How to remember IPA phoneme symbols: my tricks!
Have you ever tried to read a pronunciation guide and been confused? Do you just skip those guides because you don’t understand the symbols? Memorising the symbols for each of the sounds in English is very difficult and takes time. In this lesson, however, I will teach you a shortcut to help you remember all the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) symbols for the sounds in the English language. Learning these symbols takes time, practice, and patience, but it will greatly improve your overall pronunciation of English. Whether you are a beginner or advanced learner, you will surely find this a useful lesson for your pronunciation skills.
Next, watch my other IPA lessons to master these important tools for your English pronunciation:
1. Introduction to the IPA and vowel sound training: • Improve your accent: I...
2. Accent training exercises: • Accent training exerci...
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Watch my other IPA lessons to master these important tools for your English pronunciation: 1. Introduction to the IPA and vowel sound training: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qIlnsqd6k5OYqZc.html 2. Accent training exercises: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pGqjmLCImqrcZ6w.html
@iamTHIEN013
4 жыл бұрын
Happy new year to you, best of luck and more and prettier :D, from Vietnam with love
@violet_broregarde
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Jade! I'm a native English speaker and I want your opinion on something. I notice that in your example "English ship," you said that ɪ was not the first vowel in "English." I agree. However, if you look up the IPA transcription of English, you'll see [ˈɪŋglɪʃ]. In your opinion, what is the first vowel in English?
@Mike-lx9qn
3 жыл бұрын
Is it called IPA or the phonetic alphabet? I don't mean to seem rude, I'm just confused
@violet_broregarde
3 жыл бұрын
@@Mike-lx9qn IPA and the phonetic alphabet are the same thing. IPA is simply an acronym that means "international phonetic alphabet."
@Mike-lx9qn
3 жыл бұрын
@@violet_broregarde Oh...
You are trying so hard to explain them and I think I finally got them. Even I could not remember the symbols I will remember how you made this sounds. Thank you ♥
@L15F_
3 жыл бұрын
Although I could not remember the symbols, I will remember how you made these sounds-*
@zainabjahangir884
2 жыл бұрын
i can finally remember aa ee oooo
I am a speech and language therapist struggling to remember all the vowel symbols. You're a legend! Thanks so much for helping
@wolgainuk
2 жыл бұрын
That's because you don't really need to know how to pronounce words, you know it anyway. If you were trying to read words without knowing how to pronounce them, knowing the sound symbols would be paramount to you.
@ebrimaf.jawneh1016
Ай бұрын
what's the work of speech therapist
@elsieglue1328
Ай бұрын
@@ebrimaf.jawneh1016 We work with adults and children who have difficulty communicating. We might work on attention, understanding and using language, social communication or speech. We work with children and adults, for example adults who have had a stroke or children with special educational needs.
IPA had always scared the shit out of me, so I kinda lied to myself that it wasn't that important and that it was okay if I knew nothing about it. A few years later, I still struggle with a pronunciation and , yeah, I guess I just can't run away anymore, I have to learn these weird symbols. Accidentally, I found this video and I feel grateful that you decide to share this so attentively with the world. Thank you, it doesn't freak me out anymore, it looks fun and I will keep practicing :)
@powerhousebikki
2 жыл бұрын
So, how has the progress been?
@bbright777
2 жыл бұрын
@@powerhousebikki I feel more comfortable reading the IPA these days and I think it helps me pronouncing words more naturally. Or maybe I just imagine it haha
@powerhousebikki
2 жыл бұрын
@@bbright777 I see. It's probably helping you. I'll try to learn it too.
@akaur4533
2 жыл бұрын
No that's not my piece of cake
@alejandrafuentes1316
2 жыл бұрын
@@akaur4533 I think you meant "my cup of tea"
Vowels: 1:25 Consonants 11:05 Diphthongs 20:00
@R133yn
4 ай бұрын
You deserve a hug for this one homie
Love your little anecdotes, personal experience, and advice in understanding the vowels in regards to the Greek prononciations. Soo intuitive. You're amazing!!! Thank you Jade x
Brilliant memory aid - having a word that describes the sound & backed up by an image. This is the key to unlocking the pronounciation of any word in any language provided you have the IPA spelling of that word.
