My name is Angie Serrato, I'm a student from the UTN and I study English as a Foreign Language. I love English (and languages in general) and I hope one day I can become a teacher and help others to learn this amazing language.
In this project I teach the different consonant and vowel sounds in American English just to complete a project that I have in a Phonology Course.
I hope that this can be really helpful for you and if you have any doubt please let me know because it will be my pleasure to help you.
Thank you in advance for watching these videos!!
Introduction to the IPA
Intruduction to the IPA. "What is the IPA?" is the question that you should make to yourself if you haven't heard about this abbreviation.
To understand a little bit more of the sounds in a general way, I need to intruduce you to the one that will help us in all this process of learning this amazing language, The International Phonetic Alphabet, this is going to guide as in the correct way of pronunciation.
Learning About Consonant Sounds
Introduction to the consonants. If you want to understand every consonant you need to see this video in order to know how these sounds work and why their characteristics help us to understand the correct way to produce the sounds.
Learning About Vowel Sounds
Introduction to the vowels. In this video you are going to find the differences between consonants and vowels, and why we use other criteria to classify vowels. In order to understand better the function of these sounds, watch this video and I promise it will help you a lot to know how you can produce and pronounce the vowels in the correct way.
[s] and [z] sounds
And this is the start point. Here we begin with the explanations and comparisson of the different consonants. In this video you are going to find the /s/ and /z/ consonant sounds. Enjoy it!!
[t] and [d] sounds
[p] and [b] sounds
[f] and [v] sounds
[h] and [w] sounds
[ʒ], [dʒ] , and [j] sounds
[ʃ] and [tʃ] sounds
[θ] and [ð] sounds
[l] and [r] sounds
[k] and [g] sounds
[m], [n], and [ŋ] sounds
[i] and [I] sounds
[eɪ] and [ɛ] sounds
[æ] and [a] sounds
[u] and [ʊ] sounds
[oʊ] and [ɔ] sounds
[ʌ] and [ə] sounds
[ɝ] and [ɚ] sounds
[aʊ], [aɪ], and [ɔɪ] sounds
Big thanks to you that take your time to watch these videos and learn a little bit more.
I really hope to be of great help to you with this project.
“Any time you think some other language is strange, remember that yours is just as strange, you’re just used to it.”
May God bless you!! Bye bye.
