How to remember IPA phoneme symbols: my tricks!

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  • Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
  • Have you ever tried to read a pronunciation guide and been confused? Do you just skip those guides because you don’t understand the symbols? Memorising the symbols for each of the sounds in English is very difficult and takes time. In this lesson, however, I will teach you a shortcut to help you remember all the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) symbols for the sounds in the English language. Learning these symbols takes time, practice, and patience, but it will greatly improve your overall pronunciation of English. Whether you are a beginner or advanced learner, you will surely find this a useful lesson for your pronunciation skills.
    Next, watch my other IPA lessons to master these important tools for your English pronunciation:
    1. Introduction to the IPA and vowel sound training: • Improve your accent: I...
    2. Accent training exercises: • Accent training exerci...

Комментарии • 572

  • @engvidJade
    @engvidJade  4 года назад +161

    Watch my other IPA lessons to master these important tools for your English pronunciation:
    1. Introduction to the IPA and vowel sound training: ruclips.net/video/vU3PEAc02y4/видео.html
    2. Accent training exercises: ruclips.net/video/r6o6NOjGv7I/видео.html

    • @iamTHIEN013
      @iamTHIEN013 4 года назад

      Happy new year to you, best of luck and more and prettier :D, from Vietnam with love

    • @violet_broregarde
      @violet_broregarde 3 года назад +2

      Hi Jade! I'm a native English speaker and I want your opinion on something. I notice that in your example "English ship," you said that ɪ was not the first vowel in "English." I agree. However, if you look up the IPA transcription of English, you'll see [ˈɪŋglɪʃ]. In your opinion, what is the first vowel in English?

    • @Mike-lx9qn
      @Mike-lx9qn 3 года назад

      Is it called IPA or the phonetic alphabet? I don't mean to seem rude, I'm just confused

    • @violet_broregarde
      @violet_broregarde 3 года назад

      @@Mike-lx9qn IPA and the phonetic alphabet are the same thing. IPA is simply an acronym that means "international phonetic alphabet."

    • @Mike-lx9qn
      @Mike-lx9qn 3 года назад

      @@violet_broregarde
      Oh...

  • @SirinsCrochet
    @SirinsCrochet 3 года назад +279

    You are trying so hard to explain them and I think I finally got them. Even I could not remember the symbols I will remember how you made this sounds. Thank you ♥

    • @L15F_
      @L15F_ 3 года назад +6

      Although I could not remember the symbols, I will remember how you made these sounds-*

    • @zainabjahangir884
      @zainabjahangir884 2 года назад

      i can finally remember aa ee oooo

  • @vshpandey
    @vshpandey 3 года назад +101

    Vowels: 1:25
    Consonants 11:05
    Diphthongs 20:00

    • @R133yn
      @R133yn 5 месяцев назад +2

      You deserve a hug for this one homie

  • @bbright777
    @bbright777 3 года назад +93

    IPA had always scared the shit out of me, so I kinda lied to myself that it wasn't that important and that it was okay if I knew nothing about it. A few years later, I still struggle with a pronunciation and , yeah, I guess I just can't run away anymore, I have to learn these weird symbols. Accidentally, I found this video and I feel grateful that you decide to share this so attentively with the world. Thank you, it doesn't freak me out anymore, it looks fun and I will keep practicing :)

    • @powerhousebikki
      @powerhousebikki 2 года назад

      So, how has the progress been?

    • @bbright777
      @bbright777 2 года назад +3

      @@powerhousebikki I feel more comfortable reading the IPA these days and I think it helps me pronouncing words more naturally. Or maybe I just imagine it haha

    • @powerhousebikki
      @powerhousebikki 2 года назад +1

      @@bbright777 I see. It's probably helping you. I'll try to learn it too.

