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How to learn English better: Vowel Sounds

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    One very important part of learning English is to speak with native English speakers! You just can't do this well in your home country. When you practice speaking with a person, you learn how to talk without thinking and it also helps you correct your pronunciation. If you're already in the USA, try to make friends with native English speakers!

    Pronunciation is often very difficult for native Asian-language speakers, because there are more sounds in English. In particular, there are a few more vowels in English than Korean. English speakers can easily tell the difference between "ham, him, hem" or "feet, fit, fed" for example.

    Here's a table: (mp3's of sounds coming soon)
    Vowels
    Vowel ah   (아) a ae   (애) au E   (이) eh   (에) ih
    Example words car, father
    o in mop
    map, happy,
    ham
    a in fade,
    date
    ow in now
    ou in loud,
    out
    ea in easy e in bet,
    hem
    i in if it is
    in him
    I   (아이) O   (오) o   (어) oi   (어이) U   (우) u uh y
    rice, fight go, no,
    home
    boss
    aw in law
    oy in boy flute
    oo in loot
    put, oo in
    wood foot
    bus, a & u
    in abut
    yet, yes


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