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AEC-English Communication Skills-1 Phonetics BBA SEM 3

 Phonetics 

 

🔤 International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) Chart – English Sounds

🅰️ Vowels

Symbol

Example Word

Sound Description

/iː/

seat

long 'ee'

/ɪ/

sit

short 'i'

/e/

bed

short 'e'

/æ/

cat

short 'a'

/ʌ/

cup

short 'u' (central)

/ɑː/

car

long 'ah'

/ɒ/

hot (UK)

short 'o'

/ɔː/

saw

long 'aw'

/ʊ/

book

short 'oo'

/uː/

food

long 'oo'

/ə/

ago

schwa, unstressed

 

🔊 Diphthongs (Two-part vowel sounds)

Symbol

Example Word

/eɪ/

day

/aɪ/

eye

/ɔɪ/

boy

/aʊ/

now

/əʊ/

go (UK)

/ɪə/

ear

/eə/

hair

/ʊə/

tour

 

🗣️ Consonants

Voiceless Consonants:

Symbol

Example

Description

/p/

pen

unvoiced 'p'

/t/

ten

unvoiced 't'

/k/

cat

unvoiced 'k'

/f/

fan

unvoiced 'f'

/θ/

think

unvoiced 'th'

/s/

sun

unvoiced 's'

/ʃ/

she

unvoiced 'sh'

/tʃ/

chin

unvoiced 'ch'

Voiced Consonants:

Symbol

Example

Description

/b/

bat

voiced 'b'

/d/

dog

voiced 'd'

/g/

get

voiced 'g'

/v/

van

voiced 'v'

/ð/

this

voiced 'th'

/z/

zoo

voiced 'z'

/ʒ/

vision

voiced 'zh'

/dʒ/

jam

voiced 'j'

 

👃 Nasals

Symbol

Example

Description

/m/

man

lips closed

/n/

net

tongue tip

/ŋ/

sing

back nasal

 

🦷 Other Sounds

Symbol

Example

Description

/h/

hat

glottal

/l/

leg

lateral

/r/

red

approximant

/j/

yes

like 'y'

/w/

we

lips rounded

 

 

📘 PHONETICS LEARNING MATERIAL (Quick Overview)

1️⃣    What is Phonetics?

Phonetics is the study of human speech sounds – how they are produced (articulatory), transmitted (acoustic), and perceived (auditory).

2️⃣    Branches of Phonetics:

  • Articulatory: how speech sounds are made with mouth and vocal tract.
  • Acoustic: sound waves and frequencies.
  • Auditory: how we hear and recognize speech sounds.

3️⃣    Key Concepts:

  • Voicing: whether vocal cords vibrate (/b/ is voiced, /p/ is not).
  • Place of articulation: where the sound is made (lips, teeth, palate).
  • Manner of articulation: how air is manipulated (stop, nasal, fricative, etc.).

 

📄 Sample Worksheet (Beginner Level)

Instructions: Write the IPA symbol for the underlined sound.

  1. She → ______
  2. Think → ______
  3. Cat → ______
  4. Ago → ______
  5. Fan → ______
  6. Chair → ______
  7. Book → ______
  8. Lamp → ______
  9. Time → ______
  10. Jam → ______

 

25 Words with IPA Transcriptions for Practice

Word

IPA Transcription

Notes

cat

/kæt/

Short vowel /æ/

dog

/dɒɡ/

British English /ɒ/

book

/bʊk/

Short /ʊ/

see

/siː/

Long vowel /iː/

cup

/kʌp/

Central vowel /ʌ/

car

/kɑː/

Long /ɑː/

go

/ɡəʊ/

Diphthong /əʊ/ (BrE)

eye

/aɪ/

Diphthong

house

/haʊs/

Diphthong /aʊ/

boy

/bɔɪ/

Diphthong /ɔɪ/

man

/mæn/

Nasal /m/

think

/θɪŋk/

Voiceless dental fricative /θ/

this

/ðɪs/

Voiced dental fricative /ð/

she

/ʃiː/

Voiceless palato-alveolar /ʃ/

jam

/dʒæm/

Voiced affricate /dʒ/

chair

/tʃeə/

Voiceless affricate /tʃ/

red

/red/

Alveolar approximant /r/

leg

/leɡ/

Hard /ɡ/ ending

yes

/jes/

/j/ sound = 'y'

we

/wiː/

Gliding sound /w/

zoo

/zuː/

Voiced /z/

vision

/ˈvɪʒən/

/ʒ/ as in "measure"

about

/əˈbaʊt/

Schwa /ə/ + diphthong

student

/ˈstjuːdənt/

/juː/ as in "you" (BrE)

people

/ˈpiːpl/

Silent 'o', long /iː/

tree

/triː/

/t/ + /r/ blend, long /iː/ vowel

teacher

/ˈtiːtʃə/

/tʃ/ as in "ch", schwa at the end

chair

/tʃeə/

affricate /tʃ/, diphthong /eə/

moist

/mɔɪst/

diphthong /ɔɪ/, final consonant blend

three

/θriː/

voiceless /θ/ ("th" sound), /riː/

 


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