Intro to the International Phonetic Alphabet
Master American English pronunciation with this introduction to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Learn the symbols and sounds applicable to all languages, and apply them to accents and dialects. Perfect for non-native English speakers, singers, actors, and performers looking to improve their pronunciation skills. Develop a Standard American Accent and gain a gateway to IPA symbols in other languages. Start your journey to linguistic mastery today!
What you’ll learn
- Use the symbols you have learned in this course for other accents, dialects and languages.
- You will be able to identify and write the symbols of IPA as they relate to Standard American English.
- You will be able to make and recognize the sounds and symbols of IPA as they relate to Standard American English.
- Write your own transcriptions of different passages of poetry and other pieces of literature.
This course is an introduction to the International Phonetic Alphabet. The International Phonetic Alphabet or IPA is a collection of symbols that represent all of the sounds that human beings make in the use of language.
This course will go over the symbols needed for American English. The symbols that are learned in this course, however, are applicable to all other languages. Every symbol represents one sound across all languages.
That being the case, this course serves as in introduction to some of the sounds on the IPA chart and after they have been learned they can be applied to the IPA of other languages and other and accents and dialects.
Not only does this course go over the sounds and symbols that are needed for American English IPA, there are also four different transcription activities so that students can practice and apply what they have been learning.
This course is good for:
The non-native english speaker who wants to master American English Pronunciation.
The student who wants to learn the basics of American English IPA so they can use that as a jumping off point for IPA in other languages.
The student who wants to learn the basics of American English IPA so that they can use that as a jumping off point for IPA in studying accents and dialects.
Who this course is for:
- This course will be great for singers, actors, and any other kind of performer who is concerned with ability to pronounce things correctly.
- This course will help a non-native English speaker to more easily grasp the pronunciation which is standard in the United States.
- This course will give the student of singing a gateway to the world of IPA so that after this course the student could learn the IPA symbols for other languages like French, German, and Italian.
- This course is great for the student of acting who would like to learn the basics of IPA so that they can learn different accents and dialects.
- This course will give the student a way to develop a Standard American Accent.
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