Why are Phonetics Important? | Learn English | Vocabulary.

[MrVirtualidad]

Very,good, I like the vídeo.

[yotube701]

fəˈnɛtɪks ɪz ˈɪnt(ə)rɪstɪŋ translation? ok why not? phonetics is interesting

[luigi3808]

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[Thor2011AZ]

Very interesting to introduce this indispensable but too often ignored/neglected aspect of English among many students (and teachers) in Spain.

[kalyanichaitu]

Very helpful and encouraging.......Thanks



[TicJ2011]

Thanks so much for this video. It is really instructive and you can find a comparison with other languages, such as Spanish. Really helpful for Spanish learners of English as a foreing language.

[pedofieltje111]

I'ts sooo funny ;D

[van3169]

this is good, FINALLY I found a British-made video, because most guide videos are from Americans, and I personally think it is a butchery of the English language what they do as soon as they open their mouths and even though I make mistakes and English is not my mother language I'd never use "then" for "than" or "there" for "they're-their". It's just awful.

[jacquelinetimmer]

hilarious

[camer7894]

es muy interesante el video aunque debo confesar que es algo complicado aprender la fonética inglesa, a pesar de esto me es de gran ayuda este video.

thanks.

[DementedScrew]

I cant stop saying "whore...whoreee...whoorrrrrre­eee" now .

[kubusiekhool]

I think you've made one more mistake while pronouncing the word "diphthongs". We should pronounce "ph"like "f"-/'dıfθoŋ/.

Regards

[londongise]

I'll use it for my students! :)

[ocdinaction]

Very helpful. Thanks.

[danielle3331000]

really helpful!

[XXshirokuroXX]

2:00

A fluffy pirate?

Seriously, i totally thougt that

[XXshirokuroXX]

Oh man i hate English Fonetics, there are so many of them DX

But, enough Whining, its time to learn, thanks for post this

[sekundar]

The "second 'e' is like the 'e' in eagle". So it's el - ee - phant is it? Or is it iggle?

Why spend all the time and effort to make something like this and then balls it up with something like that?

[martincastvan]

thanks you men

[astashasta1]

that is not a women that is a stripper or maybe a high class prostitute

[theresxhope]

omg thanks so much for this video! it was helpful for my linguistics assignment! =d

[rasika127]

i loved it ......thanku vry much sir..:)

[devizesmAssive]

what a silly man. I am be has learn herban and cannot am learn language noose.

[purlbeauty]

this sounds like the intro of the matrix lol

[HouyhnhnmsLand]

thank you! really helpful..

my exam is coming up in 3 days and i have no idea what phonetics are $=

[noamchoco]

Haha xD I feel like a stupid little kid xD

I am 16 and I watched the video and repeated every word you said xD

[jemanturum]

While the point being illustrated in the video is true that the English writing system is not phonetic, there is no way or situation where a string of letters "ghoti" would ever be pronounced as "fish." "gh" only makes an "f" sound in the coda of a syllable and never in English will you find "gh" word initially in native words; in loan words it makes a /g/ sound. Likewise for "ti" and the "o" in women have rules also. There is much systematacitiy to it, it's just not immediately obvious.

[TrixTer2011]

Pfffff

[KevinRuzHerrera]

i started to laugh when he said Zebra at 6:52 xD lol

[aronwells]

kind of confusing at first. but when i think about the greek alphabet some of the letters seems the same!

[jinkazLA]

Thank you very much for the vid.

It was excellent.

[MrAntiReligiones]

Thanks a lot for your English Classes online. It is good to find a person who dedicate his time to make this for us. Thank you very much. I am going to dowload and to see ALL your videos. I hope you continue uploading more videos. I would like you upload videos speaking fast. I have problems understanding english with people who speak fast. On TV, people speak fast, and it is difficult to understand. also, people speak in low volumen and i cant understand that they say...Thanks.

[lmagg0tl]

Thank you so much for this! I'm using it while preparing for my exam tomorrow in english language. It was very helpful!

