From the first days of school, children are taught the alphabet and explained from scratch that words consist of letters, and phrases, phrases and sentences are built from words. Without knowledge of letters - nothing to read, nothing to write. But the alphabet is needed not only for children, but it is also useful for adults to take up the alphabet and learn it. English alphabet consists of 26 letters
- Well, of course, to learn to read English words
- Knowing the alphabetical order is easy to look up words in the dictionary
- Pronounce abbreviations, try to pronounce correctly without knowing the letters (NUL and VOID, UNESCO, ASAP)
- And for such a thing as spelling - spelling a word. Because English words are not always spelled the way they are pronounced.
Even these 4 arguments are enough to pick up the alphabet.
It is difficult to imagine a case or situation where words from the alphabet would not be used. Even, and our cell phones, the phone book is compiled according to alphabetical list. And if you remember school years, then the list of students in the journal is compiled according to the same principle
The ABC is an order, a system that saves a lot of time. And this is very important for our 21st century - the century information technologies. I am sure that the following tutorials for beginners will help you and bring benefits and pleasure. 
Why do we need the English alphabet?
English alphabet
The English alphabet is based on the Latin alphabet. In the Russian alphabet, as you already know, there are 33 letters, in the English alphabet there are seven letters less - that is, only 26.
20 consonants: B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Z 6 vowels: A, E , I, O, U, Y It is worth noting that the letter W (and in the British pronunciation and R) is itself a consonant, but is mainly used as part of diagrams, that is, two-digit letters denoting vowel sounds. The letter Y can represent both a vowel and a consonant.
There are 5 digrams in English:
- sh = [ʃ], "shine" [ʃaɪn]
- ch = , "China" [ˈtʃaɪnə]
- zh = [ʒ], "Zhukov" [ˈʒukov]
- th = [ð] or [θ], "the" [ðiː, ðə], "think" [θɪŋk]
- kh = [x], "Kharkov" [ˈxarkov]
The most commonly used word in English is the article the. The most commonly used letters are T and E, and the letters Q and Z are considered the rarest. By the way, the pronunciation of the letter Z is also different in the American and British versions. An American would say "zi" and a British would say "zed".
Introduction to letters and pronunciation
Next to each letter of the English alphabet, its correct pronunciation is indicated. There are certain differences in the phonetics of the American version and the British version. in English. For example, in some words in the American way, the letter "u" in front of th, d, t or n is pronounced /u:/, while the British pronounce it as /ju:/.
Letter | English transcription | Russian transcription |
And this is what the capital letters look like: There is uncertainty about how this or that name is spelled correctly, and therefore the alphabet must be learned by heart in order to clarify. For example, Maria (Maria) [ɑ:].
Names, exactly like the names of continents, countries, cities, villages and streets are capitalized.
A few English words with translation and transcription
If you want to learn English from scratch, then you should start with the most simple words, that is, from prepositions, pronouns, numerals and question words. These words are often found in both written and spoken English.
- And [ənd] and
- at [æt] about
- be is, be
- do do
- from
A few English words for beginners with translation and transcription One of the most important tips for learning beginners is to try to study at first individual words and then move on to phrases. This method is much more efficient and faster. You should also pay due attention to transcription - correct pronunciation.
And if you want to learn several languages, then an excellent language pair would be English and French. Since both languages belong to the same Romance group and contain many words with the same root and similar in meaning. The letters of the alphabet also overlap significantly, which allows you to quickly master the french alphabet. The rules for combining letters and pronunciation are less similar, which makes the learning process even more interesting and memorable. Therefore, if time and opportunity permits, you can always combine teaching different languages. The main thing is that they are consonant and from the same group.
All tables for beginners from this lesson, you can download, print and repeat in your free time anywhere - at home, in the subway, in transport ...
Songs for children English alphabetThe study of any language begins with the development of letters, sounds and pronunciation features. Without this, learning to read and write becomes impossible.
The modern English alphabet consists of 26 letters: 6 vowels and 20 consonants.
If you are an adult, then memorizing the alphabet will not be as difficult for you as it is for a child. If you are working with a child, start learning the alphabet from the sounds that each letter gives, and only then enter the sound designation - the letter!
Learn the vowels. There are only 6 of them, so this task will not be difficult.
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Letter |
English transcription | Russian transcription | Sound
(English transcription) |
Sound (Russian transcription) |
| [hey] | [æ] | [e] | ||
| ee | [and:] (long) | , [e] | ||
| [ah] | , [i] | [ah], [and] | ||
| Oh | [əu] | [OU] | [o] | |
| [yu:] (long) | , [ʌ] | [yu], [a] | ||
| Yy | [wow] | , [i] |
AT English transcription sign [:] - colon, denotes the longitude of the sound, i.e. you have to pronounce it long.
