Happy Sunday everyone! What are you doing today? Let's see if we have some time to write and practise some phonetic transcription! ✍️ Writing the IPA is a great way to memorize the symbols! We will only use sounds we already studied: /ɪ/ — /iː/ — /ɜː/ — /θ/ 👉 Part 1 – Can you read these words? Write the normal word: 1️⃣ /θɜːst/ 2️⃣ /θɪŋk/ 3️⃣ /bɜːd/ 4️⃣ /θriː/ 5️⃣ /ˈsɪŋɡl/ 6️⃣ /ˈpiːpl/ 👉 Part 2 – Write the phonetics Write these sentences in IPA: 1️⃣ I think 2️⃣ Three people 3️⃣ The first bird (Use only the sounds we studied.) 💬 Write your answers in the comments. I’ll post the solutions later today.

Happy Saturday everyone! Thank you to everyone who joined the Coffee Hour! For those who couldn’t make it, I just created a course in the classroom called Coffee Hour where I uploaded the video, a summary and the transcription! 😀💪 In this session we worked on one of the most important English vowels: /ɜː/. We explored: • why vowel length matters for clarity • the difference between /ə/ (schwa) and /ɜː/ • how to position the tongue, lips, and airflow • common spelling patterns: ir, er, ur, ear, Also, we learned that when you see /ɜː/ with the two dots (:), it means hold the sound longer. You can hear it in words like: bird – learn – first – word – work – girl Try saying them slowly and keeping the same vowel shape each time. Which of these words feels hardest for you to pronounce? Write it in the comments and we can practice more together! Here are some slides that talk about the /ɜː/ sound! Hope to see you soon for the next coffee hour! Enjoy your weekend!☕🥂

I’d love to hear from you. 1️⃣ Where do you currently feel most stuck in English? (Pronunciation, confidence, meetings, fast speech, something else?) 2️⃣ What are you most excited to improve here? 3️⃣ And honestly — what would make this community work even better for you? Be direct. I’m building this with you, not for you.