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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.
| Attachment | Size |
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| Phonemic chart to download | 2.69 MB |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/chart.shtml
it is not right on part of British Council to give wrong prounciation as a part of teaching english in their website... the above link from BBC is the right way to prounce... i request all the readers to follow the bbc link
The phonemic chart was very useful. but personally, i want to download it in the form of mp3 as i did in cambridge dictionary. i download a single word and play it in winamp without conneting to internet. i have tried to download the individulal sound when i play it but my internet downloader cannot catch the sound so i cannot download it as i did in cambridge dictionary. could you give advice how to download it?
TE Team
Hi Lathika
The BBC chart is a really useful guide to pronunciation - thanks for pointing it out. I hope though that this one is also helpful to teachers and learners. The only major difference I can hear is that we use a supporting 'schwa' sound for consonants, which they use in fewer cases than us.
Best wishes
Rob
TE Team
Hi there
I'm afraid this chart isn't downloadable right now - I hope it will be more widely accessible in future though.
Best wishes
Rob
Itz cool!!!!!
Upon going through comments and ideas I have learned a lot. Here in Bhutan It has just begun and it's great challenge to the teachers. Thanks to one and all
Sonam
i need to download this chart to take to calss i have no internet there
What about the 2nd 'L' of LITTLE?
khalidnemr, You can download the chart - read my post on pronunciation, the link's somewhere there:
http://acliltoclimb.blogspot.com/2011/03/teaching-and-learning-pronunciation.html
Chiew
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