How to remember IPA phoneme symbols: my tricks!

[@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?

[@violet_broregarde]

@M.B IPA and the phonetic alphabet are the same thing. IPA is simply an acronym that means "international phonetic alphabet."

[@seretith3513]

I trinken we may just need a new writing System I'm thinking something like the Characters telling you themselfs how to hold all 5 Soundorgans so that we can create practical Conglangs with all Sounds a Human is capeble off Im trinken off five Elements in every Letter asigned to each Soundmodifyer and these have Variations for themselfs who you exchange depending on the Tone you speak and a few special signs you can put above or bellow two Letters to tell how the Tones transition into the Next. Tones trat can't be recreated with a stationary Mouth can then still be clearly depicted in Writing.

[@tricky_english]

a ~ aː ɪ ~ ɪː ɛ ~ ɛː ɔ ~ ɔː ə ~ əː i u ɛi ai ɔi au əu There are only 17 vowels, not 20

[@vshpandey]

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

[@R133yn]

You deserve a hug for this one homie

[@safiullahkhan2138]

I didn't get it!!! Please would you like to explain!!

[@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 ♥

[@Superbiam-1]

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

[@zainabjahangir884]

i can finally remember aa ee oooo

[@reneperez2126]

​@@Superbiam-1you gotta appreaciate the effort she put into that

[@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.

[@rebeccakodithuwakku4966]

That's amazing 🔥 it's difficult to remember but I easily learn this from your video keep up the good work Love form 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka

[@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"

[@sadafkhan1679]

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

[@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.

[@crocbottom]

I HAVE AN EXAM TOMORROW. This video is a LIFESAVER

[@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.

[@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!!

[@HerecomesEshita]

Oh mam, U are such a lifesaver ❤ I've my Phonetics exam in 2 hours and was totally confused with the vowel sounds being a non- native speaker. 🥲😟 But the way you explained, made it a way lot easier ❤

[@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.

[@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

[@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!

[@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*

[@Imaginationdiva016]

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

[@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

[@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 👏

[@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

[@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

[@Josekioko4076]

❤❤❤❤ I'm a student taking phonetics and phonology in the university, and I have really loved your work. Thanks for helping

[@inma2327]

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

[@llggbian]

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

[@dannypaige8987]

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.

[@c.s.2523]

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

[@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!

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@rokaiabahaa390]

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

[@KashifAli-ze1cj]

Thanks mam....I was much worried about this topic having in linguistics paper... I was always in search of this topic with tastefully tricks which I have got finally ...God bless you.. Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰

[@mahmoodxyz]

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

[@Yazan_Majdalawi]

السلام عليكم :)

[@binder098]

You know, I just keep coming back to your video, I’ve been trying to get these symbols and sounds into my head. I really want to be able to read an IPA word for French pronunciations. You just somehow or another ring the bell and I can make the associations, and I so appreciate your effort. I also see it as a long-term investment when after French I start on Italian language.

[@kunalkumar-qh7jd]

Mam your teaching style is melodious .i cna wtach ur video for hours .it gives the feeling of slow tempo jazz music

[@arlethzuniga602]

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

[@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...

[@ron74eey]

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

[@mihaliprefti2507]

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

[@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

[@djgulston]

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

[@spiderboy6513]

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

[@montnikholithf7368]

Pronunciation is my weakness. I understood it but when I am imitating or producing the sound myself it all sounds the same. Hahaha. This video tutorial is superb. You are a great teacher!

[@rakshitavijayraj793]

Finally I can remember the pronounce all because of you.Thank you 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@jameemaclang80]

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

[@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.

[@notacare4659]

I studied English in college and failed the IPA class.. if ONLY it was explained this way.. Thank you so very much

[@bilalalnsour3776]

You are fantastic and genius, thank you so much. small note: Plz spell the phonemes first then start to disturb the pictures or the connections.

[@devadharshini9641]

This was really good!!!!!! Loved the David Dip so much, that I wasn't expecting it at all!!!!!

