Pronunciation Tutorial 1: English Pronunciation and IPA: Voicing and Place

[@mty1966]

3:09 Place 4:20 articulators 4:40 10 places 4:48 the first Bilabial m,b,p 5:07 the 2nd Libio dental f,v 5:16 the 3rd dental this, thing 5:34 the 4th alveolar t,d,s,z 5:53 the 5th post alveolar “sh” 6:13 the 6th palatal /j/ yes 6:34 the 7th velar k, g 6:41 the 8th uvular - german and french in their ‘r’ 6:58 the 9th pharyngeal 7:14 the 10th glottal - /h/ ‘ham’

[@hughjazz1559]

I have an exam on articulatory phonetics tomorrow and I've watched your pronunciation tutorials several times over the past few days. Very informative stuff. You do a great job of explaining it.

[@rinkleswhiskers15]

Hugh Jazz how’d you do on the exam bro?

[@karcchan7425]

this is very useful! I'm a chinese and i didn't put much effort of learning english in school. most of my english are learnt from listening to tv drama or youtube speeches. I tried to mimic words so i can pronoun close enough. but now this video helps me realise the proper way to pronoun! thank you for all the videos!

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[@me-wp7lt]

Hey Karc! Just for your information, the word spelled here as "pronoun" is actually spelled "pronounce".

[@dingo1520]

FINALLY!!! This is what I've been looking for. Thank you Mr Wyner. This is the Holy Grail of explaining how to train one's English pronounciation efficiently. Anybody who is learning English should watch this. Again, thank you very much!

[@nice6951]

This is the first informational video I’ve seen that’s actually got me interested. Not only did I learn a lot, but I enjoyed watching the video. It was very clear. I’m a visual person, and I get confused easily, but this video was perfect.

[@karemortensen7548]

Here comes a funny story. In certain European countries, “g” functions like “k”, for example, when I was talking about “ghost”, they thought I meant “coast”! Moreover, pronunciation of “b” sounds like “p”, and the actual “p” has become “f”! For example, comfare, filot, haffen,.......etc. I remember, once the departmental secretary was kindly showing me the huge copy-machine standing outside her office. She was explaing, “This is our coffee-machine, you put your documents here, and coffee will come out from here......” I thought, whoa, amazing European technology! Converting paper documents into coffee!

[@humbertoolivera1278]

lol

[@MiChiamoVick]

I'm studying for my english phonology exam and this is really helping. Thank you mysterious man!

[@martinraulvillalba]

I've been looking for an explanation of IPA for my language projects that didn't bore me to tears for a while now. I just found it :-).

[@reesebrandphillips9801]

I would have never thought this topic could be so fascinating, but you made it so. Thanks!

[@FluentForeverApp]

We are glad to hear you found it interesting!

[@letitiading]

Great video! I'm linguistics major so I get excited when I hear people talking about IPA! Thnak you.

[@somtam6262]

Thanks for the video. I'm German and learned with the video why the English speaking countries can't pronounce "Zahn (tooth)". The sound is formed in another place. "Z" is pronounced with t and s quickly by sliding the tongue from the upper tooth to the lower one. As I understood it, the sounds s,d,t are formed in English and the same place :)

[@markhannasch8260]

I teach Spanish and fluent forever has put into simple words everything i learned in my linguistics classes in college! I love to work on pronunciation now, especially when I help English/Spanish learners.

[@MissMiserize]

Thanks SO much for this. I moved to India and people have had trouble undertanding me for years. This is very helpful and it's kind of you toput it up for free.

[@LJVolkov21]

Hi, Gabriel. I have only recently discovered your videos and would like to say thank you for creating them. I teach English and I'll be recommending your videos to those of my students who are interested in learning more about the IPA after class. If I can make a small suggestion: using minimal pairs might make the videos even better. For example, when demonstrating voicing, you could have used "fan" and "van". Also, about the letter C, another option would be "call" and "cell". That's pretty much all the improvements I can suggest, because I can see you enjoy teaching just as much as I do. Keep up the good work. =)

[@athenalong]

Fascinating, and SOOOO EASY TO UNDERSTAND/FOLLOW! You sir, are a genius. Your brain is just wired for languages.

