Published by British Council on 2024-03-18
What is LearnEnglish Sounds Right? LearnEnglish Sounds Right is a free pronunciation chart app designed for learners and teachers of English worldwide. It helps learners to practice the sounds and pronunciation of the English language and understand the symbols of the phonemic alphabet. Teachers can use this app to teach individual sounds and symbols easily.
1. Do you use phonemic script in class to help your students with their pronunciation? With LearnEnglish Sounds Right installed on your class set of devices, or your students’ own devices, you can teach the individual sounds and symbols easily.
2. Do you have difficulty with the sounds and pronunciation of the English language, or with understanding the symbols of the phonemic alphabet? With LearnEnglish Sounds Right on your phone or tablet you can practise anywhere and anytime.
3. LearnEnglish Sounds Right is the British Council’s FREE pronunciation chart for learners and teachers of English worldwide.
4. * The pure vowels are arranged the same way as in the IPA chart: according to mouth shape (left to right, lips wide / round – top to bottom, jaw closed / open).
5. * The diphthongs are grouped in rows according to their second sound.
6. Tap the downward arrow sign and listen to three example words with that sound.
7. The top two rows of consonants are paired (top row – unvoiced, second row – voiced).
8. Please contact us at learnenglish.mobile@britishcouncil.org if you have any comments or ideas for future versions.
9. * The consonants are arranged from left (front of mouth) to right (back of mouth).
10. When you tap a plosive consonant, the schwa (ə) appears.
11. This is because the plosives were recorded with a schwa for clarity.
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- Provides a comprehensive chart of English sounds and symbols in the phonemic alphabet
- Allows learners to tap a sound and hear it, and listen to three example words with that sound
- Arranges pure vowels according to mouth shape and diphthongs in rows according to their second sound
- Arranges consonants from left to right, with the top two rows of consonants paired (top row - unvoiced, second row - voiced)
- Displays schwa (ə) when a plosive consonant is tapped for clarity
- Suitable for both learners and teachers of English
- Available for free on phones and tablets
- Developed by the British Council, a trusted source for English language learning materials.
- Straightforward and helpful for learning the IPA and English pronunciation
- Simple and clear sound
- Useful for explaining basic linguistic concepts to others
- Not available for OS X (iMac and laptop)
- Not available for iPod touch
very straightforward
Fun with English
Only for iPad
Good app