    • @akaur4533
      @akaur4533 2 года назад

      No that's not my piece of cake

    • @alejandrafuentes1316
      @alejandrafuentes1316 2 года назад

      @@akaur4533 I think you meant "my cup of tea"

  • @elsieglue1328
    @elsieglue1328 3 года назад +55

    I am a speech and language therapist struggling to remember all the vowel symbols. You're a legend! Thanks so much for helping

    • @wolgainuk
      @wolgainuk 2 года назад +2

      That's because you don't really need to know how to pronounce words, you know it anyway. If you were trying to read words without knowing how to pronounce them, knowing the sound symbols would be paramount to you.

    • @ebrimaf.jawneh1016
      @ebrimaf.jawneh1016 2 месяца назад

      what's the work of speech therapist

    • @elsieglue1328
      @elsieglue1328 Месяц назад

      @@ebrimaf.jawneh1016 We work with adults and children who have difficulty communicating. We might work on attention, understanding and using language, social communication or speech. We work with children and adults, for example adults who have had a stroke or children with special educational needs.

  • @mitchigansmith2456
    @mitchigansmith2456 2 года назад +9

    Love your little anecdotes, personal experience, and advice in understanding the vowels in regards to the Greek prononciations. Soo intuitive. You're amazing!!! Thank you Jade x

  • @rightman1347
    @rightman1347 4 года назад +366

    "The Kim Kardashian of phonemes". British humor at its best!

    • @meenki347
      @meenki347 4 года назад +9

      She's a dip thong 🍓

    • @The2010Picky
      @The2010Picky 3 года назад +3

      Sorry but what does it mean?

    • @Diego-ud3nb
      @Diego-ud3nb 3 года назад +1

      Bruh I cant

    • @jblackwell008
      @jblackwell008 3 года назад

      It’s nice to know that her ass has floated across the pond. Maybe she smuggled in Kanya West.

    • @angelsantana7739
      @angelsantana7739 3 года назад

      @@The2010Picky *ellos son gente sería*

  • @sadafkhan1679
    @sadafkhan1679 3 года назад +72

    This is so helpful and makes learning IPA super easy. You're a life-saver, can't thank you enough!

  • @sharonjuniorchess
    @sharonjuniorchess 3 года назад +11

    Brilliant memory aid - having a word that describes the sound & backed up by an image. This is the key to unlocking the pronounciation of any word in any language provided you have the IPA spelling of that word.

  • @OliverJazzz
    @OliverJazzz 4 года назад +25

    IPA is so important to learn! We had all the glossary written also in IPA, starting from elementary school text books (since we were eight years old), and it has really helped me when studying all foreign languages!

  • @mothiurNCL
    @mothiurNCL Год назад +3

    Since the brain thinks visually i.e. in pictures, the fact you've gone through such steps and figured out the visual depiction with reasoning is unparalleled. Thank you.

  • @tombehaut
    @tombehaut 2 года назад +6

    I have an exam tomorrow on the English phonetic alphabet and you're making my work so much easier because I recognize the sounds easily but I struggle to remember the symbols so thank u so much!!

  • @jacsonmiranda
    @jacsonmiranda 3 года назад +12

    Maybe you don't know but this lesson is pretty amazing because it is using what is said "MEMORY ASSOCIATION" that is a technique to remember you want by associate it to "something", that can be a draw or something else you want. There are a lot of books about this subject. Well done Jade!

  • @raymondmiller9798
    @raymondmiller9798 3 года назад +2

    I love the way Jade says Puw the Buw and Symbows. This video is such a great example to stop my students saying Pulla the Bulla and Symbolis

  • @c.s.2523
    @c.s.2523 2 года назад +10

    You are an excellent teacher, Jade! Thanks so much for your creative explanation 🥰

  • @MrBanjofied
    @MrBanjofied 4 года назад +127

    This is a really good guide! English is my first language but I am a language student so this is very helpful - good work!

