English Phonetics Academy

Welcome to English Phonetics and Pronunciation for English as a Second Language (ESL) learners, here you will find lessons and resources to pronounce English words correctly.

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   The basic features of English phonetics and pronunciation

   Just getting started with your English accent? Find here the best resources

   • The 44 sounds in English with examples
   • The 20 vowels sounds in English with examples
   • The 24 consonant sounds in English with examples
   • The english stress and intonation patterns
   • Types of stress and Intonation in Speaking english
   • Rhythm in English with examples
   • Word Stress
   • Sentence Stress
   • Stress and word meaning
   • Common contractions and their pronunciations
   • Features of Connected Speech
   • What are homophones?
   • What are Homographs?
   • What Are Minimal Pairs?
   • English Pronunciation glossary
   
   
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   American English Sounds

   The full list of American English sounds for shadowing practice

   • English vowel and consonants sounds practice
   • American english vowel chart
   • American English consonant chart
   • /iy/ - Front High Vowel as in (see)
   • /ɪ/- Front High Vowel as in (sit)
   • /ey/- Front Middle Vowel as in (take)
   • /ɛ/- Front Middle Vowel as in (pet)
   • /æ/- Front Low Vowel as in (sat)
   • /ɜr/- Central High Vowel as in (nurse)
   • /ər/- Central High Vowel as in (surprise)
   • /ʌ/- Central Middle Vowel as in (cup)
   • /ə/- Central Middle Vowel as in (about)
   • /ɑ/- Central Low Vowel as in (stop)
   • /ʊ/- Back High Vowel as in (put)
   • /uw/- Back High Vowel as in (food)
   • /ɔ/- Back Low Vowel as in (lost)
   • /ow/- Back Middle Vowel as in (low)
   • /ɑɪ/- Front Diphthongs Vowel as in (pie)
   • /ɑʊ/- Central Diphthongs Vowel as in (cow)
   • /ɔɪ/- Back Diphthongs Vowel as in (boy)
   • /p/- Stops ​Bilabial Consonant as in (peace)
   • /b/- Stops ​Bilabial Consonant as in (buy)
   • /m/- Nasal ​Bilabial Consonant as in (map)
   • /w/- Glide ​Bilabial Consonant as in (win)
   • /f/- ​Fricative Labio-dental Consonant as in (fix)
   • /v/- ​Fricative Labio-dental Consonant as in (love)
   • /θ/- ​Fricative Dental Consonant as in (bath)
   • /ð/- ​Fricative Dental Consonant as in (this)
   • /t/- Stop Alveolar Consonant as in (take)
   • /d/- Stop Alveolar Consonant as in (day)
   • /s/- ​Fricative Alveolar Consonant as in (sit)
   • /z/- ​Fricative Alveolar Consonant as in (zoo)
   • /l/- Liquid Alveolar Consonant as in (less)
   • /n/- ​Nasal Alveolar Consonant as in (nice)
   • /ʃ/- ​Fricative Palatal Consonant as in (push)
   • /ʒ/- ​Fricative Palatal Consonant as in (vision)
   • /tʃ/- Affricate Palatal Consonant as in (match)
   • /dʒ/- Affricate Palatal Consonant as in (edge)
   • /r/- Liquid Palatal Consonant as in (rose)
   • /y/- Glide Palatal Consonant as in (yes)
   • /k/- Stop Velar Consonant as in (cat)
   • /g/- Stop Velar Consonant as in (gas)
   • /ŋ/- ​Nasal Velar Consonant as in (hang)
   • /h/- ​Fricative Glottal Consonant as in (help)
   
   
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   English pronunciation exercises

   English phonetics and pronunciation practice. Available worksheets for IPA Learning

   • The vowel Sound of a as in among
   • The vowel Sound of a as in arm
   • The vowel Sound of a as in ask
   • The vowel Sound of a as in ate
   • The vowel Sound of aa as in air
   • The vowel Sound of as in at
   • The vowel sound of e as in end
   • The vowel Sound of e as in eve
   • The vowel Sound of i as in ice
   • The vowel sound of i as in it
   • The vowel Sound of o as in oak
   • The vowel Sound of o as in orb
   • The vowel Sound of o as in soft
   • The vowel Sound of o as strong in odd
   • The vowel Sound of oi as in oil
   • The vowel Sound of oo as in book
   • The vowel Sound of oo as in ooze
   • The vowel Sound of ou as in out
   • The vowel Sound of u as in butler
   • The vowel Sound of u as in um
   • The vowel sound of u as in use
   • b is a voiced consonant
   • ch is a compound breathed consonant (t + sh)
   • d is a voiced consonant
   • f is a breathed consonant
   • g is a voiced consonant
   • h is a breathed consonant
   • I is a voiced consonant
   • j is a compound voiced consonant (d + zh)
   • k is a breathed consonant
   • m is a nasal consonant
   • n is a nasal consonant
   • ng is a nasal consonant
   • p breathed consonant
   • qu is a compound consonant (k + w)
   • r is a voiced consonant
   • s is a breathed consonant
   • sh is a breathed consonant
   • t is a breathed consonant
   • th as in thin is a breathed consonant
   • th as in this is a voiced consonant
   • v is a voiced consonant
   • w is a voiced consonant
   • wh is a breathed consonant
   • x as in extra is a compound breathed consonant (k + s)
   • y as in yet is a voiced consonant
   • z is a voiced consonant
   • zh is a voiced consonant
   
   
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   Accent Reduction Guide using Phonetics

   A guide on accent reduction and pronunciation using English phonetics

   • English spelling and pronunciation rules
   • How to figure out pronunciation rules in English?
   • A guide on word stress
   • How phonemes are pronounced?
   • Organic production of speech sounds in phonetics
   • Production of vowel sounds in phonetics
   • Examples of strong and weak forms pronunciation
   • Consonants its definition and classifications
   • English accent top features Aspiration, glottalization, and flapping
   • What consonants are called Lenis and Fortis?
   • Fricatives and affricates english pronunciation
   • Sonorants english phonetics
   • Connected Speech Phenomena with Assimilation, elision, and insertion
   • The 46 English Pronunciation Rules