In today’s lesson, we’re going to talk about the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbol /ʌ/. This vowel is sometimes referred to as a “caret” or “hat” because of its shape – it kind of looks like a hat. It also kind of looks like an upside down v. However, it sounds nothing like the /v/ […]
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Speaking English with native-like pronunciation is many students’ goal. English is a difficult language for many students. A lot of them struggle with the pronunciation for a number of reasons. English spelling causes problems for some students, because many words are spelled differently than they are pronounced. Here are some examples: General American English pronunciation
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Today’s lesson will cover the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) sound /æ/. This sound is nicknamed “ash,” and it is not found in many languages. It exists in Finnish, Arabic, Persian, and some other languages. It is also in the dialects of some speakers of Turkish and Swedish. For speakers of these languages, this sound will
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If you have ever taken a linguistics class, you are familiar with the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). If not, it is an alphabet system with symbols to represent all sounds possible in the world’s languages. Why is this related to studying English? As a language with an irregular spelling system, English words can be hard
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