[@nikhilagarwal281991]

I loved the way you explained all of these. I studied the phonetics 3 years ago in my freshman year in college but didn't understand a thing. great video....

[@jesusstudentbrett]

I have a final exam tomorrow in Phonetics and Phonology... this was awesome and WELL explained, illustrated... and last but not least, APPRECIATED!!!

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Hi Jesusstudentbrett, we are happy to know that the video was useful for you!

[@WilliamSurles]

This freaking blew my mind. I would have actually gone to class every day if this was what we learned. KZbin is the new school I guess.

[@FluentForeverApp]

Hi William, we are so happy to hear you are enjoying our videos. We are super happy to help!

[@michealbingham690]

This video is SO well put together and structured I'm amazed at how simple you were able to teach this. WELL DONE. SO UNDERRATED

[@FluentForeverApp]

Thank you so much! We're glad it's been helpful!

[@jlorraine5123]

I am currently a COMD student at Utah state and I am so impressed with these videos, you are better at explaining this than my professors! Thank you, I think I may actuallly be able to do this after watching your videos tonight, before seeing these I was feeling overwhelmed and not sure if I would ever understand this! Thank you!

[@belleoftheball2night302]

OH yeah he's better than my Professor in TEXAS too.

[@E-utube]

best I've found so far. Thank you so much, I really enjoyed this

[@moot8107]

Studying linguistics in university helped a great deal when I was learning a foreign language. Definitely recommend learning IPA!

[@micheleinacharles-hazellem1968]

this is brilliant

[@yahzea]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Currently studying for my phonetic's midterm and your video is helping me. Phonetic transcription is my least favorite.

[@scottphillipsau]

I just read your book and you are an extraordinarily gifted teacher. Thanks again for sharing

[@NatchEvil]

Great goodness me. It's like a mathematician mixed with speech therapist! Looking forward to watching the rest of these.

[@fenlet6062]

7:05 This throat stop is used in many Thai words. Imagine bringing the letter G (gasp) a little deeper in your throat, and it becomes more like a K sound.

[@elisabethlore576]

Hi Gabe, These are great videos! I use them with my ESL students, which really helps them understand how to pronounce English. I have two recommendations for your future videos: 1) speak just a little slower - even as an native English speaker, I find your conversation speed quite fast, so slowing down would make it easier for the ESL students to understand everything you say; 2) There is one sound that you mention in Tutorial 1 that you don't sound out - find someone to sound it out for you.

[@aqilmuhammad442]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Currently studying for my phonetic's midterm and your video is helping me. Phonetic transcription is my least favorite. but the akcent and pronanicaton is very diffecult for those who learn english

[@asmaabdelkader2574]

Thank you a lot. The explanation of the 'places of articulation' is so much clear, easy and organized.

[@jamesforeman4368]

Thank you so much. I have played around with the IPA on Wikipedia, but your presentation has really helped. I was severely dyslexia as a child and have struggled with reading and orthography. Phonetics has been somewhat of challenge also. Looking forward to more of the tutorial and visiting you web site. Excellent tutorial.

[@ThinkPositiveEnglish]

I also use Fluent Forever with some of my English students, in particular when it comes to pronunciation. Very often, not enough work is done on pronunciation at the early stages so I am working with B1 / B2 level students in terms if reading / listening but still with huge challenges with pronunciation. Going to be sharing this video! Thanks!

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Thanks for sharing! We're really happy to hear that you find it useful for teaching your students :)

[@sonkeidesu]

Wow, this is so helpful! I already speak Japanese but am looking to study Portuguese. Great descriptions and so easy to follow.