Consonants are easier to remember when broken down into logical groups:
Consonants similar in appearance and pronunciation to Russian letters:
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Letter |
English transcription | Russian transcription | Sound
(English transcription) |
Sound (Russian transcription) |
| [si:] | [k], [s] | [k], [s] | ||
| Kk | [kay] | [k] | ||
| [uh] | [m] | |||
| [ty:] | [t] |
Consonants that look like Russian, but are pronounced or spelled differently:
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Letter |
English transcription | Russian transcription | Sound
(English transcription) |
Sound (Russian transcription) |
| [bi:] | [b] | [b] | ||
| Dd | [di:] | [d] | ||
| [el] | [l] | [l] | ||
| Nn | [en] | [en] | [n] | |
| [pi:] | [p] | [P] | ||
| Ss | [es] | [s] | ||
| xx | [the ex] |
Consonants that are not in Russian:
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Letter |
English transcription | Russian transcription | Sound
(English transcription) |
Sound (Russian transcription) |
| [ef] | [f] | [f] | ||
| gg | [ji] | , [g] | ||
| [h] | [h] | [X] | ||
| jj | [jay] | |||
| [cue] | [kv] | |||
| Rr | [ɑː] | [a:] | [r], [ɑ : ] | |
| [in and] | [v] | [in] | ||
| www | [‘dʌblju:] | [double] | [w] | |
| [zed] | [z] |
It is better to learn the English alphabet in blocks, writing and naming each letter as much as you need. So you simultaneously use three types of memory: auditory, visual and motor (motor). After memorizing the letters, you can perform exercises to consolidate the material covered and self-test.
Exercises
Write the letters on the piece of paper from memory, saying each letter aloud. If you don't remember the name or have difficulty "reproducing" the next letter, you can use the hint. Select the "difficult" letter for yourself, and continue working on the exercise. After writing the entire English alphabet, write out separately all the underlined letters in one row. Repeat them. Write a few more rows of these letters randomly, calling them out loud. If you are sure that the "difficult" letters no longer cause difficulties, do the exercises again.
Write the letters of the alphabet (26) on small squares. Lay the squares face down. Take each square in turn, calling the letter out loud. Set aside the letters you have named incorrectly or the letters you have forgotten. After working on all the squares, take all the letters set aside and do the same exercise with only these letters. Repeat the exercise several times, postponing only those letters that are not remembered.
Ask someone to point to a letter in the text, and you name it. Or ask to name any letter, and you will name its neighbors, etc.
The memorization work can be built as follows:
Learn the material and set aside.
Repeat in 15 minutes.
Repeat again in an hour.
Repeat the next day.
Repeat in a week.
In this case, the memorized material will be deposited in memory forever!
English alphabet games
If it is possible to attract 2-3 people, then you can diversify the study of the alphabet with games:
"Spell the word"
Any English text is taken. Players take turns saying the letters in order, starting with the first word in the text. The one who called incorrectly is out of the game. The last one left in the game wins.
"What is missing?"
The facilitator chooses from 26 cards with five to ten letters, depending on the age of the participants. Players memorize letters. After everyone has turned away, the leader removes one or two letters. Players must remember which letters are missing.
"Who quickly?"
Each player is dealt the same number of cards. The task of the players is to quickly arrange the cards in alphabetical order.
"Find a couple"
The participants in the game are given cards with capital letters. With reverse side Each card has a lowercase letter. The task of each player is to remember and write down a lowercase letter in 3 minutes. The one with the most letters wins.
"Continue"
One of the players begins to speak the alphabet from the beginning, the leader stops at any letter. Players must continue as quickly as possible from where the previous player was left off.
"Remember Five"
Each player is given a letter face down. On command, the players turn over the card. Players need to write the next 5 letters of the alphabet as quickly as possible. The one who completed the task raises his hand.
Songs
Songs are a great way to memorize the letters of the alphabet. The melody for them can be found on the Internet.
Lyrics
ABCDEFG HIJKLMNOP QRST UVW QRST UVW XYZ
Oh well you see
Now I know the ABC!
There is another version of this song, the last two lines of which are as follows:
Now I know the ABC
Next time won't you sing with me!