[@Nena.C0]

Thanks Jade, I have to resit an exam tomorrow and like 30% of it is phonetics and this video might be the only thing that can save at this point. Very creative, I like it. If I remember this comment I'll let you know if I passed, lol

[@Samah-Alserhan1681]

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

[@relaxwines1538]

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

[@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!

[@BeaMaestro]

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

[@Ommbye]

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

[@Yazan_Majdalawi]

السلام عليكم :)

[@kannanmithran5721]

Hi, Jade very nice easy rememberence of phonetics

[@andrewjzak]

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

[@AlfredoMartinez-hm2tb]

Muchas gracias por compartir tus conocimientos, felicidades explicas muy bien.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@jssivanarayanan1996]

Thank you mam.. Your video helped me so much to learn these phonetics....

[@cedricgist7614]

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 KZbin 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.

[@mubarakaljaeedi1297]

Great lesson in phonetics . Thanks a lot Jade ..

[@narendranmurugesan8332]

You are explaining very well and it made my life easy....Please ignore any negative comments and keep doing good work!!

[@Natashaswxn]

Such a great resource, thank you! This has helped me tremendously with learning to teach English

[@stevenhuffnagel]

For people like me, IPA is a great help. Because my language is as phonetic as a written alphabet can be (we have extra letters and pairs of letters added to the Latin alphabet), the challenge was to understand that English is something else. We have the IPA transcription added to English dictionaries. When I hear a new word, I have to see how it's written, I automatically write everything down in my mind. It was a challenge to distinct the English phonemes from my native ones. The most notorious is the schwa. In my native language, if you don't pronounce vowels and syllables clearly, you sound uneducated. In English, any vowel can turn into the same schwa, yet you still speak posh - unless you turn your diphthongs into a schwa (yellow/yella, window/winda), then you'll be called a peasant. 😃 I still find it hard sometimes.

[@aliciagrau6430]

Steven Huffnagel where are u from?

[@akworld3079]

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

[@mockingbird3099]

This was very fun and will make a lasting impression, a fine aid to memory.

[@trojanhorse6029]

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

[@yiqwaba3833]

These videos are so important thank you Jade .

[@Psaiii-h8y]

i am learing enlish right now .your method is so much useful

[@monicasanchez7045]

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

[@learnenglishwithnayabsohai890]

I appreciate the effort you put into creating these pictures.

[@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!

[@ramankumarchhetri2106]

Thanks jade. I love your teachings n u !

[@uramax2006]

Great lesson! Clear and memorable, thanks a lot

[@sirmateenahmed5436]

Great effort and very easy to learn for any Eng student.salute to u

[@mirosamysamy939]

I really thank you for such amazing explication. My appreciation from Egypt

[@gautamtomar5204]

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

[@mohamedsaaber6234]

thank you so much ms jade you help very well with my studies

[@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!

[@ANGELAUGUSTINO]

God bless you !

[@mygreen12345]

Thank you so much. I had diffuiculty to remember these symbols.

[@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!!!

[@57Sauce]

This is brilliant. You're brilliant. Thank you.

[@emmataemmata3530]

Very good I can understand clearly . It was so hard not any more

[@nightwalker6692]

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

[@Morocco_Entire]

I thank you a lot for your efforts, we notice that you try hard to explain, because these symbols are very tough to understand and afterwards to be learning them ....

[@JulianEaton]

Brilliant idea 💡 & video. TYSM for sharing

[@sabrinafernandez2081]

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

[@sufianchy5008]

Where are u from Sabrina?

[@erikadh6995]

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

[@arshdeepsinghroopra7625]

Great video, a milestone video in phonetic world, plz made more, I am from India, and you really has a grt fan following here in India, pray to god for ur more successful career.

[@najat4727]

You're great! this is a very good video. It helped me memorise the symbols. I'll share it with my students for sure. Thank you

[@mr.anony..2795]

I like your way to teach 😍😍

[@christinecadman8078]

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

[@yan_nie0]

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

[@leticiapeterson8250]

This is great!!! Really interesting class!! 👏❤️❤️

[@mullahosk585]

Excellent. Just what I needed Thanks