Interactive Phonemic Chart

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• Anonymous | Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:55 pm

  I totally agree with french frank and anonymous. But also the schwa is added to voiced sounds, such as /v/ and /b/. Each symbol represents only one sound, so /v/ is v and not ve, /b/ is b and not be, etc. One symbol=one sound. It could've been an excellent tool, but it's not. I'm rather disappointed.

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• Anonymous | Sat, 23 Jun 2012 1:43 am

  I am using the chart to my daughter. But I cannot guess what word it is when I click /s/. Is it SO or SUE? I am not a native speaker, so that is a bit difficult to select the right word.

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• mosborne4@iinet.net.au | Fri, 8 Jun 2012 2:50 am

  Potentially great but ... Will you be rectifying the voicing of the unvoiced consonants? It's inaccurate and the adding of the schwa to the end of words leads students to incomprehensible speech. I agree with the anonymous person's comments of 25 Feb 2011.
  
  Margaret Osborne

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• vlombardi | Wed, 7 Mar 2012 1:34 pm

  EXCELLENT!!! Thank you Adrian! Virginia Lombardi- Argentina-

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• inlingua_edin | Tue, 6 Dec 2011 6:51 pm

  Yes. I agree with French Frank and Anonymous when they say that the voiceless consonants shouldn't be followed by the schwa. "strength" would become something like, "suh-tuh-renth."
  Also the example of "4" for the long "o" is, in my opinion, a poor choice - "saw" would be much better. There is much less difference in the way "saw" is pronounced in Oxford, Leeds and Aberdeen than the way "four" is pronounced the length and breadth of the country.

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• Anonymous | Thu, 23 Jun 2011 2:58 am

  Agree with Anonymous re schwa. I wouldn't use the resource becuse of that. Pity - potentially very useful.
  
  Margaret Oz

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• Handson | Sat, 23 Apr 2011 11:55 pm

  I cannot download it which program should I use?

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• Rossy | Thu, 7 Apr 2011 4:09 am

  It´s very useful for me and my students.

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• SMD | Tue, 22 Mar 2011 4:15 pm

  Does anyone know of one of these charts with sounds using an American "R"? Thanks!

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• french frank | Tue, 22 Mar 2011 8:30 am

  Agree with Anonymous about the shwa after the voiceless consonants. Shopper and shop would be the same using this model.
  
  Would be useful to have a separate group for the voiceless consonants.

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