    • @johanneswarnar7862
      @johanneswarnar7862 3 года назад +2

      nice

    • @diogoobidiaso
      @diogoobidiaso 3 года назад +1

      Still finding a bit hard Mr Banjofied😭and I’m studying English

    • @Csunnywbr
      @Csunnywbr Год назад

      do you mind if we could practice together? I'm studying English at college

  • @djgulston
    @djgulston 4 года назад +7

    I love this video! You explain it so well! And I love your subtle sense of humour!

  • @paulinamacedo5758
    @paulinamacedo5758 2 года назад +13

    Mi inglés es básico por lo tanto puedo comprender poco del idioma pero entendí perfecto este vídeo y de verdad me ayudaron mucho estos tips. Hace un año conocí los signos IPA y quedé aterrorizada pues era difícil encontrar las diferencias sin embargo este vídeo me sirvió para darle una segunda oportunidad a la fonetica. Muchas gracias por compartir tus conocimientos.

  • @arlethzuniga602
    @arlethzuniga602 2 года назад +1

    I loved your video as a visual learner this made memorizing the vowels much easier than reading them off a page. Thank you 😊😊

  • @abdelazizheddar5268
    @abdelazizheddar5268 2 года назад +3

    Thanks jade . It's really useful idea to learn IPA by associating the sound , picture and your voice. That helped me to remember the lesson. We need more videos like this to improve our pronouciation especially the connected speech.

  • @apmasterl
    @apmasterl 2 года назад +4

    You really put in effort and hard work into learning and teaching IPA. I feel guilty how easy you made for me to study IPA. BLESS YOU. 🙌

  • @wherethehellismiguel
    @wherethehellismiguel 9 месяцев назад +2

    I have a different accent in English but you've given me such great ideas here for my own ways of remembering! Thank you so much!

  • @josp7502
    @josp7502 Год назад +1

    Been searching for this lesson & already came across a few more but found this lady's way much much easier & more more smarter way 👏

  • @uramax2006
    @uramax2006 4 года назад +7

    Great lesson! Clear and memorable, thanks a lot

  • @kooldude744
    @kooldude744 4 года назад +11

    Thanks Jade, interesting lesson. Happy New Year. ✨

  • @extanegautham8950
    @extanegautham8950 4 года назад +5

    thank you! I have been wanting to learn these for years. the part in the front of my dictionary that has them was not the way. this is great! cheers!

  • @Samah-Alserhan1681
    @Samah-Alserhan1681 4 года назад +4

    You are the symbol of the British accent.. I like to hear and listen to you a lot 🤗

  • @ron74eey
    @ron74eey 2 года назад +1

    You're making what i've always thought i'd never learn, a smooth journey...thank you

  • @markdonovan1540
    @markdonovan1540 Год назад +1

    Thanks for this Jade. It's helpful to have some images to remember these sounds and relate them to the corresponding IPA symbol.
    Whenever I teach this to students, many of which have studied English for about 10 years here in Spain, I'm always told that they've never heard of this before.
    I use it to help improve their pronunciation, because what I find is that there are only 5 Spanish vowel sounds. It's also useful when looking up new words in a dictionary where the phonemic script is written to help with pronunciation. Many of my students are in the habit of approximating the English vowel sounds to ones that they already know. This results in unclear pronunciation and difficulty in listening, as they are not able to distinguish between the different vowel sounds.
    By focusing on some phonology practice, I've been able to help them speak more clearly and understand more accurately. They do protest a bit at first, because of the weird IPA symbols and also the amount of effort required to produce the correct sounds. However, over several weeks they start to notice improvements and benefits in this approach.

  • @christinecadman8078
    @christinecadman8078 3 года назад

    Thank you for your easy illustration of the vowels and dipthongs as it makes more sense to me now.

  • @rokaiabahaa390
    @rokaiabahaa390 5 месяцев назад

    I love this video so much, whenever I forget the IPA I come back here. thank you so much

  • @stormdraws9225
    @stormdraws9225 3 года назад +6

    for the weird "Th" sound thingy with the bug drawing, you can also think of Father. Since the symbol is similar to a cross or a rosary worn by a priest that is usually referred to as "Father", and in the word Father we hear that vibrato Th shound.