Currently, English textbooks give two pronunciations of the letter Rr: [ɑː] and [ɑːr] In the second version, the second sound is an overtone, that is, it is not pronounced in its pure form, but muffled. Both options are correct.
In English transcription, you can find several ways to write the same sound. This is due to a gradual change in the spelling of certain sounds, more often in order to simplify, for example: [ɛ] - [e] Both sounds are pronounced [e] with an overtone [ё].
Further actions
After learning the English alphabet, it is advisable to learn the sounds that each letter can convey. In English, one letter can convey several sounds, depending on the type of syllable and combination with other letters (see tables).
Then you should move on to mastering the rules of reading (from simple to complex) and practice reading individual words, and then texts. Feel free to read texts from textbooks elementary school, because they are designed in such a way as to illustrate the basic rules of reading on a specific vocabulary.
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The very first thing to start learning a language is the English alphabet ( English Alphabet). You don't have to learn it in letter order like you do in school. But to know how to read and write the letters of the English language is simply necessary.
Modern realities are such that we encounter the letters of the English alphabet every day. Even a child can read English words today, but many people do it, as a rule, with errors in pronunciation.
You probably had such a situation when you were on the phone trying to dictate some foreign word or your personal E-mail. And they used "the letter S - like a dollar sign" or "the letter i which is written like a stick with a dot at the top."
Specially created by us, interactive exercises and tables will help you learn how to pronounce the letters of the English alphabet correctly and speed up your learning several times if you devote only a few minutes a day to them, and all this is completely free.
Vowels and consonants
The English alphabet includes 6 vowels and 20 consonants. Vowels are marked in red and consonants in green. There are 26 letters in the English alphabet.
Alphabet setting
You can only select the letters you want to learn
Customize all lettersAlphabet with transcription and pronunciation
Exercise #1Below is an interactive table of the English alphabet with transcription and translation into Russian. In the table, you can hide the necessary columns, and after clicking on the rows, they will reappear.
You can also look at the printed and written English alphabet and see how English letters are spelled correctly.
In order to hear the correct pronunciation of the letter of the alphabet you need, just click on it and listen to the audio pronunciation
This method of learning will help you memorize the letters of the English alphabet faster, but it is worth noting that the translation of pronunciation into Russian is only conditional.
Writing English letters
Aa printed
Aa uppercase
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Letters of the alphabet Transcription Pronunciation
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2016-05-02
Hello my dear!
Today we are waiting interesting lesson "English alphabet for children" , which will also benefit adults who are just starting to learn the language.
The article is about how memorize faster and more efficiently English alphabet with unfamiliar letters and sounds. And for this I collected in it an exhaustive amount of materials:
- for visual reference pictures, letters with and pronunciation),
- for listening ( songs, audio),
- to view ( video),
- for download and print cards, poster (word, pdf)),
- and of course, to consolidate the new with the help of interesting games and tasks.
Let's learn
Today I have prepared pictures for you that you can not only read and listen to online on my website, but also print for yourself and study at any free moment. And first, let's look at the entire alphabet (click on the picture to enlarge), listen to all its letters, and then listen to its classic and long-loved song:
If you also listen to these 2 songs, you will understand that there is an American version of the pronunciation of the alphabet, the difference of which is only in the pronunciation of the last letter. Let it be a trifle, but you need to know about it!
- An ideal assistant in mastering letters for a 3-5 year old kid will be Sound poster with Russian and English alphabet !
- Also be sure to try Fascinating soft mosaic with English letters .
- If the child likes to communicate with gadgets, be sure to purchase Children's online course from Puzzle English . After completing this exciting journey, your child will be able not only to recognize and correctly pronounce all the letters of the English alphabet, but also learn to reproduce the elementary English speech. You can buy the course on this page (Tick the Ticher's Method - "Children's Course")
You can watch my short review of the course in the video:
And here is the alphabet with uppercase and lowercase letters. Try doing the following with your child:
- look at the picture next to the letter and say the word in Russian,
- find in the Russian-English dictionary the corresponding English word,
- check if it starts with a letter specified in the alphabet,
- write down the English letter and word in a notebook or notepad and draw a picture next to it.
An alphabet with English and Russian transcription of letters will help you pronounce them correctly.
And you can study these letters with words online - by watching and listening to their pronunciation.
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And here is the promised word file for downloading and printing. For each letters have your own English word. On page A4 - 2 letters.
How to work with it:
- Print.
- Take colored pencils or felt-tip pens and decorate the letters with your child (you can do this in the same way as the picture - add eyes or a mouth).
- Try to draw what is written next to each letter.
