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’, 'tip02m
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 - Introduction01m
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 Tips02m
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 Tips01m
Video class: Consonant /m/ in 'hammer', 'mime' and 'more' - English Pronunciation Tips02m
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 Tips01m
Video class: Diphthong - /e?/ - 'square’, ‘fair’01m
Video class: Diphthong - /??/ - 'tour’, ‘pure' and 'cure' - English Pronunciation Tips01m
Video class: Diphthong - /a?/ - 'price’, ‘high’01m
Video class: Voiceless consonant - /t?/ - ‘teacher', 'match' and 'church' - English Pronunciation Tips01m
Video class: Voiceless consonant /t/ in 'tin', 'button' and 'get' - English Pronunciation Tips02m
Video class: Voiceless consonant /s/ in 'soon’, ‘mister'01m
Video class: THIS is how to say the English /?/ in 'pleasure', 'leisure' and 'vision' - Pronunciation Tips00m
Video class: Voiceless consonant /f/ in 'fat', 'coffee' and 'fluff' - English Pronunciation Tips01m
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 Tips02m
Video class: Diphthong - /??/ - 'choice', 'noise' and 'boy' - English Pronunciation Tips01m
Video class: Consonant /?/ in 'rung', 'anger' and 'thanks' - English Pronunciation Tips02m
Video class: Voiceless consonant /k/ in 'came', 'lucky' and 'sick' - English Pronunciation Tips02m
Video class: Consonant /r/ in 'right', 'wrong' and 'sorry' - English Pronunciation Tips03m
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 Tips03m
Exercise: How is the voiced consonant /v/ formed, according to the description?
Video class: Consonant /j/ in 'yet', 'use' and 'beauty' - English Pronunciation Tips00m
Exercise: Which words start with the consonant sound being practiced?
Video class: Consonant /w/ in 'wet', 'one' and 'when' - English Pronunciation Tips02m
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 Tips01m
Exercise: Which word contains the voiced consonant sound /z/?
Video class: Consonant - /l/ - 'light', 'valley' and 'feel' - English Pronunciation Tips03m
Video class: Voiceless consonant - /h/ - 'hot', 'whole' and 'ahead' - English Pronunciation Tips01m
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 Tips01m