alphabetic system of phonetic notation
What is the best way to learn the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)? : linguistics
Recommendations to learn the International Phonetic Alphabet
I just learned it from wikipedia. Go the the phonology pages of languages you're interested in, click on sounds, hear recordings and read descriptions, look at the full IPA chart and do the same, etc. I just did that for a few months and more or less have full knowledge of the IPA.
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It is mostly a straight memorisation exercise. Depending in your memory skills it could be as little as an hour or so, through to several hours over a couple of weeks to get it locked in.
My suggestions.
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Print out a copy
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Recite in order several times
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Use it to spell out words, reference your printout as required. You can use any printed material such as book or magazine as your source of words.
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As per 3 but without peeking at the printout. Note any you keep getting stuck on and look them up at the end. Focus on these few.
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Leave it for a day/week. Try 4 again. Focus on relearning the ones you forgot.
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Repeat 5 as required until the are stuck in your memory.