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An introduction to the important area of phonetics. An essential part of an English student's learning process. If you learn phonetics, your pronunciation will improve dramatically and quickly. If you would like coaching on phonetics or pronunciation, please sign up for Private English Classes online at http://linguaspectrum.com

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[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

[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

[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/.

[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