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English Phonemic Chart

     Although phonemics is to be used only as a part of pronunciation development, Adrian Underhill’s interactive phonemic chart is an excellent teaching tool that can be played full-screen and gives clear audio examples of the English phoneme set. You can even download it for your own use off line, at Macmillan English.

     Other interactive phonemic charts of the English language include:

- British Council. Help your students hear the sounds of English by clicking on the symbols of this pronunciation chart – you can now install it on your own PC or Mac computer and use off line or in the classroom.

- BBC (Pronunciation Tips). A chart with the symbols for the sounds of English. Clicking on a symbol will take you to another page where you can watch a video about that particular sound. 

- ExamEnglish.com also provides its own interactive chart for learners and teachers of English who may want to check the pronunciation of a word in a dictionary. Use the phonetic chart to learn the sounds of English. Then do a quiz to see how well you have learnt them.

- Phonetics Focus, by Cambridge English Online, with a wide range of fun resources to help you improve your pronunciation and knowledge of phonetics.

- Phonemic Character Keyboard. There’s no easy way of writing in phonemic “font” in most software. You can use this chart to type in phonemic symbols for use in documents, teaching materials and websites.

- Speaking English – Pronunciation and Conversation Skills, from About.com: English as 2nd Language, includes exercises, IPA help, lesson plans, conversation tips and strategies for ESL EFL classes and teachers.

- International Phonetic Association, The IPA is the major as well as the oldest representative organisation for phoneticians. It was established in 1886 in Paris. In addition, it provides the academic community world-wide with a notational standard for the phonetic representation of all languages – the International Phonetic Alphabet (also IPA). The latest version of the IPA Alphabet was published in 2005.

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