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Welcome to Pronunciation Checker and Pronunciation for English as a Second Language (ESL) learners, here you will find lessons and resources to pronounce English words correctly.

1. •  Just getting started with your English accent? Find here the best resources

     • The 44 sounds in English with examples

     • The 20 vowels sounds in English with examples

   • The 24 consonant sounds in English with examples

   • The english stress and intonation patterns

   • Types of stress and Intonation in Speaking english

   • Rhythm in English with examples

   • Word Stress

   • Sentence Stress

   • Stress and word meaning

   • Common contractions and their pronunciations

   • Features of Connected Speech

   • What are homophones?

   • What are Homographs?

   • What Are Minimal Pairs?

   • English Pronunciation glossary

American English Sounds

1. The full list of American English sounds for shadowing practice

   • English vowel and consonants sounds practice

   • American english vowel chart

   • American English consonant chart

   • /iy/ - Front High Vowel as in (see)

   • /ɪ/- Front High Vowel as in (sit)

   • /ey/- Front Middle Vowel as in (take)

   • /ɛ/- Front Middle Vowel as in (pet)

   • /æ/- Front Low Vowel as in (sat)

   • /ɜr/- Central High Vowel as in (nurse)

   • /ər/- Central High Vowel as in (surprise)

   • /ʌ/- Central Middle Vowel as in (cup)

   • /ə/- Central Middle Vowel as in (about)

   • /ɑ/- Central Low Vowel as in (stop)

   • /ʊ/- Back High Vowel as in (put)

   • /uw/- Back High Vowel as in (food)

   • /ɔ/- Back Low Vowel as in (lost)

   • /ow/- Back Middle Vowel as in (low)

   • /ɑɪ/- Front Diphthongs Vowel as in (pie)

   • /ɑʊ/- Central Diphthongs Vowel as in (cow)

   • /ɔɪ/- Back Diphthongs Vowel as in (boy)

   • /p/- Stops ​Bilabial Consonant as in (peace)

   • /b/- Stops ​Bilabial Consonant as in (buy)

   • /m/- Nasal ​Bilabial Consonant as in (map)

   • /w/- Glide ​Bilabial Consonant as in (win)

   • /f/- ​Fricative Labio-dental Consonant as in (fix)

   • /v/- ​Fricative Labio-dental Consonant as in (love)

   • /θ/- ​Fricative Dental Consonant as in (bath)

   • /ð/- ​Fricative Dental Consonant as in (this)

   • /t/- Stop Alveolar Consonant as in (take)

   • /d/- Stop Alveolar Consonant as in (day)

   • /s/- ​Fricative Alveolar Consonant as in (sit)

   • /z/- ​Fricative Alveolar Consonant as in (zoo)

   • /l/- Liquid Alveolar Consonant as in (less)

   • /n/- ​Nasal Alveolar Consonant as in (nice)

   • /ʃ/- ​Fricative Palatal Consonant as in (push)

   • /ʒ/- ​Fricative Palatal Consonant as in (vision)

   • /tʃ/- Affricate Palatal Consonant as in (match)

   • /dʒ/- Affricate Palatal Consonant as in (edge)

   • /r/- Liquid Palatal Consonant as in (rose)

   • /y/- Glide Palatal Consonant as in (yes)

   • /k/- Stop Velar Consonant as in (cat)

   • /g/- Stop Velar Consonant as in (gas)

   • /ŋ/- ​Nasal Velar Consonant as in (hang)

   • /h/- ​Fricative Glottal Consonant as in (help)

English pronunciation exercises

3. Pronunciation Checker and pronunciation practice. Available worksheets for IPA Learning

   • The vowel Sound of a as in among

   • The vowel Sound of a as in arm

   • The vowel Sound of a as in ask

   • The vowel Sound of a as in ate

   • The vowel Sound of aa as in air

   • The vowel Sound of as in at

   • The vowel sound of e as in end

   • The vowel Sound of e as in eve

   • The vowel Sound of i as in ice

   • The vowel sound of i as in it

   • The vowel Sound of o as in oak

   • The vowel Sound of o as in orb

   • The vowel Sound of o as in soft

   • The vowel Sound of o as strong in odd

   • The vowel Sound of oi as in oil

   • The vowel Sound of oo as in book

   • The vowel Sound of oo as in ooze

   • The vowel Sound of ou as in out

   • The vowel Sound of u as in butler

   • The vowel Sound of u as in um

   • The vowel sound of u as in use

   • b is a voiced consonant

   • ch is a compound breathed consonant (t + sh)

   • d is a voiced consonant

   • f is a breathed consonant

   • g is a voiced consonant

   • h is a breathed consonant

   • I is a voiced consonant

   • j is a compound voiced consonant (d + zh)

   • k is a breathed consonant

   • m is a nasal consonant

   • n is a nasal consonant

   • ng is a nasal consonant

   • p breathed consonant

   • qu is a compound consonant (k + w)

   • r is a voiced consonant

   • s is a breathed consonant

   • sh is a breathed consonant

   • t is a breathed consonant

   • th as in thin is a breathed consonant

   • th as in this is a voiced consonant

   • v is a voiced consonant

   • w is a voiced consonant

   • wh is a breathed consonant

   • x as in extra is a compound breathed consonant (k + s)

   • y as in yet is a voiced consonant

   • z is a voiced consonant

   • zh is a voiced consonant

     Accent Reduction Guide using Phonetics

4. A guide on accent reduction and pronunciation using Pronunciation Checker

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   • Connected Speech Phenomena with Assimilation, elision, and insertion

   • The 46 English Pronunciation Rules