The Phonetic Chart

Before starting this course, review our extensive course syllabus so you can see exactly which activities you need to complete in this course and how they will help you achieve the course objectives.

Read through the course objectives so you are sure what you will learn in this course. You can download and print out our course objectives checklist to tick off each objective as you achieve it.

Watch our phonetic chart video to understand what the phonetic chart is, what all the sounds are in English and why this can help us with pronunciation. You can download our interactive worksheet and complete this at the same time as watching the video and check your answers using our answer guide. You can also access all the slides used in our explanation video in PDF format to write notes next to each slide.

Read some basic words in English that focus on each phoneme from the phonetic chart. You can listen to audios of a native speaker saying each word and sound to practise. You can also download our summary in PDF of all the examples shown.

Download our printable flashcards of all the phonetic sounds in English and play a variety of our games. We explain each game in detail and provide examples too.

In this activity, take a look at some of the key vocabulary you need to know as a beginner in English, but using the phonetic transcription. Using your brand new knowledge of the phonetic chart, crack the code and decide which word this is. Not only will you practise your phonetic alphabet in English, but you'll expand your vocabulary too!

Practise writing phonetic sounds in English by converting our list of words into their phonetic transcription. Full answers are provided.

Download our conversation flashcards that review all the conversation questions you have learnt in our beginners English course so far. However, our conversation questions are written in their phonetic transcription.

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Take a look at other resources that we have published related to this course so you can expand your English knowledge.

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