many languages in the world, and the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is defined to describe the pronunciation of every language in the world. In the ' IPA Chart ', you can hear the actual ...

I spent my teaching career in large part trying to train Canadian college students to spell their own language. (Those were 40 years I'll never get back.) At Kílala Lelum, we walk alongside our ...

Backers of a universal alphabet say it will make pronunciation easy and foster international understanding. But can phonetic spelling systems really smooth the path to world peace? You are in Vietnam ...

In a Lingua Franca post a few weeks ago, I needed to use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to represent the different pronunciations of the English word People still talk about speech sounds ...

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An investment banker has developed a new phonetic writing system to help language learners. But will it ever catch on, asks Anne Merritt. By Anne Merritt 20 March 2013 • 7:00am Language learning: ...

When you see Japan’s PISA scores and world ranking, you might be impressed by Japanese education’s success in the world. But when you look at English test scores, Japan’s scores are less impressive ...

Backers of a universal alphabet say it will make pronunciation easy and foster international understanding. But can phonetic spelling systems really smooth the path to world peace? You are in Vietnam ...