[@rojamedy5344]

Thank you very much I’ve been trying to understand Consonants for years and there you go, keep your beautiful work up buddy I LOVE YOU AND YOUR WORK

[@speliac]

Yeaaaaaah. I can't hear the difference between a lot of these. I have a feeling I'm going to be watching IPA videos for the rest of the night.

[@codent]

5 years later, how did you do? I think it's hard!

[@zeligmr.9767]

2 and half years later, I can't even remember. Maybe I'll give it another watch tomorrow to try again.

[@zane0809]

thank u so much. i'm studying linguistics atm and this is so much easier to understand than my uni lecturer

[@wwiding]

Thank you. I've been looking for a video like this to help me with my French studies, the place of articulation image is really going to change my understanding of the sounds.

[@TEFLSolutions]

It is really educational. Graphics about the articulations are always one of the best ways to explain the articulation.. Great!! Thanks.

[@Trymentional]

Finished the book in one go and im very anxious to start learning *again* you changed the game though!

[@feynstein1004]

I'm here from the book too. Amazing piece of work. :)

[@frankdavid1312]

You have a gift to teach clear and sharp

[@thetinggoscrat]

For the past four years I've been trying to learn to roll my rs and just couldn't grasp it at all (northern British, just doesn't come naturally to me). Once you started speaking about the back part of the mouth I got it straight away!

[@Dewkeeper]

Very accessible, I'm interested in seeing the rest of 'em. Subbed!

[@Fernando_Pereira]

I remember watching this video in 2013. It helped a lot.

[@FluentForeverApp]

So happy to hear it helped!

[@vartebedk]

This helpful video series should be integrated into the Fluent Forever App.

[@parmindersingh5745]

Heartly say thank you. I have problem with f,v and w. very helpful. Thanks again

[@paris3200]

This is pretty interesting. Please continue with these tutorials.

[@FiddlingCellist]

I came here wanting to learn the IPA, but after 20 years of living with a slight lisp, I finally understand what I was doing wrong!

[@waelwell8155]

why your videos didn't go viral ? This is a very informative tutorial.

[@hoctienganh5119]

Very good. This is the best basic pronunciation video I have seen. Thank you for good video.

[@thomasollinger8367]

I love you so much, when i heard "Anki" I subbed!

[@FluentForeverApp]

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[@susanmarieryan]

Excellent job Gabe! I'm going to add it to my Confident Voice blog.

[@DenisGonzalez]

I'm coursing Phonetics of the English at the university! This is very useful! Thanks! :D

[@eeglenn]

Totally accessible explanations and examples! Thanks so much (who knew you could geek out on pronunciations!)

[@PainDePims666]

Hello... Thank you very for those videos... I have an phonetics exam tomorrow... That will help me !! THANK YOU

[@bedoyadeossa]

Amazing video! Thank. This literally has changed my life.

[@ayshaali3190]

Thanks a lot.. From time to another , I am listening to your videos... god bless you

[@MrsTurboAwesome]

This is fantastic, I can't wait for the rest!!

[@queenymariefrancisco4693]

Hello, this video is really helpful and useful especially to a student like me. Thank you for making this.

[@shihabazadi2368]

Thank you for the clarification and for the wonderful performance

[@cuentadeyoutube5903]

My mind has been expanded. Thank you

[@ceetheninja1]

My most fave vid in IPA. Thank you!

[@sierrarae1687]

Mind BLOWN! This is so cool!!

[@shihabazadi2368]

Thank you Mister explanation very wonderful

[@LauraBond6410]

Very helpful information, which I plan to share with my students. One suggestion: the background moves so much, it is difficult to watch if you have any kind of sensitivity to movement. It was difficult for me to watch for any length of time, and had to listen more than watch. I will warn my students of this as well, in case they also have motion sensitivities. Suggestions for future videos would be to use a stationary background.

[@ramzy-6566]

Thank you so much.

