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Free online courseEnglish Pronunciation Course: Master All 44 IPA Sounds and Clear Speaking

Duration of the online course: 1 hours and 21 minutes

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Speak English more clearly with a free pronunciation course mastering IPA sounds, vowels and consonants—boost confidence for work, interviews, and travel.

In this free course, learn about

  • Identify and pronounce key English short vowels: /ɪ ʊ ʌ ə æ ɒ e/ with example words
  • Recognize and produce long vowels: /iː ɑː ɜː uː ɔː/ and their common word examples
  • Understand schwa /ə/: reduced, unstressed vowel in words like 'the' and 'of'
  • Produce voiced vs voiceless pairs and contrasts (e.g., /θ/ vs /ð/, /f/ vs /v/, /w/ vs /v/)
  • Articulate major consonants with correct tongue/lip placement: /d n m r l j w h g/
  • Pronounce key voiceless consonants: /θ ʃ p t s f k tʃ/ in common words
  • Pronounce key voiced consonants: /ð dʒ b v z g/ in common words
  • Use IPA symbols to identify which sound a lesson targets and match sound-to-symbol accurately
  • Recognize and pronounce diphthongs: /eɪ aʊ əʊ aɪ ɔɪ ɪə eə ʊə/ with examples
  • Improve minimal-pair listening discrimination for tricky contrasts (short vs long vowels, consonant pairs)

Course Description

Clear pronunciation changes how people respond to your English. When your vowels are consistent and your consonants land cleanly, listeners understand you faster, you repeat yourself less, and you feel more confident speaking in meetings, interviews, presentations, and everyday conversations. This free online course is designed to help you build that clarity step by step, using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as a practical tool rather than a confusing set of symbols.

You will train your ear to notice small sound differences that often cause misunderstandings, such as short versus long vowels and similar consonants that require precise tongue and lip placement. You will also practice essential features of natural speech, including the relaxed schwa sound that appears constantly in common words. By connecting each sound to real examples, your mouth learns new habits while your listening skills improve at the same time.

The learning experience combines focused video explanations with quick practice questions, so you can immediately test what you heard and reinforce it. Instead of guessing why a word feels difficult to say, you will gain a repeatable method: identify the target sound, understand how it is formed, and apply it to words and phrases until it becomes automatic. Over time, this reduces accent-related friction and makes your speaking easier to follow, even when you talk quickly.

This course suits English learners who want practical, measurable improvement, as well as professionals who rely on spoken communication and want to sound more precise and confident. If you have ever felt that your vocabulary and grammar are strong but your speech still does not come out the way you intend, this training helps bridge the gap. Learn at your own pace, revisit any sound whenever you need, and build pronunciation habits you can use for life.

