This course is an introduction to the International Phonetic Alphabet. The International Phonetic Alphabet or IPA is a collection of symbols that represent all of the sounds that human beings make in the use of language. 

This course will go over the symbols needed for American English. The symbols that are learned in this course, however, are applicable to all other languages. Every symbol represents one sound across all languages.

That being the case, this course serves as in introduction to some of the sounds on the IPA chart and after they have been learned they can be applied to the IPA of other languages and other and accents and dialects. 

Not only does this course go over the sounds and symbols that are needed for American English IPA, there are also four different transcription activities so that students can practice and apply what they have been learning.

This course is good for:

The non-native english speaker who wants to master American English Pronunciation.

The student who wants to learn the basics of American English IPA so they can use that as a jumping off point for IPA in other languages.

The student who wants to learn the basics of American English IPA so that they can use that as a jumping off point for IPA in studying accents and dialects.