IELTS · Pronunciation

Pronunciation from zero → IELTS 4.0

A 31-lesson self-study course for adults starting from scratch. The goal is to be easy to understand – listeners understand you straight away without guessing – not to sound “like a native speaker”.

⏱️ Each lesson
20–25 minutes

🗓️ Suggested
5 sessions a week, ~12–13 weeks

🎙️ Recordings
stay on your device only

How is this course designed?

It starts with the errors that make Vietnamese speakers hardest to understand: final sounds, -s/-ed endings, consonant clusters, stress and rhythm. The “th” sounds are still taught but are not the top priority.
Listen first, then speak: every lesson has a “listen and choose” game with several computer voices (American, British, Australian… depending on your device), with instant right/wrong feedback.
Five steps per lesson: understand how the sound is made → hear the difference → practise words → practise sentences → speak freely in the style of IELTS Part 1 and check yourself.
Model accent: American English (videos by Rachel’s English). BBC Learning English videos (British accent) are used for extra listening. IELTS scores how easy you are to understand; no particular accent is required.
The times are our suggestion; results vary from person to person, depending on time and how you practise.

This course is written for Vietnamese speakers: many explanations compare English sounds with Vietnamese ones, so the lessons are in Vietnamese. An English version is not available.

Part 0 · Getting started How English differs from Vietnamese, breathing, reading phonetic symbols

Part 1 · Final sounds & -s, -ed endings The number one problem for Vietnamese speakers

Part 2 · Easily confused consonants p/b, s/ʃ, n/l, l/r, f/v/w, ch/j, consonant clusters, th

Part 3 · Vowels Long – short, open – close, diphthongs

Part 4 · Stress & rhythm Word stress, weak forms, sentence rhythm, chunking

Part 5 · Connected speech, intonation & IELTS Linking, rising and falling intonation, final review

References

Videos: Rachel's English – Master The Sounds of American English and BBC Learning English – English Pronunciation Tips (embedded from YouTube; copyright belongs to the channels). Tongue position diagrams: Sounds of Speech (University of Iowa). Pronunciation dictionary: Cambridge Dictionary. Assessment criteria: IELTS Speaking band descriptors.