This is so helpful and makes learning IPA super easy. You're a life-saver, can't thank you enough!
IPA is so important to learn! We had all the glossary written also in IPA, starting from elementary school text books (since we were eight years old), and it has really helped me when studying all foreign languages!
"The Kim Kardashian of phonemes". British humor at its best!
@meenki347
4 жыл бұрын
She's a dip thong 🍓
@The2010Picky
3 жыл бұрын
Sorry but what does it mean?
@Diego-ud3nb
3 жыл бұрын
Bruh I cant
@jblackwell008
3 жыл бұрын
It’s nice to know that her ass has floated across the pond. Maybe she smuggled in Kanya West.
@angelsantana7739
3 жыл бұрын
@@The2010Picky *ellos son gente sería*
I have an exam tomorrow on the English phonetic alphabet and you're making my work so much easier because I recognize the sounds easily but I struggle to remember the symbols so thank u so much!!
Since the brain thinks visually i.e. in pictures, the fact you've gone through such steps and figured out the visual depiction with reasoning is unparalleled. Thank you.
Maybe you don't know but this lesson is pretty amazing because it is using what is said "MEMORY ASSOCIATION" that is a technique to remember you want by associate it to "something", that can be a draw or something else you want. There are a lot of books about this subject. Well done Jade!
Mi inglés es básico por lo tanto puedo comprender poco del idioma pero entendí perfecto este vídeo y de verdad me ayudaron mucho estos tips. Hace un año conocí los signos IPA y quedé aterrorizada pues era difícil encontrar las diferencias sin embargo este vídeo me sirvió para darle una segunda oportunidad a la fonetica. Muchas gracias por compartir tus conocimientos.
I love the way Jade says Puw the Buw and Symbows. This video is such a great example to stop my students saying Pulla the Bulla and Symbolis
You are the symbol of the British accent.. I like to hear and listen to you a lot 🤗
I loved your video as a visual learner this made memorizing the vowels much easier than reading them off a page. Thank you 😊😊
You really put in effort and hard work into learning and teaching IPA. I feel guilty how easy you made for me to study IPA. BLESS YOU. 🙌
Thanks jade . It's really useful idea to learn IPA by associating the sound , picture and your voice. That helped me to remember the lesson. We need more videos like this to improve our pronouciation especially the connected speech.
You are an excellent teacher, Jade! Thanks so much for your creative explanation 🥰
Thanks for this Jade. It's helpful to have some images to remember these sounds and relate them to the corresponding IPA symbol. Whenever I teach this to students, many of which have studied English for about 10 years here in Spain, I'm always told that they've never heard of this before. I use it to help improve their pronunciation, because what I find is that there are only 5 Spanish vowel sounds. It's also useful when looking up new words in a dictionary where the phonemic script is written to help with pronunciation. Many of my students are in the habit of approximating the English vowel sounds to ones that they already know. This results in unclear pronunciation and difficulty in listening, as they are not able to distinguish between the different vowel sounds. By focusing on some phonology practice, I've been able to help them speak more clearly and understand more accurately. They do protest a bit at first, because of the weird IPA symbols and also the amount of effort required to produce the correct sounds. However, over several weeks they start to notice improvements and benefits in this approach.
Great lesson! Clear and memorable, thanks a lot
thank you! I have been wanting to learn these for years. the part in the front of my dictionary that has them was not the way. this is great! cheers!
I love this video! You explain it so well! And I love your subtle sense of humour!
Exactly as I learned them 50 years ago. There is a much easier way to explain though: short and long vowels and groups of consonants pronounced together for some of them. Coming from a language with phonetic spelling, it was so much easier for me to understand these signs.
for the weird "Th" sound thingy with the bug drawing, you can also think of Father. Since the symbol is similar to a cross or a rosary worn by a priest that is usually referred to as "Father", and in the word Father we hear that vibrato Th shound.