  • @jameemaclang80
    @jameemaclang80 4 года назад +7

    Hi, you are such a great teacher. Thank you so much! 💗

  • @nachochitiu6953
    @nachochitiu6953 3 года назад +3

    Exactly as I learned them 50 years ago.
    There is a much easier way to explain though: short and long vowels and groups of consonants pronounced together for some of them. Coming from a language with phonetic spelling, it was so much easier for me to understand these signs.

  • @matanochondo3328
    @matanochondo3328 4 года назад

    Thanks Jade! This is really a smart way of understanding English phonemes.

  • @pliniolimajunior5185
    @pliniolimajunior5185 4 года назад +1

    Thank you, Jade. Great lesson.
    Happy New Year.

  • @mahmoodxyz
    @mahmoodxyz 3 года назад +6

    The way you associate the symbols and model words is really appreciable, kudos. 👍

  • @dukeon
    @dukeon 4 года назад

    I’m learning IPA at the moment in order to study Pro-Indo-European (study, *not* learn!). This helped a lot. Thank you, and I hope you’re keeping well!

  • @BeaMaestro
    @BeaMaestro 3 года назад +3

    You're awesome for posting this. Thank you for helping me and others!

  • @1lonelyCat
    @1lonelyCat 2 года назад +2

    thank you so much !
    A teacher like you is all I ever needed 🧡

  • @spiderboy6513
    @spiderboy6513 3 года назад

    This is the best video I have ever watched about english pronounciation/transcription

  • @fastwalker2163
    @fastwalker2163 4 года назад +1

    Exellent lesson! Thank you very much Jade! :)

  • @monicasanchez7045
    @monicasanchez7045 Год назад

    Thank you! ☺ I really appreciate your time teaching us the easy way to remember Ipa.

  • @Imaginationdiva016
    @Imaginationdiva016 Год назад

    Watching this an hour and a half before my phonetics midterm, a very useful way to remember the symbols :D

  • @crocbottom
    @crocbottom 2 года назад

    I HAVE AN EXAM TOMORROW. This video is a LIFESAVER

  • @paulcook8143
    @paulcook8143 3 года назад

    This is really useful, thank you I will be back to watch again and again until I can remember this.

  • @yaraellaithy6158
    @yaraellaithy6158 3 года назад

    Thank you loads, the way you explained and the signs you used are really helpful

  •  4 года назад

    so nice to see you again. My English is good enough... I just watch your videos because of you...

  • @rohitpatidar333
    @rohitpatidar333 3 года назад +1

    Love you Mam! i watched this video lecture twice after completed once.. you are teaching using imagination what's need of hour to do. we always learn better in picture... thanks and a lot love to you and your family for this beautiful work for us. i will be watching from you more and more.. i will follow your lectures. Thank you again. thanks to god to get this video on my youtube wall. I am feeling grateful.

  • @andrewjzak
    @andrewjzak 2 года назад +2

    This helped me to quickly learn this and have some fun; truly excellent! Thank you!

  • @tomrox8921
    @tomrox8921 4 года назад +1

    Great work of art! I love you Jade.

  • @songpingxu3181
    @songpingxu3181 3 года назад

    I am preparing for my TKT m1 exam and this video helps me a lot !!

  • @gemulostar1367
    @gemulostar1367 3 года назад

    Thanks a lot. This will surely help my daughter greatly. I love the illustrations.

  • @daverd6434
    @daverd6434 4 года назад +2

    You are just amazing dear Teacher ... All the best for the 2020 !!

  • @jonathandavidcaceres5250
    @jonathandavidcaceres5250 3 года назад +2

    Thank you so much for so amazing video and class. I had been trying to learn this before. But your class was particularly helpful. Once again thank you so much.

