Having a bad English pronunciation can

be extremely confusing.
Can I have a beer?

or

Can I have a bear?

I like soup.

or

I like soap.
I think…

or

I sink…
 When we write in English we use the 26 letters of the alphabet…

… but, when we speak, we use more than 26 sounds in English. In

fact, there are over 40 sounds in English. And, of course, it is not
easy to show these sounds using the letters of the alphabet.
 Some symbols are the same as letters but some of them are
different. It is very important to know how to write the
pronunciation of words using symbols not only in order to
learn but also in order to understand the pronunciation that
appears in dictionaries (phonetic transcription):

PRONUNCIATION:
PHONEMIC CHART
other
Look at these examples:

 This is the way a word is spelled in English:

Pet Knowledge
 This is the way a word is pronounced:
/pet/ /nɒlɪdʒ/

UTN FRVM Lic. Evangelina Cecchel - Lic. Bibiana Fernandez

Examples
Vowel Sounds
Consonant Sounds
Short and Long Vowels