɪt/button /ˈbʌtən/

ʧ

church /ʧɜːʧ/match /mæʧ/nature /ˈneɪʧə/

k

key /kiː/clock /klɒk/school /skuːl/

f

fat /fæt/coffee / 'kɔfɪ/rough /rʌf/photo /'fəʊt

θ thing /θɪŋ/author /'ɔːθə/path /pɑːθ/

s

soon /suːn/cease /siːs/sister /'sɪstə/

ʃ ship /ʃɪp/sure /ʃɔː/national /'næʃnəl/

Voiced Consonants b

back /bæk/baby /'beɪbi/job /ʤɒb/

d day /deɪ/ladder /'lædə/odd /ɒd/

ʤ judge /ʤʌʤSoldierage

g get /get/giggle /'gɪgəl/ghost /gəʊst/

v

view /vjuː/heavy /'hevi/move /muːv/

ð

this /ðɪs /other /'ʌðə/smooth /smuːð/

z

zero /'zɪərəʊ/music /'mjuːzɪk/roses /'rəʊzɪz/buzz /bʌz

ʒ pleasure /'pleʒə/leisure /'leʒə/vision /'vɪʒən/

Voiced Consonantsm

more /mɔː/hammer /'hæmə/sum /sʌm/

n nice /naɪs/know /nəʊ/funny /'fʌni/sun /sʌn

ŋ ring /rɪŋ/anger /'æŋgə/thanks /θæŋks/sung /sʌŋ

hhot /hɒt/whole /həʊl/ahead /ə'hed/

llight /laɪt/valley /'væli/feel /fiːl/

r right /raɪt/wrong /rɒŋ/sorry /'sɒri/arrange /ə'reɪnʤ

wwet /wet/one /wʌn/when /wen/queen /kwiːn/

j yet /jet/use /juːz/b eauty /bjuːti/f ew /fjuː

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