Friends
The pronunciation of English words may be the hardest part. Words are spelled alike, use the same group of letters, and yet, they do not have any similarity in sound.
This is where, you as a foreign learner of English should take time out to learn the International Phonetic Alphabet. It will pay off tremendously in the long run.
Ironically, English is my native language so, I do not see much use for this IPA in my own studies. I will familiarize myself with it anyway. This is because it will help me, help you. The people who wish to learn English and have me at their employ.
Its nice to treat others the way you want to be treated yourself. If someone, with the ability to teach me Vietnamese and or Chinese had a secret weapon to help me. It would be nice, to have it available to me.
Here is your gift, your secret weapon, use it well.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/help/phonetics.htm
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yeah, Vietnamese - English dictionary also uses IPA, so I'm familiar with it too. But sometimes I find it hard to pronounce long sound and short sound like : sheep and ship, reach and rich,blah blah ..
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