9 Ways to Pronounce the Letter A | English Vowel Sound | English Pronunciation

*Liz shows you the 9 ways the Letter A is pronounced in English and how to make the sounds as well as Practice Words & Sentences .* British English

*Letter A Practice Words are: -

A = /æ/ - Apple, Fantastic, Back, Track, Exactly
A = /e/ - Any, Many, Said, Says, Thames
A = /ɒ/ - What, Watch, Want, Was, Wash, Yacht
A = /ɔː/ - Also, Awesome, Saw, Warm, Water, Lawn, Quarter
A = /ɑː/ - Army, Awesome (American), Park, Father, Half, Farm, Star
A = /ə/ - About, Again, Along, Postman, Banana, Canada, Cardigan, Canadian, Politician, Librarian, Technician
A = /ɪ/ - Village, Message, Postage, Pilgrimage
A = /eə/ - Air, Share, Care, Spare, Stare, Rare
A = /eɪ/ - Able, Age, Page, Day, Stay, Table, Paper, Radio, Favourite, Taste, Flavour, Date

00:00 Introduction
00:08 The 'CHEAT SHEET'
00:19 A = /æ/ & Practice
01:31 A = /e/ & Practice
02:56 A = /ɒ/ & Practice
04:19 A = /ɔː/ & Practice
05:33 A = /ɑː/ & Practice
06:49 A = /ə/ & Practice
08:14 A = /ɪ/ & Practice
09:15 A = /eə/ & Practice
10:22 'SPARE TYRE' & 'MUFFIN TOP' Explained
10:55 A = /eɪ/ & Practice

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NAME:- Elizabeth (Liz)

WHAT ARE YOUR QUALIFICATIONS? - I am a Cambridge CELTA and the more advanced DELTA qualified English Teacher. I also trained in Speech & Drama at RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts) and LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Arts).

WHERE DO YOU LIVE? - England (UK)

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN 5 WORDS? - ‘Outwardly innocent, but inwardly knowing’.

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BEST TEACHING MOMENT? - One of my greatest achievement was when a couple of very naughty teenage Belgian students were sent here to England to learn English. They had been expelled from several schools in their own country and this was their last chance to prove themselves. After a few months of playing around in different levels, and coming close to being expelled again, they eventually ended up in my FCE class. Now they had two chances – respect their teacher and learn something or go back to Belgium. Well, they did go back to Belgium but not before they had passed their FCE! They became my two favourite students of all time. I love a challenge!

HOW MANY STUDENTS HAVE YOU TAUGHT? Over 10 thousand

WHAT'S YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING TEACHER MOMENT? - It happened during a DELTA observed lesson. One of my students happened to suffer from Tourette’s syndrome. Of course, I had no reason to worry, I had mentioned the fact in my lesson plan, and anyway, this student had never caused a problem before. However, today was different. Very different. Upon eliciting the required information from him – not wanting to leave him out – instead of answering the question in his usual fashion, he suddenly exhumed a torrent of swear words from somewhere deep within himself. After this cathartic experience he looked very pleased with himself but, unfortunately, this was not really the answer I was looking for. Everything went quiet, I looked over at the examiner who looked rather shocked. It certainly wasn’t your run-of-the-mill DELTA exam! BUT I passed!

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What? The letter a has 9 different sounds!!! Thanks Liz you're such an adorable teacher. Love ♥️ and peace 🎆

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1:33 a2 /e/
2:58 a3
4:20 a4
5:34 a5 doctor
6:51 a6
8:16 a7
9:16 a8 air
10:56 a9 age day

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[lornenoland]

Vowels are extremely flexible in English. One finds subtly different pronunciations with regional dialects and accents. American pronunciations are noticeably different from British or Australian, for example.