Phonetics Alphabet

  There are two issues that need to be stressed when working with the international phonemic alphabet. First is the fact that we are no longer concerned with how a word is traditionally spelled. Additionally we need to stress that we are only concerned with the sounds needed to correctly produce a word. So rather than numerous spellings, which can often be pronounced in different ways, we have one symbol representing one sound. Once we can isolate a sound, rather than juggling various spellings, we can work with our students on how to say that sound. Doing that successfully is related to manner and place of articulation, which will be covered shortly. To get a better understanding of the phonemic alphabet, let's take a look at our chart. In the bottom half of our chart we have our...  [Read more]

  A better way to go about imparting how to make sounds or what sounds are utilized in a word, is this international phonemic alphabet. Now we have as mentioned one symbol being used in all the words which share that same sound. Now once we get a little bit more familiar with our phonemic alphabet we can also show how different our different sounds can be as in this symbol for ?ooh?, this symbol for ?ow? and this symbol for ?uh?. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the...  [Read more]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Philippines? Are you interested in teaching English in Cabanatuan City, Philippines? Check out our opportunities in Cabanatuan City, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! Unit 13 discussed about Pronunciation and Phonology which I agree that most of the time taken for granted in English Language teaching. However in this unit I learned a lot...  [Read more]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Afghanistan? Are you interested in teaching English in Kunduz, Afghanistan? Check out our opportunities in Kunduz, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! I was actually surprised at myself for being able to read phonetic script with ease. It is amazing how even though the words are written completely different than their English words I am still...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Poland? Are you interested in teaching English in Gdynia, Poland? Check out our opportunities in Gdynia, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! This unit focused on the important physical aspects of learning a language. In particular, this unit emphasized the phonetic alphabet, and how this system of learning the sounds of words can greatly aid...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in India? Are you interested in teaching English in Baharampur, India? Check out our opportunities in Baharampur, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! This unit was all about pronunciation. Pronunciation is very important so people can understand each other. The International Phonetic Alphabet(IPA) is a phonetic writing system used to portray...  [Read more]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Russia? Are you interested in teaching English in Stavropol, Russia? Check out our opportunities in Stavropol, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! This unit suggests some effective ways to teach pronunciation and phonology. Despite the difficulties teachers and students might encounter in mastering these fields, phonetic and phonology are...  [Read more]

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