Sounds of English 4+

The English of Hollywood films uses 43 sounds.

Spoken words are made from these sounds.

How many of these sounds are in the word "through"?

Can you make these sounds?

Sounds of English App was originally envisioned as a tool to assist some people on the autistic spectrum to become familiar with the fundamental sounds of English language.


Sounds of English App helps a learner with the following
-monothongs, diphthongs and consonants awareness
-phonological awareness
-categorization of sounds by their place of articulation
-mental representation of each phonological unit with a unique icon
-awareness that a sequence of sounds make spoken words


Sounds of English App also includes diagrams which show the approximate positions of speech organs for creation of 43 sounds of English.


A way to use Sounds of English App
-try to create a mental image of the articulation diagrams
-hear a sound, then hear one of its adjacent sounds
-hear a sound, then try to recreate it
-try to create a corresponding mental image of the icon for each sound
-learn the sequence of sounds for each of the 200+ most used words
-try to blend a sequence of sounds together to sound out a word they make


Since English language has many dialects, the most widely understood English dialect was chosen. The dialect of Hollywood films and shows.