LearnEnglish Sounds Right
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LearnEnglish Sounds Right is the British Councilās FREE pronunciation chart for learners and teachers of English worldwide.
LEARNERS OF ENGLISH
Do you have difficulty with the sounds and pronunciation of the English language, or with understanding the symbols of the phonemic alphabet? With LearnEnglish Sounds Right on your phone or tablet you can practise anywhere and anytime. Just tap a sound and you will hear it. Tap the downward arrow sign and listen to three example words with that sound.
TEACHERS OF ENGLISH
Do you use phonemic script in class to help your students with their pronunciation? With LearnEnglish Sounds Right installed on your class set of devices, or your studentsā own devices, you can teach the individual sounds and symbols easily.
* The pure vowels are arranged the same way as in the IPA chart: according to mouth shape (left to right, lips wide / round ā top to bottom, jaw closed / open).
* The diphthongs are grouped in rows according to their second sound.
* The consonants are arranged from left (front of mouth) to right (back of mouth). The top two rows of consonants are paired (top row ā unvoiced, second row ā voiced). When you tap a plosive consonant, the schwa (É) appears. This is because the plosives were recorded with a schwa for clarity.
We hope you enjoy using this chart!
Please contact us at learnenglish.mobile@britishcouncil.org if you have any comments or ideas for future versions.
Get more great English learning apps from the British Council at:
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/apps
LEARNERS OF ENGLISH
Do you have difficulty with the sounds and pronunciation of the English language, or with understanding the symbols of the phonemic alphabet? With LearnEnglish Sounds Right on your phone or tablet you can practise anywhere and anytime. Just tap a sound and you will hear it. Tap the downward arrow sign and listen to three example words with that sound.
TEACHERS OF ENGLISH
Do you use phonemic script in class to help your students with their pronunciation? With LearnEnglish Sounds Right installed on your class set of devices, or your studentsā own devices, you can teach the individual sounds and symbols easily.
* The pure vowels are arranged the same way as in the IPA chart: according to mouth shape (left to right, lips wide / round ā top to bottom, jaw closed / open).
* The diphthongs are grouped in rows according to their second sound.
* The consonants are arranged from left (front of mouth) to right (back of mouth). The top two rows of consonants are paired (top row ā unvoiced, second row ā voiced). When you tap a plosive consonant, the schwa (É) appears. This is because the plosives were recorded with a schwa for clarity.
We hope you enjoy using this chart!
Please contact us at learnenglish.mobile@britishcouncil.org if you have any comments or ideas for future versions.
Get more great English learning apps from the British Council at:
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/apps
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3.7
1.54K reviews
A Google user
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September 19, 2018
The top line of the vowel section is shocking. Please note: not only is the 'ee' sound in 'sheep' longer than the vowel in 'ship', it's also different; your mouth changes shape. The 'oo' in 'book' and 'boot' also changes. Please do not rely on this app for those sounds. I hope the developers will sort the sounds out soon - this could have been such a useful app.
118 people found this review helpful
Rachel - English at King's Church
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September 20, 2023
I love to use this app with my students. However, recently it is coming up with an error message on some phones saying that the app is designed for an older phone and so some students can't download it. If this could be fixed, I would be happy to change to 5 stars.
23 people found this review helpful
JEAN D'AMOUR NIYONSENGA
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May 16, 2021
This app is very useful and helpful, but it could be better if they show us the lips š while pronouncing every single sound š, that's why I rate you with only three stars. good job, congrats in advancešš we hope you are going to figure this out soon.
87 people found this review helpful
British Council
May 18, 2021
Thank you very much for your positive review. I am sorry to let you know we are going to suspend this app very soon.
May I take this opportunity to recommend our LearnEnglish Videos app? It's a free app with regular new videos. You can see how people talk in the videos. :)
What's new
v2.1:
- We've added full support for the latest version of Android!
- We've re-recorded the phoneme sounds for much better audio quality!
- We've fixed an error in one of the phonemic symbols (thanks for your feedback!)
- We've made some other minor backend improvements to make the app work better
We hope you enjoy using the app. If you have any feedback or suggestions, please email us at learnenglish.mobile@britishcouncil.org with your ideas. Happy studying!
- We've added full support for the latest version of Android!
- We've re-recorded the phoneme sounds for much better audio quality!
- We've fixed an error in one of the phonemic symbols (thanks for your feedback!)
- We've made some other minor backend improvements to make the app work better
We hope you enjoy using the app. If you have any feedback or suggestions, please email us at learnenglish.mobile@britishcouncil.org with your ideas. Happy studying!
