Pronunciation Page

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• The Sounds of British English in the IPA (International Phonemic Alphabet) chart
• IPA Typewriter - for typing words and sentences in IPA symbols
• Exercise on words containing the vowel sounds /I/, /i:/, /e/ and /æ/, such as bit, beat, bet and bat.
• Exercise on Final consonant sounds
• Exercise on /l/, /w/ and /r/
• Exercise on /f/, /v/, 'th' and /s/
• Sounding out i, e and æ sounds
• Pronunciation Tip of the Day (if you are not in CILL you will need a special font to see this)
• Vowel game
• Vowel Battleships
• Diphthong game
• Diphthong Battleships
• Vowel and Diphthong Battleships
• Make-a-word game

Phonetics - for advanced level students of pronunciation

• Phonetic Vowels of British and American English - click the picture of the vowel chart to hear the vowel sounds in British and American English
• Stirling University's on-line phonology course. This course has been designed as a self-access course for all those interested in learning the script and identifying the sounds of the phonology of R.P.(Received Pronunciation). It includes work on consonants, vowels, intonation, stress and linking. The course is designed so that either native or non-native English speakers can achieve quite a sophisticated understanding of the basics of phonology.

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