International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) | English Pronunciation
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- This lesson explains the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and how it can help with English pronunciation.
I start the lesson by defining the International Phonetic Alphabet and showing why it is so useful. The letters of a word don't help us in knowing how to pronounce it because the same letter can have lots of different sounds in different words. For example, the letter "c" has a very different sound in the word "car" compared to the letter "c" in the word "dice". Also the same phonetic sound can be produced by lots of different combinations of letters.
The IPA is a system for representing each phonetic sound with a symbol and we use use these symbols to transcribe the correct pronunciation of a word. In the English language, there are 44 phonetic symbols and sounds made up of vowels (short and long), dipthongs and consonant sounds. In this video, I pronounce all of the 44 sounds (actually called phonemes) and show you the corresponding symbol. On top of these standard 44 sounds, American English has a few other specific sounds which I also pronounce and briefly explain.
Among the consonant sounds, there is a set of 8 pairs of consonants - In each pair, there is a voiceless consonant (example "p") and its equivalent voiced consonant (example "b"). Each pair's sound (example both the "p" and "b" sound) is produced by exactly the same mouth and tongue position. The only difference is that the voiceless consonant sound (example "p") is produced only by the mouth whereas the voiced consonant sound (example "b") is produced by the vibrations of the vocal cords in the throat.
I also present some IPA special characters which are used to represent the start and end of a phonetic transcription, the stressed syllable and the start of a new syllable.
The accent in the video is a British English accent but I do try to pronounce the 3-4 American English sounds with an American accent :)
IPA RESOURCES:
Private English lessons & speaking practice: goo.gl/T7bKHx
Here is the link to the PDF reference file with all the IPA symbols and example words:
drive.google.com/file/d/0B8v1...
Free online dictionary with IPA as seen in the video: www.dictionary.cambridge.org
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An exquisite video lecture.
I would have been your student at Crown English Academy, if it were located in Pakistan.
Thank you for your video, it's greatly help me learn english. I was study in school more than 12 years, but I only could reading text and just understand the meaning of it. I still couldn't speak english well and bad for grammar and structure.
Crown Academy of English I think you failed to emphasize how to pronounce the æ sound. you kept on saying "lam" as it is. the vowel /a/ there should be heard with a little bit of a and a little bit of e. that's why it is æ because it is an /a/ that sounds like /e/ so you should say "laem" (læm). you can check the dictionary listen to how it should be pronounced. thank you
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Vowels(long)
iː 09:54 uː10:04
ɑː 10:12 ɔː 10:21 ɜː 10:29
vowels(short)
ɪ 12:31 ʊ 12:40 ʌ 12:47 ɒ 12:54 ə 13:01 e 13:09 æ 13:30 ər (US) 13:46 ɜː (US) 13:59
Diphthongs
ɪər 14:26 ʊər 14:37 aɪ 14:45 ɔɪ 14:53 əʊ 15:02 eər 15:11 aʊ 15:27 eɪ 15:36 oʊ (US) 15:51
voiceless voiced
p 18:52 b 19:00
t 19:09 d 19:18
tʃ 19:27 dʒ 19:37
k 19:47 g 19:56
f 20:05 v 20:16
θ 20:28 ð 20:41
s 20:49 z 21:00
ʃ 21:10 ʒ 21:21
other consonants
m 21:42 n 21:53 ŋ 22:03 h 22:15 l 22:26 r 22:37 w 22:47 j 22:57
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Thanks heaps, mate!
Oh cool
Thanks!
Amazing
2:00 Symbols and sounds
3:39 'c' vs 'k'
4:40 British vs American
5:40: Online Dictionaries
6:40 Special symbols
9:30 Vowels (long)
12:24 Vowels (short)
14:11 Diphthongs
16:37 Consonants
21:34 Other consonants
23:12 Reference File
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Thank you, he speaks so slowly.
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Thanks !!!!!
thankyou so much🙏🏻
I went to australia when i was 18. I knew english as i studied in a private school back in my country but even though it was it was compulsory to speak english in school, 99% students didnt and just used our own mother tongue. So i was fluent in writing and understanding english.