Been searching for this lesson & already came across a few more but found this lady's way much much easier & more more smarter way 👏
You're making what i've always thought i'd never learn, a smooth journey...thank you
This is a really good guide! English is my first language but I am a language student so this is very helpful - good work!
@johanneswarnar7862
3 жыл бұрын
nice
@diogoobidiaso
3 жыл бұрын
Still finding a bit hard Mr Banjofied😭and I’m studying English
@Csunnywbr
Жыл бұрын
do you mind if we could practice together? I'm studying English at college
Thanks Jade, interesting lesson. Happy New Year. ✨
I’m learning IPA at the moment in order to study Pro-Indo-European (study, *not* learn!). This helped a lot. Thank you, and I hope you’re keeping well!
The way you associate the symbols and model words is really appreciable, kudos. 👍
@Yazan_Majdalawi
3 жыл бұрын
السلام عليكم :)
I have a different accent in English but you've given me such great ideas here for my own ways of remembering! Thank you so much!
Thank you for your easy illustration of the vowels and dipthongs as it makes more sense to me now.
Hi, you are such a great teacher. Thank you so much! 💗
Exellent lesson! Thank you very much Jade! :)
Thank you, Jade. Great lesson. Happy New Year.
Great work of art! I love you Jade.
Love you Mam! i watched this video lecture twice after completed once.. you are teaching using imagination what's need of hour to do. we always learn better in picture... thanks and a lot love to you and your family for this beautiful work for us. i will be watching from you more and more.. i will follow your lectures. Thank you again. thanks to god to get this video on my youtube wall. I am feeling grateful.
You're awesome for posting this. Thank you for helping me and others!
Thanks Jade! This is really a smart way of understanding English phonemes.
This is the best video I have ever watched about english pronounciation/transcription
its amazing it helps me a lot to understand the pheneme and also help to remember thnks for this informative video
thank u so muchhhhh. this is what i call life saver. i have an exam tomorow and ive benn revising them for 1 month but i couldnt remember them at all untill i found ur video thank uuuuu
Thank you loads, the way you explained and the signs you used are really helpful
Thank you! ☺ I really appreciate your time teaching us the easy way to remember Ipa.
I am very impressed as it is first team I read proper pronunciation here through this video. it is beautiful method to protect us from confusion in different words pronunciation
thank you so much ! A teacher like you is all I ever needed 🧡
Watching this an hour and a half before my phonetics midterm, a very useful way to remember the symbols :D
I am preparing for my TKT m1 exam and this video helps me a lot !!
I like your pronunciation lesson. You are also good at drawing lovely pictures.
Thank you soooo much, the IPA stuck into my memory, thanks for the wonderful explanation from a gorgeous and kindly lady🌸💘
so nice to see you again. My English is good enough... I just watch your videos because of you...
Great video. Linking symbols with drawing contaminating them is creative is useful and easier to memorize the sound.
I find your bull picture there quite lovely and I'm thinking about putting it on a t-shirt. ;-)
This is really useful, thank you I will be back to watch again and again until I can remember this.
I went through this entire video looking like this :0 lmao, thank you for this! It really made memorizing the symbols way easier.
Thank you so much for doing this. At school my English teacher never taught us about the IPA.. and I'm still struggling at pronouncing words but I hope I get better.
@ron74eey
2 жыл бұрын
i can pronounce excellently but i just want to understand these symbols...
This helped me to quickly learn this and have some fun; truly excellent! Thank you!
For people like me, IPA is a great help. Because my language is as phonetic as a written alphabet can be (we have extra letters and pairs of letters added to the Latin alphabet), the challenge was to understand that English is something else. We have the IPA transcription added to English dictionaries. When I hear a new word, I have to see how it's written, I automatically write everything down in my mind. It was a challenge to distinct the English phonemes from my native ones. The most notorious is the schwa. In my native language, if you don't pronounce vowels and syllables clearly, you sound uneducated. In English, any vowel can turn into the same schwa, yet you still speak posh - unless you turn your diphthongs into a schwa (yellow/yella, window/winda), then you'll be called a peasant. 😃 I still find it hard sometimes.
