ESL Vietnam Zone

Why is it necessary to learn phonetics and phonology? There are many specialists who think studying phonetics and phonology is necessary and many others who think it is not necessary. Personally, I think it is necessary. The theoretical knowledge of phonetics and phonology is necessary for anyone in order to understand the principles regulating the use of sounds in spoken English. ( … read the full article)

There are many vowel sounds in English language but here I am talking about the short vowels. The short vowels are: ɪ, e, æ, ʌ, ɒ, and ʊ. However, these vowels can have different length depending on the context. Each of the short vowels is graphical represented in relation with the ( … read the full article)

Cardinal vowels are a standard reference system and those people who want to learn phonetics have to learn to make them accurately and of course recognize them correctly. Learning these cardinal vowels is a very useful way of describing, classifying, comparing and understanding vowels. ( … read the full article)

Have you ever asked yourself why some sounds are called vowels and others are called consonants? These two words, vowels and consonants, are very familiar for any learner of English but most of them don’t know what they mean. ( … read the full article)