[lsatep]

English has so many problems with its language, not only the spelling but also the irregular verbs and plurals WOW

[javisantaisabel]

I like it and I´ve used it with my Spanish students, but there´s a little mistake, elephant in Spanish is elefante, not elefant, and yes, the 3 es sound the same.

[Linguaspectrum]

@javisantaisabel I know about the elephant mistake and I'm acutely embarrassed by it, seeing as I live in Spain and speak the language. This was one of my early video attempts, and I'm thinking of remaking it as a new, modern, error-free video.

Watch this space.

Thanks very much for watching the video and I'm glad it was useful for your students. I bet they had a good laugh at my elephantine error?

Best wishes,

Richard

[nikhilsamy]

@Linguaspectrum itsss greatt! thankkssssssssssss

[kukynerd]

@javisantaisabel The e in elephant is not the same sound as the e in elefante. English vowel n. 3 is more open than Spanish e

[883052]

wow. i'm so happy to find it here in you tube. now I can improve my english. I thank you so mush for that.

[anislopgal]

This video is a good introduction to phonetics. I'm going to try it with my students. Thank you very much.

[alabader741]

why are they saying English is the most easier language in the world,this thing is very complex. thanks any way for the effort and i will keep trying to learn .

[saraalvarez1981]

This video is very useful for using it in my English lessons. Thanks!

[guest140]

I am learning a lot thanks your videos... Thank you Linguaspectrum

[SONNYGREAT]

In bough, "bou" sound "au", while "-gh" is silent!

like in sigh, "gh" is silent,

so we can't say that b"ough" sounds "au", but ONLY the first part :"bou".

Regards

[Linguaspectrum]

@SONNYGREAT Interesting. Thanks for your thoughts and ideas.

Best wishes,

Richard

[kurdistani87]

thank you very much for this video

[damionlee]

tanx i learned a lot : - ) joanne

[justagirlfeb]

thank you so much

[6Jossiel6]

Hi !

I found your video course really clear and useful !

Do you have an unsubbed version of it ?

[angeline310]

i really like the way you explain the phonetics

i have been living in scotland for the last 8 years. my writing and understanding are not to bad but i really struggle with my pronunciation.

[realjuvelive]

I don't think that's important..

[peterjoneswestie]

What is the difference between the sound of the upside down v and the shwa sound?

[Linguaspectrum]

@peterjoneswestie Thanks for watching and for commenting. There is not very much difference between the schwa and the /ʌ/ sound. That's why they are so close on the phonetic chart. However, with practice you can hear the difference in words like up /ʌp/ and computer /kəmˈpjutə/ and sofa /ˈsəʊfə/. The schwa is typically heard in weakly stressed syllables in spoken English but the /ʌ/ sound can be heard in stressed syllables such as in the words up /ʌp/ and under /ˈʌndə/.

[peterjoneswestie]

Great. But I have a problem. What's the difference between the shwa sound and the upside down v? They sound the same to me!!

[XxGirlControlXx]

caraca maluco, it'e awsome!!!

[sherazanwar]

i really loved the way you explained it. From where can i get this phonetic chat you used?? that is with the example words.

[Linguaspectrum]

@sherazanwar Thanks for your kind comments. You can get the phonetic chart from my website. Take out a free membership and then sign up for the free Phonetics Introduction from your membership page. The chart and much more is in the Introductory Course. I really must redo this video. It's one of my earlier ones and I'm much better technically now.

[Arimli]

Thank you!!! Ussualy I hear how to pronounce any word the english or I see on vocabulary. I don't think it's so difficult to pronounce the wotds in right way. A man always can understand another one)))

[4Absolut]

How to do phonetic transcription (is very difficult for me ) ??? And phonemic??

I have an exam and they are some qustions like this . In phonetic isnt so difficult but in phonemic i havent understood nothing .

Please help me ??

[Linguaspectrum]

@4Absolut Have you tried the free Introduction to Phonetics course on my website? It will give you a lot of information that will help you. You only need a free Linguaspectrum membership and then you can do the course.

[4Absolut]

@Linguaspectrum Thank you Sir I am going to see it .

Thank you again .