My main issue was stuttering. I had to communicate in english in Australia but i had a hard time as i stuttered a lot cause of lack of speaking english and had a thick asian accent lol
I then came across phonetic charts and started a daily routine of repeating the phonetics sounds 30 mins x twice a day (morning and afternoon) and in 2 months i sound more american/aussie when i speak and i am more fluent with minimal stutters. I also do the imitation technique when watching tv shows or movies to improve my pronunciation.
People often assume i was australian born asian cause of my accent now and i am so proud. Its not 100% aussie sounding but as said ealier a mix between american/ aussie.
Definitely forgot how to pronounce water or any words ending in R like butter, car, flower, hater etc now i say it wotah, buttah, kah, flawah, hatah lmao saying water is so hard for me now lol
So for anyone who is watching this. Do not give up and keep practicing the phonetics sound daily. Its worth it.
As a native English speaker I find it very strange they never taught us IPA in school (at least where I live in the States). This was very helpful. Thank you very much!
This come attached with the British received pronunciation, American English don't focus on the correct pronunciation.
@@Lxxx3Roses "correct" lol there is no correct pronunciation. Language belongs to whoever is speaking it.
@@Lxxx3Roses British English is not "correct" due to the rhotic "R" being dropped some time before 1765 and 1791, maybe even earlier. We don't know, as the first recordings of accents were around 1860, with a 300-year gap between when the British invaded to when the recordings were taken. The last British contact was in Boston and a few other port cities, which is why they do not have rhotic "r's" in their pronunciation, showing that the drop of rhoticism is new, and British people would have sounded more like Americans back in ye olde times.
Ergo, the British peoples beforehand pronounced the r in words, then dropped it, making American closer to the original. Non-rhotic became popular in the 19th century.
However, it is not incorrect either, it is a dialect. Rhoticism just came first.
The original English pronunciation and accent does not exist insofar as we know. Instead, we have thousands of dialects of the same language, each with unique accents and pronunciations, just as lingual evolution goes.
While Americans don't pronounce certain words correctly like squirrel, the British effectively do not pronounce any word with the letter "r" correctly because they dropped rhoticism, or pronunciation of it in the original manner. Welcome to linguistic evolution.
@UC8h9KinDNLBCVjhq7s8LsHQ As far as I know, British people came to America to colonize it. So, the original people is from Britain.
@@Lxxx3Roses Within the 300 years from the original colonies to the first recording, the English lost the rhotic "r". The one explanation that can be seen as a reason they dropped it was that the nouveau riche (newly rich) didn't want to sound the same as the poor, so developed a "posh" dialect. I can neither confirm nor deny this postulation. I can confirm, however, that it is known by historians that the British of today do not have the same accent as back then, and that American dialects in some areas are the closest you will get to the original English pronunciations.
I already explained that in great detail before you responded. Your response ignores the historical significance of the change to modern British English away from the original rhoticized version that came before it.
Just because the British invaded then colonized, doesn't mean they kept their original accent. They did not. They lost the original accent a couple or so centuries after they colonized the Americas, which is why the last towns to have contact with the British also dropped the rhotic "r", but not the rest of America.
I appreciate that you do this without rushing through the lessons. Great video!
Spending whole life in school to study English hasn't got any improvement, but after watching this video, I have an epiphany. Thank you very much Crown Academy of English and Andrew.
Best Explanation of IPA on UA-cam, explained in a short video. Thank you
I'd thought it was all complicate and too much extended/long for my poor old brain but you do it really easy to follow. Thank you very much, Andrew for doing this lesson so simple and crystal clear.
I had a conversation with someone who, like me, has studied English as a Second Language for a lifetime; it takes a lot of patience because English has borrowed words from several languages. In other languages there are fixed rules, you follow the rules and know how to pronounce every word you come across. But not in English. Thanks for the video anyhow.
I appreciate your help Andrew. This course was amazing, I gotta understand all
I'm from India thanks sir for this wonderful class it's help me allot
Since this Covid-19, our university makes (online study), then i thought it would be help, and the true is we cant learn as well as we in the university to much course that we cant understand cuz we do not get the materials or books...
Our lecture wants us to download books but we cant find the same book like our lecture,..
Thats why i came here for learn by myself.. and this is really help me...
