4 interactive lessons & quizzes to practise the chart: pronunciationstudio.com/vowel...
The vowel grid (also known as quadrilateral) is a shape that shows you how to position the mouth to make vowel sounds.
It's very useful to develop distinctions between similar vowel sounds such as /iː/ and /ɪ/ in English. But it can seem quite abstract for learners who are new to it - a lot of lines and strange symbols going on!
In this video I explain how the chart relates to the mouth, exploring the position of the tongue both horizontally and laterally, and the rounding of the lips.
There is a live drill of the full IPA vowel grid and at the end of the video I map my vowel sounds (in SSB/GB/Modern RP) onto the chart.
The 2015 International Phonetic Association vowel chart is used in the video.
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29 янв 2024
