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Phonemic chart
Submitted by TE Editor on 15 December, 2010 - 11:17
This is the new British Council phonemic chart. Help your students hear the sounds of English by clicking on the symbols below. Click on the top right hand corner of each symbol to hear sample words including the sounds.
About the chart
- Pure vowels are arranged the same way as in the IPA chart: according to mouth shape (left to right, lips wide / round - top to bottom, jaw closed / open).
- Diphthongs are grouped in rows according to their second sound.
Try some pronunciation activities
- Telephone number pronunciation
- What's the pronunciation?
- Pronunciation of past simple verbs
- Phonemic symbols to download
- Using the phonemic chart for autonomous learning
Sounds Right iPad app
If you have an iPad, you can download and install a free copy of the British Council phonemic chart on it. Find out more on LearnEnglish.
Download the chart
You can download this chart to use on your PC - you'll need Adobe Flash Player to use it.
Copyright information: © British Council. This pronunciation chart is free for you to use and share for educational purposes. The chart should in no way be used or circulated for financial gain.
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I found this phonemic chart was very good for me, I tried to repeat all the letters`s sound many times it`s easy to use
emad
Good evening everybody. I am a teacher from Venezuela, and I'd like to know how to download this phonetic chart to use it with my students in class
Hi,
"PhoTransEdit" is a good phonetics application, available at http://www.photransedit.com/
Not perfect British English - but you can download it and try.
Cheers
Phil
Hey Phil, thanks for you help... It's a helpful website
Hi,
Here's a link to the Macmillan downloadable chart, for use off-line.
http://www.macmillanenglish.com/methodology/phonetic-chart.htm
Cheers
Phil
Re: photransedit, it's a wild application; you may like to read my review of it here.
Cheers!
Hi, as a new member, I welcome the opportunity to communicate with you regarding your Phonemic Chart.
I have used it on my students here in Guatemala, and I love it. It is very useful in helping my students improve their understanding of the English language and its pronunciation. Thank you.
Even though the chart comes in British English, and I speak American English, I still find it very useful plus it helps in creating an awareness in my students in the different ways of saying a word. Again, thanks again from the land of the smoking volcanos.
Un saludo,
Lukie gomez
Hi,
Yes, Photransedit is great.... but I've found a slight discrepancy:
Example: noise
It's /ˌnɔɪz / in American translation, but /noiz/ in RP/British.
It's the same for all uses of ˌ/ɔɪ/, offline and online. Something strange with 'Rhymes' too...
I've emailed them about this.
Phil
Hi,
Yes, Photransedit is great.... but I've found a discrepancy:
Example: noise
It's /ˌnɔɪz / in American translation, but /noiz/ in RP/British.
It's the same for all uses of ˌ/ɔɪ/, offline and online.
I've emailed them about it.
Phil
Hi Darwin,
No doubt a typo - happens to the best of us. After all, we don't use /oi/, do we? I won't be surprised if there are other errors, too, but if we help them improve their database, it'll be good for all of us.
Regards,
Chiew