Thanks a lot🙏
Here is the link to the PDF reference file with all the IPA symbols and example words:
drive.google.com/file/d/0B8v1Z0nKnKCaYW9Tbkc1Tjg2VHc/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-pj-FESOC93ZZqH7mFCY8BA
Please share this file with people who are learning English :)
Sad. i can doan load pdf file.T-T
Dear Andrew! Thanks a lot about PDF file.
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Thank you Andrew! An excellent, comprehensive explanation!
Thanks for your comment. I am glad that you liked it.
Best wishes,
Andrew
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l am want learning language English are me a go to British? 😕
Hussein AL- Araby i want to learn English. Is it okay if a go to England?
Definitely one of the most clarifying and didactic teaching videos I have ever watched. After years learning English I could never fancy grasping the IPA that easy. Thank you so much for sharing it with us!
+Stoic Lady You're welcome. Thank you for the comment.
Best wishes,
Andrew
@@CrownAcademyEnglishperfect teacher you are Andrew
@@CrownAcademyEnglish hi, andrew!
the best one. I am now teaching high school teachers in my country and this helps me a lot. Thank you very much!
Brilliant, thank you Andrew. What a pleasant voice!
i'm an english student .. the video really helped me to improve my knowledge about ipa symbols .. and i would like to say thank you for this great job i will see all your other videos hopefully it could resolve my problems in english.
The sound in English language is clearly described and it certainly deserves commendation .
Thank you very much Andrew for your useful lessons!
Thank you, Andrew. I'm a teacher and it helped so much in my classes!
I have a phonetic exam tomorrow. I found this very helpfull! Thank you!
Excellent, I'm glad it helped. How was the exam?
Andrew
Exactly the same, mine is tomorrow !
Hope you did well !
Mine is day after tomorrow
And none answered. I find it really suspitious.
I am sure 80% people who watch this is student who have phonetic exam
Thank you sir, I really appreciate your lessons.
Thanks a lot. your really helped me.
*you
he didn't because you wrote your instead of you
Today you've become a hero!!! I'm sharing this link with my classmates!!! :)
thankyou so much . I had a spelling bee contest today and i got 2nd prize and won an ipad and an iphone and a macbook and an apple watch i am so happy like butterflies thankyou so so so so so so muchhhh i love you.
Congratulations on your result. Thanks for your message. 🙂
Andrew
Excellent video, many thanks for the resource in the description too! I am suddenly interested in language again, at the age of 36 after leaving school 20 years ago. Thank you!
Straight the point! Amazing lesson! I liked it very much ! Thanks brow!😊
Thank you very much for this lucidly explanation. Greets from Germany
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I am extremely grateful Andrew. thanks for simplifying IPA in this video.
Thanks Sir for this best lesson about IPA . It's actually interesting for students to learn how to pronunce correctly all English words . Honestly i appreciate this lesson.
Thank you for the detailed explanation. Very useful especially showing the differences between British and American English.
I am still watching but already have a question, so I will put the questions in separate comments to make it easier for everyone - I hope. :)
Of all the English class videos I've seen on UA-cam, this one seems to me to be one of the best and most complete. Also, of the dedication and commitment you put into teaching of english, thank you so much for sharing it, and best of all; after several years this video still in validity.
Yeap but not enough,must be shown with the correct shape n move f tongue lips and mouth as a whole to hit the target in the middle,dunno if they shot a video enable laerners broaden their horizan in a much better way,if not they sud do to prove it as a "here am institution"
The perfect IPA tutorial ever!
Very good and precise. Thank you. Really helped get my head round the diphthongs and the rhotic sounds/IPA symbols.
I’m a native of somewhere else and I find this difficult
Thank you for your videos
Excellent resource! Well-organized and well presented. Thanks.
Those are so beautiful sounds to pronounce, thanks a lot for this useful guidance towards an accurate fluency in English.
best listened to at x1.5 speed lol ;)
Or 2x
@@szilvianagy2410 , where is 3x?:(
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Even 2x is too slow.. What is wrong with this guy??
This is ridiculously helpful. Good stuff Sir.
Thank you very much for your comment. I am very pleased that my lessons are helping you.
