Improve your English speaking - HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE æ SOUND - IPA

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Improve your English speaking. listening skills - IPA, MEANING
00:00 + HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE /æ/ SOUND:
1. The jaw drops and the tip of the tongue presses into the bottom front teeth.
2. The body of the tongue rounds upward.
- The /æ/ sound has a rather long duration, meaning that it is said for more time than some other vowel sounds.
04:30
* Remember that the body of the tongue curves upward during the /æ/ sound. If the body of the tongue is held low and flat, a short o sound /a/ will be produced instead. Listen to both the /æ/ and /a/: /æ/, /a/.
tap /tæp/ - top /tɑːp/. black /blæk/ - block /blɑːk/

04:55 + LIST OF ENGLISH HOMOPHONES
- A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling, meaning or origin.
- Same Pronunciation
- Different Spelling
- Different Meaning

10:20 + LIST OF ENGLISH HETERONYM
- A heteronym (also known as a heterophone) is a word that has a different pronunciation and meaning from another word but the same spelling.