Wednesday 24 September 2014

PRACTICE THE INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET TO IMPROVE YOUR LISTENING AND SPEAKING SKILLS


The International Phonetic Alphabet, also known as IPA, is a really useful tool to improve your listenig and speaking skills...but first of all, you should become familiar with it.
So, let's go for it!

Exercise 1: Consonants

Exercise 2: Vowels

Exercise 3: More vowels


And now, find the vowel phoneme:

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

A lot of people think that English pronunciation is extremely difficult, even impossible, that  they will never understand English people, and lots of other negative ideas that just stop their minds from learning.... but in my experience, I know, it's just a question of practice and never get frustrated......
Did you know the saying "When the going gets tough, the tough get going"? If you are interested in the meaning, this is the wiki link.