[Linguaspectrum]

@leo22001 Thanks for watching the video and for your comments. I appreciate your feedback. Listen to the way I say the word elephant. I'm sure you will agree that I do pronounce elephant as /eli:fənt/ and /i:g(ə)l/. I can only transcribe the words as I pronounce them, and this may differ slightly from what your dictionary tells you. Elephant can also be pronounced /elɪfənt/ or /eləfənt/, though the OED offers the first possibility only. By the way, it's Linguaspectrum, though I prefer Richard.

[rockierocklover]

es elefante no elefan!

[Linguaspectrum]

@rockierocklover I know. Sorry for my typo, but thanks for watching.

[rockierocklover]

@Linguaspectrum it's ok, I have learned alot thanks to your videos, I mean it! so much better than my university, you can image how expensive is to learn English in Panamá........so thanks a bundle!

[tvmxo5]

beautiful job. Outstanding.

[baigandine]

Many of those irregularies can be reduced when we recognize English isn't spelled letter-by-letter like Spanish, but syllable by syllable. Some of the rules explicitly demand we take into account letters further down. And silent letters are more prevalent in French.

[baigandine]

English spelling isn't "mad." It's mostly consistent and esoteric. Because it's esoteric, the layman tends to underestimate its consistency. Other languages such as French also spell things a certain way for non-phonetic reasons. In fact even in a highly phonetic language like Spanish, you have more than one way to spell several of the sounds. That said, there are a lot of exceptions to the rules in English, but, more often, it is an esoteric rule that's being fully conformed to.

[superchruper100]

hahaha, "the schwa sound" my nightmare  :-) hihi

[adrianogazzo]

Thank you so much, your job was very very useful!

I See you.

[MrBelaid123]

opps

[Cunha290]

very good

[mixofemotions]

Excellent Richard. Thanks. would you know fun activities on sounds? Like after introduction, the participants could practice and implement by an activity? thanks :)

[IVIarDot]

Mój znajomy uczył się kiedyś angielskich słówek tak jak się je pisze i uświadomiłem go, że TRACI w ten sposób CZAS. | My mate was learning english words as they are written so I told him that he LOSE his TIME.

[pabeleks]

Thank you soooo much Richard, I was looking for the description for these phonetics symbols.

[Linguaspectrum]

@pabeleks I'm glad to be of service and thanks for watching.

Linguaspectrum members are about to get a great new course in Phonetics. It should be ready at the weekend. I hope you'll take a look at it.

[raydredX]

gh is never pronounced as f in the start of a syllable though and for t to be pronounced as sh it must have a vowel after or be in a diphthong that starts with i(the i of station). Thats why I dont like the ghoti example. :P

Feel free to correct me if im not wrong. Im not really sure about the second part of hat i said.

[Linguaspectrum]

I used the example of ghoti simply to engage interest and highlight the madness of English spelling and pronunciation. It was first used for the same purpose by William Ollier in 1855 to try to advance the cause of English spelling reform. Well, English spelling hasn't been reformed and we can still, theoretically, spell words like potato as ghoughpteighbteau. If this video makes people think as much as it has made you think, then I will count it a success.

Thanks for watching and best wishes.

[raydredX]

@Linguaspectrum

Quoting you:

"I used the example of ghoti simply to engage interest and highlight the madness of English spelling and pronunciation. Well, English spelling hasn't been reformed and we can still, theoretically, spell words like potato as ghoughpteighbteau."

That's why I hate english writting. It's so irregular sometimes and when I see a new word that has an uncommon combination of letters, I always get affraid of pronouncing it wrong.

[Linguaspectrum]

@raydredX That's why phonetics are so important to pronunciation. Even I use them with unfamiliar words. Given that my OED defines 500,000 words, even native speakers like myself can't possibly know how to say them all.

I am creating a complete phonetics course on my website. It should be ready in a few weeks. It will guide students to a thorough mastery of phonetics. It will help students see that "cough" is /kɒf/ but "bough" is /bɑʊ/ like "bow" not /bɒf/

Best wishes,

Richard

[raydredX]

@Linguaspectrum You seem like a nice guy. Good luck with your project, I may check it out when you're done.

