VOWEL SOUNDS

The following  map demonstrate the vowel inventory of most American English speakers. The two central vowels sound pretty much the same in isolation. The main difference between the two is that the tent (inverted v) sound occurs in stressed syllables (like "funny"), while the schwa occurs in unstressed syllables (like "sofa").

This video is very short and simple for understanding the different sounds of vowels.

DIPHTHONG SOUNDS

This video is very short and simple for teaching, learning and understanding the different sounds of diphthongs.

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