Phonetics Alphabet

  A better way to go about imparting how to make sounds or what sounds are utilized in a word, is this international phonemic alphabet. Now we have as mentioned one symbol being used in all the words which share that same sound. Now once we get a little bit more familiar with our phonemic alphabet we can also show how different our different sounds can be as in this symbol for ?ooh?, this symbol for ?ow? and this symbol for ?uh?. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the...  [Read more]

  There are two issues that need to be stressed when working with the international phonemic alphabet. First is the fact that we are no longer concerned with how a word is traditionally spelled. Additionally we need to stress that we are only concerned with the sounds needed to correctly produce a word. So rather than numerous spellings, which can often be pronounced in different ways, we have one symbol representing one sound. Once we can isolate a sound, rather than juggling various spellings, we can work with our students on how to say that sound. Doing that successfully is related to manner and place of articulation, which will be covered shortly. To get a better understanding of the phonemic alphabet, let's take a look at our chart. In the bottom half of our chart we have our...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Minnesota? Are you interested in teaching English in Cleveland, Minnesota? Check out our opportunities in Cleveland, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! I have learned the phonetic alphabet. It seemed intimidating but once broken down it is understandable and an extremely useful tool to help with the correct pronunciation of words. I have...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Washington? Are you interested in teaching English in Smithfield, Washington? Check out our opportunities in Smithfield, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! Phonetics is key to any language. Without understanding the phonetic alphabet, we would have a much harder time distinguishing phonemes and have less of an understanding of where stresses...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Tennessee? Are you interested in teaching English in Bradford, Tennessee? Check out our opportunities in Bradford, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or language in a specific dialect...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Wisconsin? Are you interested in teaching English in Newark, Wisconsin? Check out our opportunities in Newark, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! This unit covered phonology and I think it was the hardest lesson to date. There were sections on intonation and stress, a whole section on the phonetic alphabet and stress rules on words and well...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in New York? Are you interested in teaching English in Galway, New York? Check out our opportunities in Galway, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! Phonetics is the study of speech sounds. • We are able to segment a continuous stream of speech into distinct parts and recognize the parts in other words.It deals with the configurations of the...  [Read more]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Indiana? Are you interested in teaching English in Greenwood, Indiana? Check out our opportunities in Greenwood, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! Phonetics is typically an overlooked area of study that poses problems among ESL students. Pronunciation, intonation, and stress all carry various implications in English that are not always...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Pennsylvania? Are you interested in teaching English in Lindsay, Pennsylvania? Check out our opportunities in Lindsay, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! The title of unit 13 “Teaching Pronunciation & Phonology” sums up well this often neglected part of language and all of its important sub-topics. The first order of business in this...  [Read more]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in South Carolina? Are you interested in teaching English in Sycamore, South Carolina? Check out our opportunities in Sycamore, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! Teaching phonetics and pronunciation can be difficult for most teachers, as it is something that comes as a second nature for native English speakers. Pronunciation is made up of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Michigan? Are you interested in teaching English in Bendon, Michigan? Check out our opportunities in Bendon, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! This section covered pronunciation and phonology and stressed the importance of teaching these concepts to students. This included the rise/fall pattern of speech when making a statement, as well as...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Iowa? Are you interested in teaching English in Jolley, Iowa? Check out our opportunities in Jolley, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! This was the hardest unit I've done so far. It is quite amazing how as a native speaker, I take for granted phonetics and phonology. It was quite interesting learning about the phonetic alphabet,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Washington? Are you interested in teaching English in South Boston, Washington? Check out our opportunities in South Boston, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! This course focuses on phonetics and pronunciation of words. How we use different parts of our mouth to make the words but also how we use pitch and tone to emphasise words changing...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Nebraska? Are you interested in teaching English in Hampton, Nebraska? Check out our opportunities in Hampton, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! In unit 13 I learned all about pronunciation and how sounds are produced. I also learned pronunciation is the most neglected form taught and the least confident form for students. Phonetics or...  [Read more]

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  In this ITTT TESOL review video Karen describes her experience during her TESOL/TEFL course in Hangzhou, China. ITTT has training centers in over thirty different international locations. To find training center that suits you just visit our web site or follow the above links. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. Reported speech is often confusing for students because the grammar shifts between direct speech and reported speech can sometimes be...  [Read more]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Indiana? Are you interested in teaching English in Glenwood, Indiana? Check out our opportunities in Glenwood, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! This lesson would be very helpful if it was orally taught. It is hard to comprehend the phonetic alphabet in the form of a sentence, and answer questions written solely in phonetics. It is very...  [Read more]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Wisconsin? Are you interested in teaching English in Pittsfield, Wisconsin? Check out our opportunities in Pittsfield, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! In this unit we learn the essence of speech and phonetics. It covers phonology as well as intonation which may go unnoticed to someone who speaks English as their first language. ...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Tennessee? Are you interested in teaching English in Lenoir City, Tennessee? Check out our opportunities in Lenoir City, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! This unit covered phonetics and teaching techniques, specifically describing the different intonation patterns in English and the ways intonation can be used to convey meaning in a...  [Read more]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Alabama? Are you interested in teaching English in Normal, Alabama? Check out our opportunities in Normal, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! In this unit, we learned patterns of intonation and rules of putting stress on syllables. We also learned International Phonetic Alphabet(IPA). The IPA aims to provide visually distinctive symbols...  [Read more]