[baigandine]

@Linguaspectrum "Words like ghoughpteighbteau" I think this mostly works, but is gh ever pronounced P at the beginning of a word? Is ough ever pronounced O when it's not at the end of a word (I think not)? Silent B's either come after an M or have a good reason to be there meaning-wise (linking words like doubt and dubious). These over the top examples tend to proceed "as if" English were pronounced letter-by-letter, when in fact word structure and word meaning matter, which is not so absurd.

[Linguaspectrum]

You are right about the "ti" spelling of the phoneme /ʃ/. It only comes in the middle of a word when followed by a vowel. However, there are 12 different ways to spell the /ʃ/ sound in English. Bin"che", "sh"ow, "s"ugar, bro"ch"ure, alsa"ti"on, i"ss"ue, o"ce"an, uncon"sci"ous, ten"si"on, an"xi"ous, gla"cia"l and "sch"ist.

[Linguaspectrum]

In modern English, besides its proper sound, t in the combinations -tion, -tious, -tial, -tia, -tian, -tience, -tient, after a vowel or any consonant except s, has the sound of /ʃ/, in which the following i is absorbed, as in nation, factious, partial, militia, patience.

[Linguaspectrum]

We could even say that fish could be spelt as phosz if we take the sz from kuvasz (a large white Hungarian breed of dog) (OED).

[raydredX]

@Linguaspectrum Indeed. Thanks for answering. Interesting information. ;)

Sorry for the stupid triple post, I guess it's some damned bug.

Also it's curious. It didn't know youtube supported IPA characters such as ʃ...

[Linguaspectrum]

@raydredX It's not that you posted 3 times. I posted several replies in order to say what I wanted in the space allowed. It just multiplied your post for some reason. The IPA characters - yes, I only just discovered that you can post them, too.

[raydredX]

@raydredX

[silviajanette]

excellent ...I totally agree that learning phonetics is VITAL to learn a new language! Great video!

[ThePilarmendez]

Great lesson!!! This video is wonderful!!! Congratulations.

[Mountaindewjunkies]

wow I didn't know this marvelous very marvelous thank you

[MarshMellowLin]

They should teach this in schools so that pronounciation can be learnt properly. In other words, the bogans can be understood!

[xitrumgirl2001]

Thanks!

[LONEBARON]

I can't believe I never learned this.

[smilejhajaah]

Thanks a lot. This is great!

[kieran86uk]

Well written, helped to teach my deaf girlfriend (with cochlear implant and hearing aid) to speak clearer (with help of course), very informative, thanks.

[lobstermendez]

woah!!! my mind just got blown!!!

[1234567loading]

its a clown fish lol nemo nemo

[3JeanPierre3]

Great teacher !

[asifziamalik]

marvelous

[ambar0123]

Very interesting, thanks,

[rockmusicM]

you´re an excellent teacher, nice voice :D

[Linguaspectrum]

Hi Maria,

Thanks for the comments and your support.

Best wishes,

Richard

[verallmariano]

Guy!! It was all tha I wanted know!

[cbgy]

Excellent ! thank you for share this... will take note as is not to easy to get .

[plebe30501]

thanks Richard

[Linguaspectrum]

Jabato1963 - I think phonetics are vital for anyone trying to learn English. In the classroom all my students learnt the phonetic alphabet in the first six weeks and became proficient after six months. I thought it would be more effective to put my lessons online and teach as many students as possible. The reason teachers don't use it as much as they should is that it's complex and they're worried about making mistakes.

[DeeDemonwitch]

@Linguaspectrum Wow, that was very interesting. Being of the 'old school' I was under the impression that 'phonetics' was just spelling words in the manner they are pronounced and saying the alphabet in 'baby' fashion.

How wrong I was. I had no idea the spellings of how to pronounced words in dictionaries were phonetically spelt, and often wondered why they were written as they are. Now I know :)

[Jabato1963]

The best explanation of English sounds I've ever seen. I This chart of sounds should be taught in the first class by all English teachers, I wonder why they don´t do.

[02sanja]

@Jabato: I totally agree!!!!!!!!!