  • @nawaf2100
    @nawaf2100 3 года назад +1

    Thank you soooo much, the IPA stuck into my memory, thanks for the wonderful explanation from a gorgeous and kindly lady🌸💘

  • @limbsjones
    @limbsjones 4 года назад +10

    Happy new year! You're soooo good at explaining!!!!! And on top of it.... so cute!

  • @rihebdiab2951
    @rihebdiab2951 2 года назад

    thank u so muchhhhh. this is what i call life saver. i have an exam tomorow and ive benn revising them for 1 month but i couldnt remember them at all untill i found ur video thank uuuuu

  • @anetafelix
    @anetafelix 4 года назад +2

    You're incredibly smart! To have thought of images to remember these sounds is simply genius. Thanks for sharing.

  • @inma2327
    @inma2327 2 года назад +2

    Thanks a bunch!!! This is REALLY HELPFUL, congratulations Jade!💚

  • @marjorieescondilla8743
    @marjorieescondilla8743 Год назад

    Thank you for your this video☺️ I was really struggling learning and remembering the IPA symbols and its sounds. You really help me a lot💗

  • @peterbutter2054
    @peterbutter2054 4 года назад

    Great video. Linking symbols with drawing contaminating them is creative is useful and easier to memorize the sound.

  • @trojanhorse6029
    @trojanhorse6029 4 месяца назад

    I learnt these, I know them very well. I still use most of the suggestions from this video.

  • @celineokeeffe6733
    @celineokeeffe6733 3 года назад +2

    This is so helpful! Thank you very much.

  • @Ommbye
    @Ommbye 4 года назад +4

    Your teaching is so nice. I enjoy watching you lesson.

  • @ronbeat
    @ronbeat 4 года назад +1

    I love you Jade. You've explained this IPA thing so well. Thanks a lot.

  • @mihaliprefti2507
    @mihaliprefti2507 2 года назад

    I’ve been teaching this for 45 years and I can tell you it takes a few minutes to recognize them.

  • @baileyspencer6469
    @baileyspencer6469 3 года назад +1

    finally a way to remember the symbols! thank you!!

  • @akworld3079
    @akworld3079 3 года назад +3

    its amazing it helps me a lot to understand the pheneme and also help to remember thnks for this informative video

  • @llggbian
    @llggbian 2 года назад +1

    Thanks so much for sharing this video .
    It's so useful.
    Love from Taiwan 🇹🇼

  • @CanelaJamie
    @CanelaJamie 3 года назад

    So wonderful! Thank you Jade!

  • @esollearningwithkathyander1058

    awesome Jade! I am training in my DELTA and have been dreading learning these! I am hugely visual and this video has worked a treat!! Thank you so much!

  • @leoshevkun3645
    @leoshevkun3645 2 года назад

    Thank you for this video! The IPA has been tough for me to remember

  • @stunz_mis_hary_05
    @stunz_mis_hary_05 11 дней назад

    you are extremely creative god bless u u cleared all my doubts in one video hats off to you smart tr

  • @azharbalouchmuhammad9724
    @azharbalouchmuhammad9724 3 года назад

    I am very impressed as it is first team I read proper pronunciation here through this video. it is beautiful method to protect us from confusion in different words pronunciation

  • @Void-in2pz
    @Void-in2pz 3 года назад

    Awesome mnemonic drawings, especially "uh" ! thx you)

  • @ahwae2013
    @ahwae2013 2 года назад +2

    I went through this entire video looking like this :0 lmao, thank you for this! It really made memorizing the symbols way easier.

  • @spongebobssponge1224
    @spongebobssponge1224 3 года назад +5

    Thank you so much for doing this. At school my English teacher never taught us about the IPA.. and I'm still struggling at pronouncing words but I hope I get better.

    • @ron74eey
      @ron74eey 2 года назад

      i can pronounce excellently but i just want to understand these symbols...

