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“There are two types of speakers: those that are nervous and those that are liars.”

- Mark Twain

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« Art speaks when words are unable to explain ».

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Please, keep in mind that the following chart outlines the phonemes in SBE (Standard British English), there are slight differences in GA (General American)

Also, use the interactive chart (link below) if you are not familiar with the alphabet yet !

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/help/phonetics.html

Enjoy :)

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Improve your pronunciation with this IPA chart with sounds

Are you looking to ace your pronunciation? Would you like to know how to pronounce vowels and consonants properly? Then look no further than our page with an interactive IPA chart below. You'll be speaking our language fantastically in no time.

What is an IPA chart and how will it help my speech?

The IPA chart, also known as the international phonetic alphabet chart, was formulated by the international phonetic association in the 19th century. It was based on the Latin alphabet.

It is popular with linguists and contains symbols. These symbols represent sounds in spoken English, not other languages. The international phonetic alphabet chart is based on the received pronunciation accent, which is widely regarded as the standard accent in the UK and abroad. This is central to know when studying the language.

In total, the international phonetic alphabet chart has 44 sounds which are known as ' phonemes'. The ' phonemes' are written as symbols and each helps with perfecting speech. As English has a lot more pronunciation exceptions than other languages, it is central to know the chart as a spelling of a word does not always tell us how we hear it

Take the word bought for example (which is the past of the verb buy). Its spelling makes the reader think it should sound like how it is written. In reality, it sounds more like this: bort.

This should make the English language easier. Let's take a look deeper below.

There are three important areas to consider when looking at this. The chart is divided into vowels and consonants and each of them have their own symbols.

In the vowel section, it is divided into two sections: monophthongs and diphthongs.

These sound like difficult words, but they will be easier to grasp after these definitions.

Monophthongs : a word with a single sound vowel, such as slip or sleep.

Diphthongs: a combination of two vowels, which sounds like one vowel when put together. For example, coin or loud.

The consonant section is not divided into two sections and has 24 symbols, whilst the vowel section has 20 symbols.

Are you ready to take a closer look at monophthongs and diphthongs and hear their characters?

Take a look at the monophthongs section.

Of course, there are plenty more words that can be included in each of the sections. Take a look at this table.
i:
Me, see, need, be, leave.
ɜ:
Earn, learn, turn, yearn, churn.
I
Pit, sit, with, this, wink.
ɔ:
Oar, or, floor, bore, chore.
ʊ
Foot, cook, look, book, hook..
æ
Map, cat. bad, pack, sand.
u:
To, new, you, shoe, cool.
ʌ
Mud, bus, shut, but, up.
e
When, men, said, leg, hen, head.
ɑ:
Palm, calm, cart, smart, start.
ə
Letter, power, flower, tower, shower.
ɒ
Lot, cot, dot, pot, on.

Diphthongs in the IPA chart

Like monophthongs, take a look at the diphthongs section and the table below for more examples.
ɪə
Ear, cheer, year, deer, fear.
əʊ
Go, bow, sew, so, flow.
eɪ
Say, pray, day, way, stray.
eə
Air, chair, rare, bare, there.
ʊə
Tour, sure, cure.
aɪ
I, eye, pie, fight, fright.
ɔɪ
Oil, coin, boy, voice, boil.
aʊ
Owl, out, count, bow, cowl.
Take 5: listen to these sounds again. Then repeat them. Continue until you feel confident.
Have you revised these ipa symbols? If yes, let's move onto the consonant section.

Consonants in the IPA chart

Consonants are the biggest section as they have 24 symbols. Remember, they are not divided into sections like vowels. Hear them below.

