British vs. American Sound Chart | English Phonology | IPA

Billie English - the YouTube channel to help you improve your English pronunciation, speaking and fluency! Billie is a certified CELTA English teacher trainer and has over 17 years of teaching experience. In this video we are going to compare the British and the American Sound charts by Adrian Underhill. ★★ SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL HERE ★★ ★★ SUPER THANKS ★★ Liked this video and would like to help me create more content? Show your support with a Super Thanks - just click on the heart under this video. Welcome to the community! 😊 ★★ TRY OUT ELSA SPEAK PRO ★★ Do you want to improve your pronunciation? Try out ELSA speak - the AI pronunciation coach app! Download the ELSA speak PRO app here: 💛 You will receive a 30% discount on the ELSA speak PRO 1-year pack, and an 80% discount on the ELSA speak PRO lifetime pack through my page 💛 Disclosure: This is an affiliate link and I may earn a commission at no cost to you. ★★ POPULAR VIDEOS ★★ Video on The Phonemic Chart (vowels, diphthongs & consonants): ​ . Playlist: Transcribing in IPA . Connected Speech: Assimilation, Elision & Intrusion . Stress-timed vs. syllable-timed languages . Sentence Stress in English . What is word stress? Part 1 . What is Intonation? INTRO ★★ CONNECT ★★ @ ★★ Insta - Facebook - TikTok - LinkTree - Thank you for watching and following my channel ♥ ★★ TIME STAMPS ★★ 0:00 INTRO & consonant sections 1:32 Monophthong sections compared 1:32 Monophthong sections compared 5:57 Diphthong sections compared 11:35 Alternative IPA symbols ★★ WHAT THIS VIDEO IS ABOUT★★ In this video we are going to compare the sound charts for British and American English. Both charts were developed in their arrangement by Adrian Underhill. They share many similarities. For example, both charts contain the same 24 consonants sounds. However, there are also a few differences in the vowel sections. The American chart contains fewer monophthongs and diphthongs than the British sound chart. We have a look at the way words are transcribed with the remaining sound symbols when said in an American accent. At the end of the video, we also look at the alternative sound symbols from the original IPA (= International Phonetic Alphabet). This can be confusing as you probably see both being used at one point. For /e/, /ɜr/ and /r/, many sound charts, especially for American English, use the original IPA symbols /ɛ/, /ɝ/ and /ɹ/. ★★ ABOUT BILLIE ★★ Billie is a pronunciation coach and content creator based in Barcelona, Spain. Her main focus is English pronunciation, phonology and helping learners speak more fluently. Billie has a degree in Communication Research & Phonology, a PGCE in Primary Education, a Trinity College Cert & DiplomaTESOL and over 17 years of teaching experience. She also works as a CELTA teacher trainer, Cambridge examiner and educational advisor. Her videos have been featured in the Google funded AI app ELSA speak.