Introduction to Phonetics: How to improve your pronunciation
This video is an Introduction to Phonetics and we are going to be looking at Phonetics and Pronunciation. So what is Phonetics? Phonetics is the study of the actual sounds that make up the words of a language. Every language has its own characteristics and there are sounds in English that you might not use in your Language, […]
j Sound: How to pronounce the j sound (/j/ Phoneme)
This video is about the j sound, as in You /juː/ Year /jɪə/ And use /juːz/ It is a sound from the Single Consonants group. How to pronounce the j sound The /j/ phoneme is called the “palatal approximant,” which means that you form a narrow space in the middle of your mouth with your tongue. The […]
w Sound: How to pronounce the w sound (/w/ Phoneme)
This lesson is about the w sound (/w/ Phoneme), as in the words: what /wɒt/ work /wɜːk/ and quick /ˈkwɪk/ It is a sound from the Single Consonants group. How to pronounce the w Sound The w sound is called the “labio-velar approximant,” which means that you round your lips and form a narrow space at the […]
