BRITISH COUNCIL FLASH MOVIE ON PHONETICS: http://www.englishonline.org.cn/en/learners/english-forwork/pronunciation-pro
INTERACTIVE PHONEMIC CHART – Gives both the phoneme SOUND and a word with this sound in it:
http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/pronunciation/phonemic-chart-and-app/interactive-phonemicchart/
TYPE AND INSERT PHONEMIC SYMBOLS INTO A WORD DOCUMENT: http://www.elang.co.uk/mackichan/call/pron/type.html
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1. What information does a dictionary provide about each word?
2. What symbols or special letters does a dictionary use to
describe the sounds of English?
3. How can these symbols help us in learning a new word?
4. Is there any use in learning how to read them?
 Think about the IELTS SPEAKING EXAM
 Think about a situation you’re in where there are NO
ENGLISH SPEAKERS with you
5. Is it useful to know how to write them? Why? Why not?
6. Can you match the phonemic symbols with the words?
WORDS
a) physiology
b) virtual
c) physiotherapy
d) voracious
PHONEMIC SYMBOLS
e) vehicle
f) philosophy
g) vocabulary
h) voltage
/fɪzɪəʊˈθerəpɪ/
/vi:ɪkəl/
/vəˈkæbjʊlərɪ/
/fɪzɪˈɒləʤɪ/
/vəʊˈkeɪʃənəl/
/vɜ:ʧʊəl/
/fɪˈlɒsəfɪ/
/vəʊltɪʤ/
Can you pronounce these words?
a) /əˈveɪləbəl/
b) /ˈeksəsaɪz/
c) /ˈʃedju:l/
d) /kəˈlekʃən/
g) /græʤʊˈeɪʃən/
e) /ɪnfəˈmeɪʃən/ h) /næsəˈnælɪtɪ/
f) /ɪnˈtɜ:prət/
i) /ɪˈstæblɪʃ/
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