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Sounds to Speech: A Complete English Phonetics and Pronunciation Workbook

Welcome to the wonderful world of Phonetics!Have you ever wondered why some English words are difficult to pronounce? Why do some words sound different even when they look similar? How to overcome the discrepancy between the letters and their sounds? How to learn English Pronunciation to pronounce any word correctly? This book ‘Sounds to Speech:

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Phonemes in English

English Pronunciation, Learn English, phonetics

There are 26 letters in English alphabet but we get 44 sounds from those 26 letters. These 44 sounds are known as phonemes in English. Those 44 sounds are called phonemes in IPA International Phonetic Alphabet. Phonemes play very important role in English pronunciation. What is Phoneme? Phoneme is the smallest unit of English speech

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Voiced and Voiceless Sounds in English

English Pronunciation, phonetics

Our speech is not possible without speech sounds. We learn to improve our English pronunciation but we do not pay much attention to learn about speech sounds. Let’s learn more about English speech sounds. We have 44 speech sounds in English and they have been kept in the two categories: voiced sounds and unvoiced sounds.

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Diphthongs- Impure Vowels

English Pronunciation, phonetics

Hello everyone! In my previous post, I explained you about 12 Monophthongs or pure vowels out of 20 vowels. To know about Monophthongs, you can click here. In this post, I will explain about 8 Diphthong sounds. Diphthongs A diphthong is a sound made by combining two vowels specifically when it starts as one vowel sound and

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English Speech Sounds -12 Pure Vowels and their Symbols

English Pronunciation, phonetics

Pronunciation Phonetic transcription and knowledge about English speech sounds is often ignored by many English learners. Correct and clear pronunciation is as important as listening and speaking skills. If you know how to pronounce the words and phrases correctly, your level of speech understanding is also increased. To have clear pronunciation, you should understand about

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