- In the process, be sure to tell the child about the drawn objects or animals or ask him questions about them.
- Work without haste with every letter: first say it several times with different intonations, voice pitch, etc., then say the word written next to it. Then you can take 2 letters (previously cut into separate cards) and show them to the child - try to give him the opportunity to show the correct letter from the 2 you named.
- If your child is already 5 years old, you can master not only capital letters, but also capital letters. It is necessary to explain to the baby that each letter has its own younger brother, who is smaller in stature and sometimes differs from the older one (you can see them in the picture below). On the printed cards, you can draw the younger brothers next to the older brothers - all the guys should like it!
I have another word file for you, where, unlike the previous one, colorful uppercase and lowercase letters as well English and Russian transcription for correct pronunciation. On sheet A4 - 2 letters. Download and enjoy health with your child:
And this is a pdf poster with the English alphabet - for printing. It can be printed on A4 or A3 sizes. Colorful English letters are supplemented with transcription (Russian and English), which will help any child and adult to quickly memorize English letters and their correct sound.
Alphabet in colorful videos
Yes, the most efficient fast way for a child to learn new English letters is to watch a video. Now it's not hard to find them. Here are some fun ones:
And here is a whole series of cartoons, each of which is dedicated to a separate English letter. Video in Russian.
The last two videos are very good material for learning not only English letters, but also the sounds they make in some words.
poems
Videos are always fun, but what about poems for quick memorization English letters? Haven't tried? Then go ahead! Children like them very much. Click on the icon in the upper right corner for increase...
Games and tasks
I can offer you at least 10 more entertaining games and tasks to memorize new letters of the English alphabet for the child and their sequence ( about learning in games for children also read and). These games can be played as one-on-one with a child and organize them for a group of children.
- Learning with a ball
Variations of fun with a ball for children can be very different. For example, you can throw a ball to each other and take turns saying the next letter. Or, for example, throw the ball against the wall and call it with each hit.
- Draw a letter
- Guessing cards
Try this option: you show your baby a picture of an apple - and he calls you "a" - apple. Or you show a kitten, and he calls you "c" - cat. Of course, this game is more of a memory game and is suitable for more conscious children. But for repeating what has been learned, it fits perfectly like no other.
- alphabet train
The goal of this easy task game is to make a train from a pile of cards with English letters, each trailer of which must stand in its place. Only then will he go!
- stop song
The task here is to listen carefully to the alphabet song, and when the recording stops (the adult pauses at any place in the song), the children must repeat the last letter they heard and show a card with it.
- Neighbours
From a pile of cards with letters turned upside down, the child chooses any. The task is to remember the letter-neighbor of the one that is in the child's hands. In this case, you can call the previous letter or the next one. Any answer will be correct.
- guess faster
The goal of the game is to guess as quickly as possible what letter an adult writes (who slowly and slowly draws a large English letter on a board or piece of paper).
- Add dance to the song
One of my students was wildly restless. And in order to learn everything, we had to come up with a real dance with her, where for each letter we made a new movement that resembled it in shape. Surprisingly and incredibly strange, I tell you, but we managed to master it.
- Point connectors
This interesting and favorite activity for all the children will help them quickly remember not only the letters of the English alphabet, but also their sequence. Here are 4 such pictures that you can download, print and use.
- Letter - picture
Another exciting activity that will require children to know words (rather, it will be an association of a letter with a picture) that begin with certain letters of the alphabet. Here you need preliminary preparation and work with pictures-words. Here are 6 pictures for printing I found on the site "Preschooler" (kindereducation.com). We connect letters with the necessary pictures, and then decorate for fun.
Don't try to force everything. I know from my own experience of working with children that if they are not interested, but forced to remember something, there will be absolutely no effect. The kid will only hate the language, and then it will be even more difficult for you and him ( How to start teaching English to a child).
Also, don't try to memorize without the help of a song, video, or photo. The child will not even begin to turn on his "memory" processes. These words should burn red in your mind when it comes to learning: HE SHOULD BE INTERESTING!
And lastly, he must somehow understand why this is necessary. Yes, it is difficult to explain to a little man 3-5 years old why he should learn any other sounds at all, if everyone speaks those that he already knows. So come up with some kind of fairy tale ( you can use), or watch a cartoon with him, where individual words are spoken in foreign language. This, perhaps, will awaken in him the desire to learn them himself.
And finally...
Of course, all children are different, and not all of these methods of work will suit everyone. Therefore, I can immediately advise you to look for the right path to your baby. He will love English if you show it to him in the right light.
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