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English Pronunciation 101

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  • How many vowel sounds are in English? (not including diphthong)
    Around 12
  • What's the equivalent of the sound "sh" in Arabic?
    sya (ش)
  • One example of 2 letters that represent 1 sound in Indonesian
    ng, ny, sy, kh, etc.
  • Pronounce open and close o (common in Javanese)
    Open: ɔ Close: o
  • Pronounce all kind of sounds for the Indonesian letter "E"
    é, è, ê (IPA: ɛ, e, ə)
  • What differentiates between p, k, and t in Indonesian and English?
    In English, there'll be aspiration (hembusan napas)
  • What's the equivalent of voiced th (ð) in Arabic?
    Dza (ذ)
  • Pronounce and differentiate between "bed" and "bad"!
    bed = [bed] bad = [bæd]
  • Write the IPA letter for schwa. Hint: Schwa is the the voice of the letter E in Indonesian word like "segar".
    ə (schwa, a.k.a. mid-central vowel)
  • Pronounce bet, bit, and beet.
    [bet], [bɪt], and [biːt]
  • What's the main principle of IPA?
    One sound, one letter. And one letter, one sound.
  • What's the equivalent of voiceless th (θ) in Arabic?
    tsa (ث)
  • In the word "that", the sound "th" is voiced or voiceless?
    Voiced
  • How to pronounce the letter "s" in the word "measure"?
    Voiced postalveolar fricative (ʒ)
  • What does "phone" mean, in words like telephone, microphone, megaphone, etc. ?
    sound
  • Pronounce the vowel between a and ɛ
    æ (Near-open front unrounded vowel)
  • The difference between e in "lele" and e in "capek"
    lele: e (close-mid) capek: ɛ (open-mid)
  • The voiced version of [p]
    [b]
  • IPA stands for International Pronunciation Alphabet.
    False
  • In the word "atheism", the sound "th" is voiced or voiceless?
    Voiceless
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