  • @dannypaige8987
    @dannypaige8987 2 года назад

    Hey I think this is one of the most genuine mnemonic ways of a person tackling the IPA but I think the only thing I would change is the “ say ahh “ I could have not done better but I’m American so the accent is different.

  • @vi683
    @vi683 4 года назад +2

    I like your pronunciation lesson.
    You are also good at drawing lovely pictures.

  • @sabrinafernandez2081
    @sabrinafernandez2081 4 года назад +2

    Excellent work ! You're an amazing teacher!!! 👍

  • @erikadh6995
    @erikadh6995 4 года назад +1

    Thank you Jade!, You are the best teacher. Happy new year!!!

  • @francescococo1582
    @francescococo1582 3 года назад

    thanks, i'm finally understanding phonemes, thanks a lot!

  • @weronikakukier1661
    @weronikakukier1661 3 года назад

    It helped me a lot, cause im a visual learner. Thanks!

  • @lucianietogongora2449
    @lucianietogongora2449 2 года назад

    You explained everything so good, this is really useful, thank you for doing this magnificient video!

  • @minghanlow3050
    @minghanlow3050 3 года назад

    Thank you so much it has been really helpful with my pronunciation!

  • @gautamtomar5204
    @gautamtomar5204 2 года назад

    Thanks for posting this video. You are such a great teacher.

  • @pk5073
    @pk5073 2 года назад +4

    Thank you! I could never remember the IPC symbols, but using your mnemonics I think I will be able to remember them.

  • @claudiareginateixeira2662
    @claudiareginateixeira2662 2 года назад

    Excelent lesson! Thank you very much indeed!

  • @ramankumarchhetri2106
    @ramankumarchhetri2106 4 года назад +1

    Thanks jade. I love your teachings n u !

  • @superduperenglishidioms
    @superduperenglishidioms 3 года назад

    Great instructions, Jade!

  • @cedricgist7614
    @cedricgist7614 2 года назад

    Hello, Jade! I tried to be your knight in shining armor a few years ago - and botched the whole episode. Please forgive me.
    I finally got tired of consulting Wikipedia and being baffled by their attempt to give us proper pronunciation of names, places, things by using IPA. I was looking up the film soundtrack composer, Basil Poledouris - a native of Kansas City, Missouri of Greek descent - and couldn't grasp the sounding of his last name. Aaarrgh!
    I had been to the Wikipedia article about IPA a couple of years ago - and it didn't grab me. So, I turned to RUclips for suggestions on a video. As I scrolled down the choices, I saw your smiling face. I decided immediately, "We start with Jade and let all else build on her discussion." By the way, I like your pictures!
    I just wanted to thank you for sharing this with us - and I wanted to reconnect with the lady who caught my ear years ago, one who will always be a heroine to me.

  • @Dav8Net
    @Dav8Net 2 года назад

    can't thank you enough! this is original and so very didactic ! it for sure will help a lot of people as it did for me!

  • @nightwalker6692
    @nightwalker6692 Год назад

    Thank u soo much for making this video! Before watching it nothing was making sense but now I can understand it all! 💜

  • @Cantbuyathrill
    @Cantbuyathrill 2 года назад

    That was very useful. Thank you. Im alwyas inenting my own mnemonics to remember some of the quirks of out beautiful language. Thank you again!!!

  • @danielhayun304
    @danielhayun304 3 года назад +3

    5:00 in Hebrew there's a vaul marking (the dotts) named shva it looks like this אְ and it makes the same sound

  • @doubledown187
    @doubledown187 4 года назад +4

    I find your bull picture there quite lovely and I'm thinking about putting it on a t-shirt. ;-)

  • @elisheppard7349
    @elisheppard7349 2 года назад

    Excellent class, thanks very much ❤️

  • @freaker1975
    @freaker1975 4 года назад

    This was most helpful to me thanks a lot ms Jade

  • @relaxwines1538
    @relaxwines1538 3 года назад +1

    All that i will say is excellent Jade....simply beautiful!!