The ultimate mobile English pronunciation aid, for students and teachers. Based on the best-selling Macmillan title Sound Foundations by Adrian Underhill, Sounds helps you study, practise and play with pronunciation wherever you are.

INTERACTIVE PHONEMIC CHART

The chart shows all the sounds of English, divided into three sections: vowels, diphthongs (double vowels) and consonants. You can tap on a symbol to hear the sound, or tap and hold to hear the sound plus an example word. Listen to either British or American English.

You can use the chart in either portrait or landscape mode, just by rotating your device.

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VOCABULARY WORDLIST

We’ve carefully selected over 650 words for the included Wordlist. These are also used in the Practice and Quiz sections. Every word in the Wordlist has an audio recording that goes with it.

The selected vocabulary shows how sounds are used at the beginning, middle and end of words and are all high frequency words (red words in the Macmillan English Dictionary). Note that stress marks have been removed from all phonemic transcriptions.

You also have the ability in the App to record your own pronunciation of a word and play it back, then compare it with the model we provide. You can do this as many times as you like, until your pronunciation is perfect!

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“Excellent app for teachers and students alike. Takes the guesswork out of pronunciation and helps with memorisation of the chart.”

“I’m an ESL teacher in Mexico and cannot tell you how handy this app will be in my classes. I simply love it!”

“I’ve been studying for a TEFL qualification and I wish I’d found this app sooner!”

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QUIZZES - TIME FOR FUN!

We know that learning should be fun, and that’s why we’ve included the different quiz modes in the App. These are perfect for when you have a spare five minutes in your day.

There are two different quiz modes in the App, and you have the option to focus on listening, writing or reading for each. In ‘3 Lives’ you have to get as many correct answers as you can before you lose all three of your lives. In ‘3 minutes’ you’ve got just three minutes to answer as many questions correctly as you can.

Challenge your friends and colleagues to see who gets the highest score!

PRACTISE PRONUNCIATION

In the App you’ll find three different practice modes. Just like in the quizzes, you can choose to focus on reading, listening or writing.

Read phonemic transcriptions and type the English spelling of the word; Listen to a word and write the phonemic transcription; see a word in English and write the phonemic transcription.

You can either work using a random selection of words from the Wordlist, or select a particular sound that you’d like to focus on and practise just that.

LEARN MORE

We’ve included an extensive extra resource section in the App, for both teachers and students, written by pronunciation expert and author Adrian Underhill.

For teachers we have Top Ten Tips for teaching pronunciation, a video of a complete introductory pronunciation workshop with Adrian Underhill (the author of Sound Foundations – the most thorough teacher’s guide to phonology available) and more!

For students we have information on why pronunciation is important for all aspects of language learning, and Top Ten Tips for studying pronunciation.

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• Interactive Phonemic Chart (British and American English) with high quality audio• ‘Introduction to the Chart’ video• Work in British or American English, and switch between them at any time• Vocabulary Wordlist (with over 650 words): > Phonemic transcriptions and audio > Record your own pronunciationn

Full Feature List• Practice Activities (Listen, Read and Write)• Quizzes (‘3 Minutes’ & ‘3 Lives’ modes) for listening, reading and writing• Phonemic Typewriter for free practice• Top Ten Tips for Students and Teachers• ‘Teaching with the Chart’ – complete workshop video• Full Instructions