Best wishes,
Andrew
I got a distinction in yesterdays exam thanks to you. Just thought i'd let you know.
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Congratulations, well done! Thank you very much for telling me. :)
Andrew
Thank you for this video.It really helped me.
Thanks a lot! A complete and precise course!
Oh My God, You are such a GOOD Person!! Shared some many English videos learners. I'm glad to visit your channel!
God Bless you!! :) THANK YOU SO MUCH
Mayu Yurika Utami Excellent, I am glad that you like my lessons. Thanks for the comment.
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Andrew
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/ˈek.səl.ənt/ !
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/sk٨i/
This sound is for which word?
Plz answer i want for my teacher
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2) how to write the sound of (sky)?
Thanks Andrew! Very well explained - well paced & easy to understand. Only important features explained, leaving out unnecessary technical details.
Thank you so much for the lesson! We love you
thanks,it was helpful,great job!
Iqbal Mir You're welcome. Thank you for the comment.
Best wishes,
Andrew
Thinks teacher for giving us this important lesson that i consider the heart of the english language.I learnt towards you that i keep myself foollowing whatever my level,
the fundamental science like this lesson; grammar, voabulary and so on.Once more thinks.
Great,great,great!!!!so easy,accurate. Thank you,Andrew! You've made an exellent lesson. Best,I would say!
***** Thank you so much. That means a lot to me because it was a lot of work to make this video.
Best wishes
Andrew
You've got a charming voice,loveya.
My english is very bad and i am determinated to improve it.
Your videos are fantastic, make me feel like someone that can learn english.
So, I'm not a disparate case... perhaps.
Thanks a lot
Raffaele Romano It looks fine from someone three years in the future.
Same situation my English is very bed this video is very halpfull for me
Crown's lessons are comprehensive!
oh.thank you so much. this video is very helpful . I have an interview soon for a v&a trainer and I was looking for such source to help me answer the questions and attempt the task given to me perfectly. thank you so
much
Very helpful!! Loved it!!
Suggestion: If we can see Andrew as well on the video, I think learning would be smoother!!
Ravi Kant It's a pleasure. I'm delighted that your English is improving with my lessons. Thank you for the comment. Maybe in the future for appearing in the video but I am quite a private person. :)
Best wishes,
Andrew
Wow😍😍😍.. thank you so much for this video. I have a phonetic exam on monday. I will present your video before start the exam. This will help us (students) a lot.
Hello. Thanks for your comment. I am happy that you like my lessons. I make new videos every Tuesday. The next video will be published next Tuesday 4th September 2018.
Here is the full list: ua-cam.com/users/CrownAcademyEnglishvideos
Best wishes,
Andrew
Thank you very much!! You explained it very clearly and calmly, I understand a lot more from you. Thanks!
Thank you Andrew, you saved our lives.
It's a pleasure. Thanks for the comment. More videos here: ua-cam.com/users/CrownAcademyEnglishvideos
Best wishes
Andrew
British accent is just beautiful
In my opinion American accent it better
You are the best thank you! :D
It's a pleasure. Thank you for the comment.
Best wishes,
Andrew
yeah
polly esther thank you
Thank you Andrew for this IPA lesson. I really found this useful and your teaching was easy to follow. Thanks and happy new year!
Thanks Andrew, this is very useful for me as a non-native speaker.
Thanks for sharing so nice sir. and i have question for you - for non native (foreigner) from where is that possible to learn more?
Hello and welcome. Thanks for your comment. I am happy that you like my lessons.
Here is the full list: ua-cam.com/users/CrownAcademyEnglishvideos
Best wishes,
Andrew
I'm going to watch for 100 times, because it was a little difficult for me.
Of all the videos I have so far seen on this subject, this is the best. Thanks a lot.
A very interesting and useful lesson. I've learnt such things I've never known before. Thank you so much.