@aliciagrau6430
3 жыл бұрын
Steven Huffnagel where are u from?
I love this video so much, whenever I forget the IPA I come back here. thank you so much
finally a way to remember the symbols! thank you!!
5:00 in Hebrew there's a vaul marking (the dotts) named shva it looks like this אְ and it makes the same sound
thank you teacher .great lesson really great
You are just amazing dear Teacher ... All the best for the 2020 !!
This is so helpful! Thank you very much.
Thanks a lot. This will surely help my daughter greatly. I love the illustrations.
So wonderful! Thank you Jade!
Your teaching is so nice. I enjoy watching you lesson.
@Yazan_Majdalawi
3 жыл бұрын
السلام عليكم :)
Thank you for your this video☺️ I was really struggling learning and remembering the IPA symbols and its sounds. You really help me a lot💗
"Thumbs Up!"
You're incredibly smart! To have thought of images to remember these sounds is simply genius. Thanks for sharing.
I learnt these, I know them very well. I still use most of the suggestions from this video.
Thank you so much for so amazing video and class. I had been trying to learn this before. But your class was particularly helpful. Once again thank you so much.
Thank you i am an english taecher from iraq keep going and thank you again
@Yazan_Majdalawi
3 жыл бұрын
السلام عليكم :)
Great video. Just one tiny question. What about the double vowel ai, as in I, or beside. Was it meant to be included on Dave's face as his *eyes*? Thank you so much for this great tip/video.
This was most helpful to me thanks a lot ms Jade
It helped me a lot, cause im a visual learner. Thanks!
Awesome mnemonic drawings, especially "uh" ! thx you)
All that i will say is excellent Jade....simply beautiful!!
Thanks a bunch!!! This is REALLY HELPFUL, congratulations Jade!💚
I’ve been teaching this for 45 years and I can tell you it takes a few minutes to recognize them.
thanks, i'm finally understanding phonemes, thanks a lot!
I HAVE AN EXAM TOMORROW. This video is a LIFESAVER
Great instructions, Jade!
Thank you! I could never remember the IPC symbols, but using your mnemonics I think I will be able to remember them.
you are an amazing teacher ...
Thank you for this video! The IPA has been tough for me to remember
Thanks jade. I love your teachings n u !
Thanks for posting this video. You are such a great teacher.
awesome Jade! I am training in my DELTA and have been dreading learning these! I am hugely visual and this video has worked a treat!! Thank you so much!
Thank u soo much for making this video! Before watching it nothing was making sense but now I can understand it all! 💜
you are extremely creative god bless u u cleared all my doubts in one video hats off to you smart tr
I love you Jade. You've explained this IPA thing so well. Thanks a lot.
You are fantastic and genius, thank you so much. small note: Plz spell the phonemes first then start to disturb the pictures or the connections.
Hey I think this is one of the most genuine mnemonic ways of a person tackling the IPA but I think the only thing I would change is the “ say ahh “ I could have not done better but I’m American so the accent is different.
Great and very helpful video! Thanks for sharing! The only remark that I have is that your symbol for close back rounded long vowel, i.e. the /u:/, on the first slide is incorrect. Although you did put the correct symbol in your transcription for 'you on the next slide'. Is there something I'm not getting?
1:53 ‘The phrase “English ship” has the /ɪ/ twice in it: once in “English” and once in “ship”.’ I counted /ɪ/ THREE times: TWICE in “/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/” and once in “/ʃɪp/”. It's easy to overlook the first one, because the spelling hides the vowel behind a letter E.
@frank_calvert
2 жыл бұрын
some people; me included, definitely say it as /i/nglish
welcome back thanks for your efforts
Happy new year! You're soooo good at explaining!!!!! And on top of it.... so cute!
@jondow7401
3 жыл бұрын
Simp