[@ohassen]

Awesome stuff! I teach Arabic. I could definitely use some tips from this vid. For the last sound (Glotal) as in the middle of "Na'aa", I teach students to recognize it from the pronunciation we make when we stop at a "t". like "Cat" or "What". Now I have more accurate examples :) Thanks

[@artur.oliveira]

This is really accurate and informative. Good job!

[@FluentForeverApp]

We're thrilled to hear you found it so useful! Thank you for your feedback!

[@khajishashavali]

Great! What a Lucid explanation!

[@FluentForeverApp]

We're happy to hear you found it useful! 😀

[@dbsk06]

really interesting so far. hope i can correct my bad pronunciation habits!

[@DiligenceAce]

thank you Sir :) i'm having my test in Speech Communication and i hoped i will going to flat the test! :)

[@khaliaf]

Gives me hope that I might actually be able to get the IPA down packed. Thank you!

[@hummingbirdchen]

Thanks Gabe, really helpful for my studies learning IPA :)

[@belleoftheball2night302]

AWESOME.. You're a GREAT Professor!

[@coolcolt2611]

This video blew my mind

[@Dieuhongvn]

Thank you so much. Your lesson did help me a lot!

[@siavash1000000000]

this video was amazing, thank you for the brilliant work

[@ItsAlejandra20]

THIS IS GOLD!!!!

[@mitzilaganful]

so far so good!

[@You-jt2ku]

I just read your book. Thanks for awesome video

[@FluentForeverApp]

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[@Siska0Robert]

Amazing! Looking forward to another vid!

[@peonygraphy9968]

Hi, thank you very much for this informative video! I was searching for something like that :)

[@FluentForeverApp]

Glad we can help!

[@MsLonelykid]

IT's so helpful! Thank you very much!

[@FerZeti7]

thank you for the information, it's really helpful

[@Hoganply]

Voiceless glottal  fricatives or glottal fricatives include: German pronunciation of "ch" and Welsh "ll" (double L).

[@drqoqo]

Very well done, thanks for your effort.

[@Crowned921]

This is brilliant!

[@FluentForeverApp]

We're happy to know that this was useful to you!

[@maitake9337]

すごいです！😆

[@a9nh]

Enlightening! Thank you very much.

[@anthonycip5572]

Yeah, the cleft palate is between my soft and hard. I'm not an expert on the anatomy of the mouth, so I'll just say it's in the middle center of my palate. Thank you for your response by the way, I guess I'll just have to compensate for certain sounds by positioning my articulators in a way where I can reproduce the sound as it would be pronounced in normal articulation. I'm not sure how that's going to affect certain manners like trilling(which I can't do), but I'll just try my best.

[@superAweber]

Fantastic... but the tip of my tongue doesn't touch my alveolar ridge for 'd', 't', 's' etc. It does for 'l'

[@NeonPossum]

Fantastic video! I'm really enjoying your book too! I am learning Norwegian and I think this is going to help a lot :D

[@pengyuguo7339]

A small correction, 7 is your soft palate and 8 is your hard palate (instead of 6).

[@dannyluisvaldivia]

you sir, have just won an internet

[@larissaalbuquerque6050]

This is amazing! Thank you very much, obrigado.

[@kaizee808]

Very well made tutorial (watched all of them of course). Great choice of background layout, the blue is so calming and makes the whole tutorial pleasant to the eye! Where did you find that background? What did you use to make the presentation?

[@VTECsauce]

This video just reaffirms my suspicions; ventriloquists are wizards.

[@AnaghNarain]

I have never seen more awesomely designed video? What software did you use to make the video and the animations?

[@xktrvfs]

I could of used this when I first started using the IPA. Haha. Very nice :)

[@Goblinsburg]

Amazing. Thanks.

[@daniellam9047]

HI Gabriel,I have got you book, and enjoyed the reading. Now I am considering to buy the IPA anki deck and some pronunciation trainer from your website. But i have a little confusion about what is the first thing to do when i got a new deck. Should i take time to study the whole deck before i use it in anki, or should i study it in anki directly? Thank you!