Hello
All of sudden, i woul like to say that i really like your pronounciation teaching.method,please. I would be very grateful to you if you could teach me specially,Sir
Thank you very much for your comment. I am very pleased that my video
lessons are helping you. Please understand I am not able to give private
help. :)
Here are my other video lessons, organised by subject:
Listening practice: ua-cam.com/play/PL6BDo90oiwpRdmnAzmYwdc0Az0ZOG2XNA.html
Grammar: ua-cam.com/play/PL6BDo90oiwpS4_AM1c0s0ozpROeE2A9ff.html
General advice: ua-cam.com/play/PL6BDo90oiwpQiPot5bKFKZ2wQAk_ESR6_.html
Vocabulary: ua-cam.com/play/PL6BDo90oiwpTlYAYSitjwWn29BEdCBi9j.html
Best wishes,
Andrew
All of a sudden
Great job. Andrew
Can I buy you of a drink ? Pal
I guess you're very thirsty.
chiming ng Ha ha! Thank you so much for the comment. It is very true. You know, I had to stop the video in the middle because my throat was so dry! I'd love a cold beer, thanks! :)
Andrew
Andrew, thank you for making IPA Videos.It is very helpful. I’m looking forward to improve my English.
Muchas gracias, es increible lo útil que es este video, agradezco su dedicación.Greetings!
Does anyone know how many native English speakers actually learn this at school?
None, unless they study phonetics or literature. This is mainly for teaching foreigners how to speak with an RP accent.
None, a native speaker will most likely only learn this if they study linguistics or philology at a university.
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@@mikhailanatoliy9990 Wow, no need for agressiveness. I didn't even say the same thing as you. You didn't mention philology, which I did. What's your problem, bro?
Thank you so much, this lesson is really helpful !
very simple , confident and informative presentation ... thank you!
You don't know how many it helped me to learn (help a lot of us). I don't know why in some class we don't learn it. It's very important to learn.
Very thanks! Very very much!
Hello once again, Andrew! Great stuff!
I will use your IPA class in my class as soon as I can!
Thanks a lot!
Kind regards,
Santi
you benefit me alot.I start to love English.Thanks
I have been searching such lesson for a decade. Pronouncing words correctly has been my nightmare for a long time. Thanks to Crown Academy of English.
+mahaba wangu Excellent, I am glad that you like my lessons. Thanks for the comment. Happy New Year for 2016 to you and your family.
Andrew
No words how thankful I’m.God bless you dear teacher 😊🙏🙏
Just now find. The wonderful teacher thank you 🙏 that’s great
it was so amazingly rich and clear thanks really helpful.
THANKS! This is going to help me SO much! God bless you!
This is the best method ever I found, thanks Teacher
Thanks So Much Form Crown Academy of English , Spacial Thanks for The Teacher Who Teach it .
This is really helpful! It is straight to the point
Thank you Andrew! I have learnt a lot from the video, it is very clearly demonstrated and your voice is very gentle. It would be even better if the pronunciation of all vowels and consonants could be repeated again in the end, because for English as second language learners we may need some more time to catch up with the correct pronunciation.
I've learnt useful things here. Thank you very much!
This lesson is great sir .
You teaches it in a very ease way ...,you show every quality of a best teacher...😊
andrew thank so much for your phonetic lesson. It was great.
Thank You! Andrew for the amazing explanation
Your video helps me a lot! Thanks!
Tbank you Andrew. You are the best man I have ever seen.
Thanks a lot for your valuable lessons.
Thank you for your generosity Mr. Andrew. I learned a lot from this tutorial. Subscribed!
Manong Caloy Excellent, I am glad that you like my lessons. Thanks for the comment.
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Andrew
Thank you Andrew, that's a good lesson Everywhere. thanks thanks thanks alot
This is a perfect channel which is highly recommended for all students,including beginners who wished to master in the language of English.I definitely spend more times on this.Thank you very much Mr Andrew for your contributions.
nongphutre Thanks for your comment. I am happy that you like my English lessons.
Best wishes,
Andrew
if you learn english like me you should listen,him he speaks really slowly and i can understand each words.thanks .he helps foreign language learners like me :)
Finally I get a video in which I find to answer my all questions.
Thanks a lot
Thank you very much for your effort Andrew!
i just finished watching in the videos of this playlist and i wanted say thank you. thanks andrew. i love you and i offer ur channel to my friends who wants learn english.
Thanks for the comment. I'm glad you like my lessons. :)
Andrew