Course content

  • Video class: Short vowel /?/ in ‘bid’, 'tip 02m
  • Exercise: Which pair best demonstrates the contrast between the short vowel /I/ and the long vowel /I:/?
  • Video class: Short vowel /?/ in ‘foot’, ‘put’ 00m
  • Exercise: Which short vowel sound is being practiced in the lesson?
  • Video class: Short vowel /?/ in ‘strut’, ‘mud’ 01m
  • Exercise: Which IPA symbol represents the short vowel sound in words like strut and mud?
  • Video class: How to say the schwa sound /?/ in words like ‘the’, ‘of’ 04m
  • Exercise: Which statement best describes the vowel sound /ə/ (schwa) in English pronunciation?
  • Video class: Improve your pronunciation with BBC Learning English - Introduction 01m
  • Video class: THIS is how to say the English /æ/ sound in ‘trap’, ‘stamp’ 00m
  • Exercise: Which IPA symbol represents the short vowel sound practiced in the lesson?
  • Video class: Short vowel /?/ in ‘lot’, ‘odd’ 00m
  • Video class: Long vowel /i?/ in 'fleece’, ‘sea’ 02m
  • Exercise: Which IPA symbol represents the long vowel sound heard in words like fleece, sea, and machine?
  • Video class: Short vowel /e/ in ‘dress’, ‘head’ 01m
  • Video class: Voiceless consonant /?/ in 'thin’, ‘think’ 01m
  • Exercise: How is the voiceless consonant /θ/ produced?
  • Video class: Long vowel /??/ in 'father’, ‘start’ 00m
  • Exercise: Which IPA symbol represents the long vowel sound taught here?
  • Video class: Voiced consonant /d/ in 'did', 'dame', 'odd' and 'ladder' - English Pronunciation Tips 02m
  • Exercise: How is the voiced consonant in dame produced in English?
  • Video class: Long vowel /??/ in 'nurse’, ‘stir’ 00m
  • Exercise: Which IPA symbol represents the long vowel sound taught here?
  • Video class: Consonant /n/ in 'nice', 'funny' 02m
  • Exercise: How is the consonant sound /n/ articulated in English?
  • Video class: Long vowel /u?/ in 'blue’, ‘two’ 00m
  • Video class: Long vowel /??/ in 'law’, ‘north’ 00m
  • Video class: Voiced consonant /ð/ in 'this', 'other' and 'smooth' - English Pronunciation Tips 01m
  • Video class: Consonant /m/ in 'hammer', 'mime' and 'more' - English Pronunciation Tips 02m
  • Exercise: How is the consonant sound /m/ produced?
  • Video class: Diphthong /e?/ in 'face’, ‘day’ 01m
  • Video class: Voiceless consonant /?/ in 'ship’, ‘sure’ 02m
  • Exercise: Which word begins with the voiceless consonant sound /ʃ/?
  • Video class: Voiceless consonant /p/ in 'pack’, ‘pan’ 02m
  • Video class: Diphthong /??/ in 'near’, ‘hear’ 01m
  • Exercise: What is the IPA symbol for the diphthong sound in the word ear?
  • Video class: Diphthong /a?/ in 'mouth’, ‘now’ 02m
  • Exercise: What best describes the diphthong /aʊ/?
  • Video class: Diphthong - /??/ - 'boat’, ‘show’ 02m
  • Video class: Voiced consonant /d?/ in 'judge', 'age' and 'soldier' - English Pronunciation Tips 01m
  • Video class: Diphthong - /e?/ - 'square’, ‘fair’ 01m
  • Video class: Diphthong - /??/ - 'tour’, ‘pure' and 'cure' - English Pronunciation Tips 01m
  • Video class: Diphthong - /a?/ - 'price’, ‘high’ 01m
  • Video class: Voiceless consonant - /t?/ - ‘teacher', 'match' and 'church' - English Pronunciation Tips 01m
  • Video class: Voiceless consonant /t/ in 'tin', 'button' and 'get' - English Pronunciation Tips 02m
  • Video class: Voiceless consonant /s/ in 'soon’, ‘mister' 01m
  • Video class: THIS is how to say the English /?/ in 'pleasure', 'leisure' and 'vision' - Pronunciation Tips 00m
  • Video class: Voiceless consonant /f/ in 'fat', 'coffee' and 'fluff' - English Pronunciation Tips 01m
  • Exercise: Which pair shows the contrast between the voiceless /f/ and the voiced /v/ sound?
  • Video class: Voiced consonant /b/ in 'back', 'habit' and 'job' - English Pronunciation Tips 02m
  • Video class: Diphthong - /??/ - 'choice', 'noise' and 'boy' - English Pronunciation Tips 01m
  • Video class: Consonant /?/ in 'rung', 'anger' and 'thanks' - English Pronunciation Tips 02m
  • Video class: Voiceless consonant /k/ in 'came', 'lucky' and 'sick' - English Pronunciation Tips 02m
  • Video class: Consonant /r/ in 'right', 'wrong' and 'sorry' - English Pronunciation Tips 03m
  • Exercise: How is the /r/ sound formed according to the mouth and tongue position described?
  • Video class: Voiced consonant /v/ in 'view', 'heavy' and 'move' - English Pronunciation Tips 03m
  • Exercise: How is the voiced consonant /v/ formed, according to the description?
  • Video class: Consonant /j/ in 'yet', 'use' and 'beauty' - English Pronunciation Tips 00m
  • Exercise: Which words start with the consonant sound being practiced?
  • Video class: Consonant /w/ in 'wet', 'one' and 'when' - English Pronunciation Tips 02m
  • Exercise: Which pair of words practices the contrast between the consonant sounds at the start of “wet” and “vet”?
  • Video class: Voiced Consonant - /z/ - 'zero', 'music' and 'roses' - English Pronunciation Tips 01m
  • Exercise: Which word contains the voiced consonant sound /z/?
  • Video class: Consonant - /l/ - 'light', 'valley' and 'feel' - English Pronunciation Tips 03m
  • Video class: Voiceless consonant - /h/ - 'hot', 'whole' and 'ahead' - English Pronunciation Tips 01m
  • Exercise: Where does this voiceless consonant sound (as in hear, hot, hello) occur in English words?
  • Video class: Voiced consonant /g/ in 'get', 'giggle' and 'ghost' - English Pronunciation Tips 01m

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