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Help perfect your pronunciation with the best-value, most-comprehensive English phonetics iPad app available. Enjoy 19 ‘big-screen’ activities and resources in one powerful app. Perfect for teaching and learning this difficult area of English and all in fabulous iPad HD. Buy NOW to enjoy our special introductory price!

The creators of the highly-popular, British Council ELTon nominated Phonetics Focus, bring you the Phonetics Focus iPad app, helping you to master the sounds of British English wherever you are.

Packed with 19 activities, including interactive phonemic charts, high-quality native-speaker audio, Listen & Record, scored quizzes, practice tools and printable full-colour flashcard sets, this iPad app could be the only app you'll need to learn, improve and succeed in successfully teaching and learning the sounds of English. Plus, the iPad’s big screen makes it even more fun to learn.

Buying the app also gives you a chance to win great pronunciation titles from Cambridge University Press, in our free monthly prize draw! 

**** This is the perfect partner for our Phonetics Type & Test or Phonetics Focus iPhone app!

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* How can Phonetics Focus help your English pronunciation?

As you will know there are 26 letters in the English alphabet, but because these letters can make different sounds when combined or used in different ways, there are actually 44 sounds. Each of these sounds of English has its own phonemic symbol. Some of the symbols are the same as the English alphabet, but many of the symbols are different.
Some of the symbols are the same as the English alphabet, such as:

Some of the symbols are different, such as:

Knowing the phonemic symbols for the sounds of English can help you read and write the pronunciation of English words, as well as helping you read the pronunciations which are often shown in dictionaries. 

(This is actually the phonemic spelling of ‘mother').

Being able to read and pronounce these phonemic symbols is very useful when trying to pronounce new words too. Our Phonetics Focus app can help you know how to pronounce words by looking for the symbols which usually appear between these marks /     / in a dictionary.  This is to stop you confusing them with the real spelling of the word, which in some cases can look the same as the phonemic spelling. For example: 

Once you master how to read and pronounce the sounds of English you'll have a good idea how a word should be pronounced just by reading the phonemic symbols, hopefully making you a better, more confident speaker of English.

* Who is Phonetics Focus for?

In short, anyone who teaches English or is learning English can benefit from our app:

- If you are an English language learner, of any age and from any country, Phonetics Focus provides you with new, exciting ways to learn, practise and improve your pronunciation.
- If you are a language teacher looking for stimulating, high-quality pronunciation/phonetics resources to help your students, Phonetics Focus HD is for you.
- If you are a trainee teacher studying towards your CELTA, wanting to master the sounds of English, Phonetics Focus HD is for you.
- If you are a non-native English speaking teacher who needs help teaching students the sounds of English correctly, Phonetics Focus HD is for you.
- If you are a linguistics student, at undergraduate or postgraduate level, Phonetics Focus HD is a useful resource. 

*  What's included in the Phonetics Focus app?

This fun, easy-to-use app is packed with 19 different activities to improve your knowledge of pronunciation, phonemic symbols and all 44 sounds of English. 

Not one, but THREE ways to explore the phonemic chart:

Phonemic Chart - All 44 sounds and symbols... just a click away
Click the phonemic symbols to hear and practise the sounds of English. 

Phonemic Chart iPoster - A fully-illustrated, all-in-one chart 
With illustrations, phonemic symbols, phonetic spellings and real spellings, all in one attractive Phonemic Chart iPoster, this is a simple way to explore and learn the phonemic alphabet and create your own professional-looking pronunciation practice resources.

Listen & Record - Listen, Repeat, Record & Perfectt
We've broken the phonemic chart down into bite-size bits. Each card has 5 parts to help you teach or learn the sounds of English. Plus you can record, play and compare your pronunciation with ours.

* We've developed EIGHT interactive, scored quizzes and ‘apptivities' to help you improve your knowledge of the sounds of English:

Name that Phoneme! - Match the symbol to the sound
Being able to hear the difference between different phonemic sounds is not always easy. Knowing the phonemic symbol for the sounds makes it even harder. But don't worry, we're here to help.

Phonetic Flip - Practise your phonetic spelling
This handy study and teaching tool tests how well you can read phonetic spellings, while letting you hear how they sound. With images and real spellings to help you remember, it's a quick, easy and fun way to learn and practise. Just slide and flip to start learning.

Phoney Phonemes Quiz - Can you spot the fake phonemes?
Try this fun, scored quiz to see if you can spot when a phonemic symbol shouldn't be there. There are 44 questions to test you.

Missing Phonemes Quiz - Which phoneme has been removed?
Can you fill the gap in the phonetic spellings? Look at the real spelling and the image then choose which phonemic sound fills the gap. There are 44 questions to test you.

Minimal Pairs - Which one do you hear?
Minimal pairs might sound small but they can cause big problems for some learners of English. Hearing the difference between certain sounds is not always easy, especially when they are in complete words. This scored quiz can really test your listening as well as your knowledge of phonemic symbols and sounds. Can you get all 21 correct? 

Phonetic Spelling Test - How's your phonetic spelling?
Time to test your phonetic spelling! Can you put what you've learnt into practice? Try to get all 44 right?

Which Phoneme? - Pick the correct symbol & score
Can you spot the underlined sound and symbol in our fun scored quiz? There are 44 questions to test you.

Odd Phon' Out - One is right, but three are wrong
Look at the 4 words on each page.  Each has an underlined part and you have to choose which underlined sound is different to the other three sounds. Click the word that is the odd one out. 20 sets to test you.


Take advantage of the EIGHT sets of quality full-colour flashcards for you to use on your device, or download, print and use either by yourself, with friends or in your classroom. In the app we've also included teaching and learning ideas to go with each set, so you can make the most out of our resources.

The full-colour flashcard sets include:

Complete  
On each card in this set you'll find a phonemic symbol, a phonemic spellings (with highlighted sound), an image and a real spelling. Use them as part of matching activities with our other sets, or just use them as reference tool.

Phonemic Symbols    
Just the phonemic symbols, but big and bold. 44 cards. Plus, you can hear them spoken in high-quality audio too.

Phonetic Spellings    
Practise your phonetic spelling with our 44 word cards. You can hear these words spoken in high-quality audio too.

Images Only    
Fun full-colour illustrations for matching with our other flashcards.

Phonetic Spellings (with gap)  
Which phonemic symbol is missing? Great for matching with the phonemic symbol cards. 

Real Spellings    
Great for matching with the phonetic spelling cards.

Real Spellings (with gap) 
Which phoneme fits the gap? Great for matching with the phonemic symbol cards.

Minimal Pairs  
Just one sound is different. Great for matching and making your own minimal pairs.


* Making your own flashcards and learning resources

Many of the resources in this Phonetics Focus HD app have a camera button in the top left which lets you take a screenshot and then use it to make your own teaching and practice activities. We've designed this unique app to enable both mobile and offline/classroom-based teaching and learning.


* Different learners... different problems
At Cambridge English Online we understand that speakers of different languages from around the world often have different English pronunciation problems too, so we've tried to address many of the commonly mispronounced sounds to help you avoid making mistakes, no matter what country you are from or what your first language is.
Win great pronunciation prizes every month!

As well as being able to learn and practise the sounds of English wherever you go, buying this Phonetics Focus app gives you a chance to win some of the world's most-popular pronunciation titles from Cambridge University Press in our free, monthly prize draw. Check inside the app for more details.

Take a look below to see the great prizes that are available each month. Click on the book covers to see which one you'll choose if you are a lucky winner.

Tree or Three An elementary pronunciation course	Ship or Sheep An intermediate pronunciation course

Pron Activities A resource book for teaching English pronunciation