🌟Phonetics🌟


📷 This aspect of the English language is rarely present in the Olympiads. You can plausibly win ВсОШ without specifically training to read, write and interpret transcriptions.

😭 However, the first stages of some university Olympiads include transcription-reading. For instance, there was a task devoted to this in the qualifying round of the Eurasian Olympiad last year.

✏️ Yet the most crucial knowledge of phonetics required in most of the English language competitions is, in fact, the correct pronunciation of words in the speaking part.


What is the best way to step up your phonetics and pronunciation?

🚌 Make use of this Cambridge Dictionary resource on phonetics to learn the transcriptions of sounds, if you believe that knowing how to interpret them is important. The webpage includes both the British English and the American English pronunciation options.

🚌 If you aren't sure how to pronounce a word correctly, check out the entry of that word in any trusted dictionary. This is crucial, as you can get marked down for pronunciation mistakes during the speaking part. Check how the word is pronounced right after you encounter it.

❣️ The bottom line is that the phonetics in English Olympiads is usually tested through your speech, not specific transcription tasks (although these also appear every once in a while). You'd see more of these in Russian Language or Linguistic Olympiads.


Ставьте 🐱, если хотите пост про speaking part во ВсОШ)

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