Introduction to Articulatory Phonetics (Vowels)

In this video, we focus on how linguists describe vowel sounds, in particular in North American English.

[thestraightpath.]

I have to say that your explanation is just extraordinary. Brief and straightforward to the point. It's more useful than a lecture of two hours addressing the same topic. Thank you a bunch and keep it up.

[sakurasuzuki]

I’m a singer/vocal/diction coach and I find this extremely helpful.
I teach a Japanese choir and there are so many prominent differences in vowels.

There’s so much sensory stuff involved and it frustrates me that singing teachers don’t always know or use the accurate explanation as to what is happening physiologically. Thank you so much!

[grepgrok]

As a kid with a passing interest in phonetics and linguistics, this has to be one of the most interesting and useful explanations I have found for vowels

[zakiabyf]

I litteraly just understood a course of 3hours or more in 6min thank you so helpful

[KamilaSousamusic]

That's the first time I understand the position of the tongue in the IPA. Really, the best explanation. Thank you so much!

[lostdreamer]

this is so way too better than my real teacher
God bless
and happy new year everyone 2018 <3

[alfredgrear]

This is far educative and better than anything I have learned in a physical classroom.

[miaross]

This was an amazing explanation! I have been loosing sleep over this! Than you!

[avolissav]

Thank you so much 👍 Now I'm ready for my seminar in only 5 minutes

[mikewowenglish]

Really useful and clear explanation of how vowel sounds are described especially if used with Adrian Underhill's phonemic chart. I plan to use this in my DIP TESOL phonology inteview. Thank you

[atzinespinosa]

Very clear and concise, thanks so much for this and please keep the videos coming!!

[phuongthaophan]

So helpful and easy to understand! Thank you

[sealchukwuma]

This is very interesting and easy to understand. Thank you very much for this lesson.

[jeniferlarson-hall]

I think this is a very well-done video, but I wonder why you don't talk about tenseness or laxness? Using only the three categories introduced here, [i] and [ɪ] will both be described as high front unrounded vowels so there will be no way to distinguish between them in English.

[stephensoliguen]

the more i understood articulatory phonetics (vowels). tnx.

[clairesteffanyfrancisco]

This is very helpful since we are in online class I can't understand my teacher plus the poor connection. And this made my understanding better I answered all my activities just by watching this. So thank you

[elle]

thank you so much for this video. This was driving me crazy, learning IPA and not knowing this.

[anaisareyes]

All your videos are super clear and extremely useful. Congrats!! I hope you continue making more videos :)

[ehsansonu]

We are punjabi and we cannot understand easily but it's really a an easy way to learn vowel easily tnx ❤️ sir

[jennilynsimborio]

Actually I'm Asian and I'm learning how to pronounce or to have an accent but I can't get what they teaching me so I search pronounce and there's somethings that can help a little bit but your lesson are so lit and I have fun for this first session. Everytime I'm talking I never observe my mouth so thank you for letting me appreciate my mouth. Huhu thanks a lot.