As with the vowel section, take a look below for more examples.
p
Pay, happy, pet.
ʧ
Choke, watch, catch.
b
Best, trouble, tub.
f
Fine, offer, off.
s
Miss, face, snake.
v
Vine, of, save.
t
Mat, tile, flat.
ʃ
Show, push, rush.
d/ θ
Thin, both, method.
k
Cat, back, talk.
ð
With, then, other.
ʤ
Joke, June, large.
g
Game, bag, big.
n
Nail, fun, nine.
z
Crazy, lazy, phase.
h
He, heal, hill.
ŋ
Sing, fling, wing.
ʒ
Measured, treasure, pleasure.
m
Some, mail, mum.
r
Real, courage, umbrella.
l
Love, like, follow.
w
We show, wheel.
j
You, beyond, yacht.

take time to listen and repeat the ipa symbols.

Once you have done that, see if you can think of any more examples to put into each section and write them in a document. This is important to improve your speech.

Further advice

Find the link to our full version of the chart on our page here https://englishwithlucy.co.uk/phonemic-chart/

Do you need more help? Look at our videos on pronunciation. They will help you get the best results.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElcNBKKTVBA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5NC9yyTeZ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv7cBMCBUdk

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Learn all of the vowel and consonant sounds in British English (received pronunciation) with this free, interactive phonemic chart. Click on any sound or word to hear my pronunciation.

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Mark Jenkins (born October 7, 1970) is an American artist known for his thought-provoking street installations and sculptures. He creates life-like human figures made from tape, often placing them in public spaces to provoke reactions and challenge perceptions of everyday life. Jenkins' work blurs the line between reality and art, making people stop and engage with their environment in unexpected ways. His installations, which can be humorous, eerie, or unsettling, have been displayed in cities around the world.

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Meet the artist whose latest collaboration includes Demna Gvasalia. But before that, he’s presented sculptures that talk about depression and melancholy.

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Chris Ofili is a British contemporary artist known for his vibrant, layered paintings that incorporate materials like elephant dung and glitter. Born in 1968 in Manchester, he's a leading figure among the Young British Artists (YBAs). His work explores themes of race, identity, and spirituality, often blending African and Western influences. Ofili gained fame, and controversy, with works like "The Holy Virgin Mary" (1996). He won the Turner Prize in 1998 and remains a significant figure in the art world, known for pushing boundaries and exploring complex cultural themes.

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Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) was an iconic American painter and illustrator known for his depictions of everyday life in the United States. His work often portrayed an idealized vision of small-town America, with a focus on humor, warmth, and patriotism. Rockwell's most famous pieces appeared as covers for The Saturday Evening Post, including classics like The Four Freedoms and Rosie the Riveter. His art, characterized by detailed realism and narrative storytelling, made him one of the most beloved and recognizable figures in American art.

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5 important works from the Norman Rockwell Museum - Google Arts & Culture

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Google Arts & Culture features content from over 2000 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to bring the world’s treasures online.

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Vivian Maier (1926-2009) was an American street photographer whose vast body of work remained largely unknown during her lifetime. Working as a nanny in Chicago, she captured over 150,000 photographs, primarily in black and white, documenting urban life with a keen eye for human emotion and street scenes. Her work, discovered posthumously in 2007, gained widespread acclaim for its artistry and insight into mid-20th-century America. Maier's mysterious life and talent have since made her a celebrated figure in the world of photography.

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Vivian Maier worked as a nanny and pursued photography in her spare time, focusing on the streets of central Chicago and New York as her subject. Maier would use her Rolleiflex twin lens camera to capture the lives of people - portraits of distinctive individuals, urban structures, children at play were her most consistent subjects. Her photographs were taken using a concealed lens to give her work its untempered character. Maier was prolific, frequently using a roll of film a day, though she remained secretive about her work, rarely showing it to anyone. Maier amassed a significant archive of street photography, while also turning the camera on herself to create self-portraits that play with the nature of photographic representation. Her work records the shifting climate of 1950s and 1960s America.

Maier stored her growing number of photographic negatives in storage containers as her reclusive behaviour escalated and she faced increasing financial difficulties. Whilst hospitalised, the contents of her storage containers were sold to clear debts. These were purchased by a Chicago-based auctioneer who put the containers into auction, a large number of which were purchased by John Maloof, founder of the Vivian Maier archive.

