This video teaches you all about the diphthong /ɪə/. A diphthong is a double vowel sound, a combination of two individual vowel sounds that merge to become one new long vowel sound in its own right. You will learn how the sound /ɪə/ is formed and how you pronounce it. Then we are going to Read more

This video teaches you the diphthong /ɔɪ/ – a double vowel sound that is a combination of the monophthongs /ɔ/ and /ɪ/. /ɔ/ Is an open-mid back rounded vowel sound, and /ɪ/ is a near-close front unrounded vowel sound. I know, this sounds a little technical and confusing … rounded, unrounded? The video will also Read more

We continue our journey through all the sounds of English. This video teaches you how the diphthong /aɪ/ is formed and produced. A diphthong is a double vowel sound, a combination of two individual vowel sounds that form a new sound. In the diphthong /aɪ/ the open back unrounded vowel sound /a/ and the near Read more

This video teaches you how to form and produce the diphthong /eɪ/. Diphthongs are also called double vowel sounds because they are a combination of two monophthongs (= two single vowel sounds). In the diphthong /eɪ/ the close-mid front unrounded vowel sound /e/ combines with the near-close front unrounded vowel /ɪ/. We glide from one Read more

This video explains how the English diphthong /əʊ/ is formed by combining the central vowel sound /ə/ (= the schwa) with the near-close near-back rounded vowel /ʊ/ (funnily, this is also sometimes called the horseshoe vowel because of its symbol!). There is smooth transition between these two sounds to form a new sound – the Read more