We learn about 6 vowel letters and the numerous sounds we make when using them. In English, we have 5 (well, sometimes 6) vowel letters, but way more vowel sounds. That’s where the IPA can help us! We ...

In a Lingua Franca post a few weeks ago, I needed to use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to represent the different pronunciations of the English word People still talk about speech sounds ...

We begin our discussion of phonetics, the study of speech sounds. The letters in a word don’t always match the sounds they represent, and people can pronounce words in different ways. We begin our ...

This is the seventh of seven short vowel programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English. This is the sixth of seven short vowel programmes in our series of videos that explore ...

The English language has very interesting sound patterns and pronunciation rules that sets it apart from other languages. These sounds tend to be difficult, if not tiresome for non-native speakers to ...

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript. This is the fifth of five long vowel programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English. This is the fifth of five long vowel ...