Maier's story and her work have been the subject of numerous publications and exhibitions and a documentary, Finding Vivian Maier was made in 2013.

Maier died in Chicago in 2009.

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Vivian Maier - Photographer's Biography & Art Works - Huxley-Parlour Gallery

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Vivian Maier was unknown in her lifetime. As a working nanny, she wandered the streets of New York capturing her subjects on her Rolleiflex twin lens camera. She left an outstanding body of work with over 100,000 negatives. Her archive is represented in the UK by Huxley-Parlour Gallery.

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Edward Hopper (1882-1967) was an American realist painter best known for his depictions of modern American life, often characterized by themes of isolation, solitude, and introspection. His most famous works, like Nighthawks and Automat, capture scenes of quiet, everyday moments in urban and rural settings, often with a sense of stillness and psychological depth. Hopper's use of light and shadow, along with his portrayal of empty spaces and solitary figures, has made him one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.

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Edward Hopper was a keen observer of the everyday, which he transformed through his imagination into works of art that bear his signature tense, enigmatic atmospheres. A reflective and individualistic man, he was deeply attuned to the relationship of the self to the world, and his works increasingly focused on the psychological realities of his subjects. Hopper was frequently inspired by the two locations in which he spent most of his time: downtown New York, where he lived and worked in the same apartment on Washington Square from 1913 until his death in 1967; and Cape Cod, where, beginning in 1934, he maintained a second home and studio.
Hopper and the Northeast
As a young artist in 1899, Hopper began commuting into the city from his hometown of Nyack-less than thirty miles north of Manhattan-to study at the New York School of Illustrating and then, one year later, at the New York School of Art. Afterward, he began pursuing freelance illustration work while continuing to paint. Funded by his commercial assignments, Hopper traveled to Paris for three extended visits between 1906 and 1910. During these trips, Hopper sketched and painted outdoors, creating luminous, loosely rendered cityscapes that helped him develop a sense of how to frame the built environment around him.

Back in New York, Hopper established his career as a chronicler of the modern urban experience. From 1915 to the early 1920s, he forged a rigorous printmaking practice, consolidating many of his impressions of the city and sharpening his compositional skills to experiment with light and shadow in black and white. The window became one of Hopper's most enduring symbols. In his prints and mature paintings, he exploited its potential to merge the urban facades that had long fascinated him with views into the private lives lived within. Throughout his career, Hopper explored the city with a sketchbook in hand, recording his observations through drawing. He described his on-site sketching process as working "from the fact," an effort to collect details directly from the world around him. While some of his compositions were based on specific sites, most of his paintings were based on a synthesis of elements from disparate locations, creating an imagined whole.

During this period, Hopper spent his summers visiting coastal towns in Maine and Massachusetts. The works he made there reflect his close observation of the natural environment. After his marriage in 1924 to the artist Josephine (Jo) Verstille Nivison, he continued to decamp in the warmer months. Together, the Hoppers traveled to Cape Cod and took road trips throughout the United States and Mexico. A number of Hopper's preparatory studies for paintings depict Jo, who played an active role as his sole model, for which she often dressed in character and helped source props. The Hoppers' collaborative scene staging was integral to Edward's painting process.
Cafeterias, theaters, offices, and apartment bedrooms

From the mid-1940s to the 1960s, Hopper produced a group of ambitious paintings characterized by radically simplified geometry and uncanny, dreamlike settings. These works were inspired by precise locations but depart from specific references to morph into ambiguous spaces of mystery, anticipation, and anxiety. At a moment when many artists in New York had turned to abstraction, Hopper pushed his compositions further than ever before in his charged images of cafeterias, theaters, offices, and apartment bedrooms.
Hopper and the Whitney
Hopper's earliest exhibitions were held at the Whitney Studio Club, and his ties to the Whitney Museum of American Art deepened over the course of his career. His masterpiece Early Sunday Morning (1930), acquired just a few months after it was finished, would become part of the Museum's founding collection. The Seventh Avenue building on which the painting was based was a short walk from Hopper's studio on Washington Square. Painted more than a decade later, Hopper's most acclaimed composition, Nighthawks (1942), also references his neighborhood, not far from the Whitney's present-day site in downtown Manhattan. Hopper was included in the first Whitney Biennial in 1932 and participated in twenty-nine subsequent Biennials and Annuals through 1965, as well as several other group exhibitions. In 1950, the Whitney organized the artist's second career retrospective exhibition; since the artist's death in 1967, the Museum has organized many monographic exhibitions, large and small, and his works have been included in dozens of group exhibitions-more than any other artist.

