How to remember IPA phoneme symbols: my tricks!

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...

[@engvidJade]

Watch my other IPA lessons to master these important tools for your English pronunciation: 1. Introduction to the IPA and vowel sound training: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIaWgXh3mJVlr5Y 2. Accent training exercises: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGfSZ4GFn6ypbas

[@iamTHIEN013]

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

[@violet_broregarde]

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]

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

[@violet_broregarde]

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

[@Mike-lx9qn]

@@violet_broregarde Oh...

[@vshpandey]

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

[@R133yn]

You deserve a hug for this one homie

[@SirinsCrochet]

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_]

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

[@zainabjahangir884]

i can finally remember aa ee oooo

[@bbright777]

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]

So, how has the progress been?

[@bbright777]

@@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]

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

[@akaur4533]

No that's not my piece of cake

[@alejandrafuentes1316]

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

[@elsieglue1328]

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

[@wolgainuk]

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]

what's the work of speech therapist

[@elsieglue1328]

@@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.

[@rightman1347]

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

[@meenki347]

She's a dip thong 🍓

[@The2010Picky]

Sorry but what does it mean?

[@Diego-ud3nb]

Bruh I cant

[@jblackwell008]

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

[@angelsantana7739]

@@The2010Picky *ellos son gente sería*

[@sadafkhan1679]

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

[@mitchigansmith2456]

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

[@sharonjuniorchess]

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]

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!

[@jacsonmiranda]

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!

[@mothiurNCL]

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.

[@paulinamacedo5758]

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.

[@tombehaut]

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!!

[@c.s.2523]

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

[@raymondmiller9798]

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

[@MrBanjofied]

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]

nice

[@diogoobidiaso]

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

[@Csunnywbr]

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

[@abdelazizheddar5268]

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.

[@uramax2006]

Great lesson! Clear and memorable, thanks a lot

[@djgulston]

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

[@arlethzuniga602]

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

[@apmasterl]

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. 🙌

[@markdonovan1540]

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.

[@kooldude744]

Thanks Jade, interesting lesson. Happy New Year. ✨

[@nachochitiu6953]

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.

[@Samah-Alserhan1681]

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

[@extanegautham8950]

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!

[@stormdraws9225]

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]

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

[@josp7502]

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

[@christinecadman8078]

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

[@mahmoodxyz]

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

[@Yazan_Majdalawi]

السلام عليكم :)

[@pliniolimajunior5185]

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

[@wherethehellismiguel]

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!

[@ron74eey]

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

[@BeaMaestro]

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

[@dukeon]

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!

[@1lonelyCat]

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

[@matanochondo3328]

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

[@spiderboy6513]

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

[@monicasanchez7045]

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

[@rohitpatidar333]

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.

[@rokaiabahaa390]

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

[@fastwalker2163]

Exellent lesson! Thank you very much Jade! :)

[@yaraellaithy6158]

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

[@andrewjzak]

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

[@nawaf2100]

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

[@jonathandavidcaceres5250]

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.

[@Imaginationdiva016]

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

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

[@akworld3079]

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

[@paulcook8143]

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

[@azharbalouchmuhammad9724]

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

[@peterbutter2054]

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

[@gemulostar1367]

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

[@limbsjones]

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

[@jondow7401]

Simp

[@tomrox8921]

Great work of art! I love you Jade.

[@celineokeeffe6733]

This is so helpful! Thank you very much.

[@inma2327]

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

[@Ommbye]

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

[@Yazan_Majdalawi]

السلام عليكم :)

[@daverd6434]

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

[@vi683]

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

[@llggbian]

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

[@rihebdiab2951]

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

[@stunz_mis_hary_05]

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

[@marjorieescondilla8743]

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💗

[@mihaliprefti2507]

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

[@anetafelix]

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

[@ahwae2013]

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

[@trojanhorse6029]

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

[@sabrinafernandez2081]

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

[@sufianchy5008]

Where are u from Sabrina?

[@danielhayun304]

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

[@songpingxu3181]

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

[@gautamtomar5204]

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

[@CanelaJamie]

So wonderful! Thank you Jade!

[@doubledown187]

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

[@spongebobssponge1224]

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]

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

[@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!

[@cpdexterhuxley]

1:53 ‘The phrase “English ship” has the /ɪ/ twice in it: once in “English” and once in “ship”.’ I counted /ɪ/ THREE times: TWICE in “/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/” and once in “/ʃɪp/”. It's easy to overlook the first one, because the spelling hides the vowel behind a letter E.

[@frank_calvert]

some people; me included, definitely say it as /i/nglish

[@claudiareginateixeira2662]

Excelent lesson! Thank you very much indeed!

[@nightwalker6692]

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

[@lucianietogongora2449]

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

[@toufikguettar924]

thank you teacher .great lesson really great

[@crocbottom]

I HAVE AN EXAM TOMORROW. This video is a LIFESAVER

[@ramankumarchhetri2106]

Thanks jade. I love your teachings n u !

[@erikadh6995]

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

[@Cantbuyathrill]

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!!!

[@baileyspencer6469]

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

[@Void-in2pz]

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

[@ronbeat]

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

[@minghanlow3050]

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

[@Dav8Net]

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!

[@elisheppard7349]

Excellent class, thanks very much ❤️

[@francescococo1582]

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

[@relaxwines1538]

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

[@freaker1975]

This was most helpful to me thanks a lot ms Jade

[@superduperenglishidioms]

Great instructions, Jade!

[@KatyaSh16]

Awesome creative lesson, thank you!

[@weronikakukier1661]

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

[@oscarlondono4591]

Very, very clever. Thanks.