Ondle Phonics

British English Sounds in Oxford Accent

Pronunciation

Listen to the native speaker, record yourself and compare.

Read tips on how to make British English sounds and have another go.

When you’re happy with a sound, move on to the examples of everyday words containing the sound – listening to the sound in context and speaking words for yourself will improve your ear for the language.

Reading

English is a difficult language to master. Improve your reading and spelling by learning all the different ways each sound can be written.

The set of over 500 carefully selected common words provides a solid base for learning the 50 sounds and their 137 spellings.

Recognise phonetic transcription of sounds to help with use of dictionaries. (Complies with the Clive Upton scheme, designed for native-speaker pronunciation for the Oxford Dictionary of English.)

Progress

Visual indicators and statistics allow you to monitor your progress through each section. See the pie charts changing colour as you make progress.

Progress

The sound you are studying is highlighted in each word you read, for easy recognition. For example, the spellings “ea” in the word “sea” for the sound / i: /.