Resources

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Edward Hopper was a keen observer of the everyday, which he transformed through his imagination into works of art that bear his signature tense, enigmatic atmospheres. A reflective and individualistic man, he was deeply attuned to the relationship of the self to the world, and his works increasingly focused on the psychological realities of his subjects.

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Virtual tours | Visiting | National Gallery, London

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Wherever you are in the world, take a tour of the National Gallery.

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National Museum of Natural History: Virtual Tours

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National Museum of Natural History: Virtual Tours

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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

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The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History virtual tours allow visitors to take self-guided, room-by-room tours of select exhibits and areas within the museum from their desktop or mobile device. Visitors can also access select collections and research areas at our satellite support and research stations as well as past exhibits no longer on display.

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Museum of the American Revolution: virtual tour

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Museum of the American Revolution: virtual tour

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360° Virtual Tour of the Museum of the American Revolution

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Explore the Museum of the American Revolution's 360-Degree Virtual Museum Tour to immerse yourself in the history of the nation's founding.

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Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj is a Netflix comedy talk show that ran from 2018 to 2020. Hosted by comedian Hasan Minhaj, the show blends humor with in-depth analysis to explore a wide range of current events, politics, and culture. Each episode tackles a specific topic, such as Student Loans, Hip-Hop and streaming, Saudi Arabia among others.

The show is known for its visually engaging format, fast-paced delivery, and Minhaj's unique ability to make complex subjects accessible and entertaining.

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13th is a powerful documentary on Netflix directed by Ava DuVernay. It explores the intersection of race, justice, and mass incarceration in the United States, focusing on how the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, allowed for the exploitation of Black Americans through the prison system. The film connects historical events to present-day issues, revealing how systemic racism has perpetuated inequality.

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The Great Hack: The Cambridge Analytica scandal 

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The Great Hack: The Cambridge Analytica scandal 

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The Great Hack is a Netflix documentary that explores the Cambridge Analytica scandal, revealing how personal data was misused to influence elections and highlighting the dangers of data privacy breaches in the digital age.

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Our Planet is a Netflix documentary series that showcases the beauty of Earth’s natural habitats while highlighting the impact of climate change on wildlife and ecosystems. Narrated by David Attenborough, it combines stunning visuals with a strong environmental message.

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Amy Cuddy - Tips for successful public speaking 

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Amy Cuddy - Tips for successful public speaking - Insights for Entrepreneurs - Amazon

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How to speak so that people want to listen _ Julian Treasure 

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How to speak so that people want to listen _ Julian Treasure 

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How to speak so that people want to listen _ Julian Treasure _ TED

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Amanda Gorman's 2021 inaugural poem is a powerful example of public speaking. Her clear speech and purposeful hand gestures emphasized key points and emotions, making her message more impactful. You can learn from her effective use of body language in order to enhance your own oral presentations !

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Amanda Gorman reads inauguration poem, 'The Hill We Climb'

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National Museum of Ireland: virtual tours 

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National Museum of Ireland: virtual tours 

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Expressions to keep the debate alive and dynamic

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Research papers to back up your arguments for the final task

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How to quote research papers in your editorial piece ?

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How to quote research papers in your editorial piece ?

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Activity 1 How to write a proper and convincing headline (1)

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you have to create a poster paying tribute to the Harlem Renaissance movement

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African American Historical Figures History Lesson Presentation in Brown Neutral Illustrative Style

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