20 Vowels and Diphthongs

The focus of this week will be on the twenty vowels of English IPA sounds. To help you learn better, the lesson will introduce the 20 IPA vowels using the phonics approach, i.e. systematically introduce the relationship between 26 alphabet letters and the sounds they represent. 

Click on the IPA symbols in the chart below. You will see an animation of the mouth together with the spelling patterns of the phoneme sounds. Click on these patterns to view some examples.