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General Lessons

Vowel Sounds

• long a /eɪ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• short a /æ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• long e /i/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• short e /ɛ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• long i /ɑɪ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• short i /ɪ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• long o /oʊ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• short o /ɑ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• long u /ju/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• short u /ʌ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• other u /ʊ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• oo sound /u/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• aw sound /ɔ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• oi sound /ɔɪ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• ow sound /aʊ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)

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R-controlled vowels

• schwa+r /ɚ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• ar sound /ɑr/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• or sound /ɔr/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• air sound /ɛr/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)

Consonant Sounds

• b sound /b/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• ch sound /ʧ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• d sound /d/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• f sound /f/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• g sound /g/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• h sound /h/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• j sound /ʤ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• k sound /k/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• l sound /l/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• m sound /m/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• n sound /n/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• ng sound /ŋ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• p sound /p/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• r sound /r/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• s sound /s/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• sh sound /ʃ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• t sound /t/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• th sound (unvoiced) /θ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• th sound (voiced) /ð/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• v sound /v/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• w sound /w/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• y sound /y/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• z sound /z/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)
• zh sound /ʒ/ (pronunciation, spelling, practice)

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