Pictorial Phonetic Alphabet

This ebook covers all the sounds used in standard English, using Simplified Standard Sound Symbols (S4) to present them. Four audio clip examples are given for each sound.

S4 is a cut-down version of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Its target is Pan-English, with the ability to accommodate both standard British and standard American pronunciation. 

Using standard pronunciation is like using standard spelling: if you don't use it you won't be understood.

Every student of English as a foreign language needs to master the 47 sounds listed here.

This version is for Mandarin Chinese speakers.