Pronuncian Sounds of American English
Pronuncian Sounds of American English is the index to a lesson for every one of the 43 sounds of American English, published by Pronuncian, an American pronunciation site built around its sound library and podcast. Each sound has its own page covering pronunciation, the spellings that produce it and practice, and a set of general lessons explains the vocal tract and the families the sounds fall into.
100% Free (unlimited): The index and the sound pages behind it are open to any visitor with no account and no sign-up, pronunciation, spelling and practice included. Pronuncian also sells an ebook with several hours of audio, which is not needed to use the pages.
How It Helps Your Business English
The index lists the vowel sounds, the r-controlled vowels and the consonant sounds of American English, each with its phonetic symbol and a link to its own page of pronunciation, spelling and practice. Above them sit the general lessons: the vocal tract, introductions to long, short and other vowels, to approximates, stops, affricates, fricatives and nasal sounds.
You start with the general lesson for the family you are working on, so you know what the mouth is doing before you take a single sound. Then you open that sound's page for its pronunciation, the spellings that produce it and the practice words. Because the spellings are listed with each sound, you learn to predict the pronunciation of words you have only ever seen written.
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