Phonetics

• Phonetics: the scientific study of sounds
• Sounds vs. letters
• Ear
• Hear vs. listen
• Imitate the mother= mother tongue 
• Accents
• RP: Received pronunciation
• Why can't grown-up people acquire pronunciation like children can?
• Critical period: 6-13
• Deaf children can't acquire language because they can't hear.
• How can you improve your pronunciation?
• TV, Radio, Youtube, etc. 
• IPA: International Phonetic Alphabet
• Why do we need symbols in phonetics?
• Transcription 
• How many letters are there in English?
• How many sounds are there in RP?
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• IPA symbols link https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/phonemic-chart 

•  Dictionary link https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/
• Dictionary link2 https://dictionary.cambridge.org/
• British English https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz4tgANd4yy8Oe0iXCdSWfA