Anglofor

American English IPA Course for Russian Speakers

Курс американской фонетики (IPA) для русскоговорящих

Built from the AmE-sounds.tsv ranking (1 = easiest → 35 = hardest), split into 22 lessons, each adding new sounds on top of everything already learned — the "plus-one" principle.

Как построены уроки

Lessons 1–13: each adds 2 new consonants + 1 new vowel (Lesson 13 only has one consonant left, [ʍ], since the consonant list runs out).
Lessons 14–22: all 25 consonants are already taught, so these add 1 new vowel per lesson until all 22 vowels are covered.
Every example word uses only sounds already introduced by that lesson (with one flagged exception for [ʒ], which almost never occurs in simple words).
Where the TSV ranked several sounds as tied (e.g. [ɛ], [i], [u] all rank 1), the order they're listed in the file was kept.
25 consonants + 22 vowels = 47 total sounds, all covered by Lesson 22.

Типичные трудности для русскоговорящих

#	Проблема	Суть
A	Aspiration	English [p, t, k] are puffed with air ([pʰ], [tʰ], [kʰ]) at the start of a stressed syllable; Russian п, т, к are not — under-aspirating makes them sound like b, d, or g to English ears.
B	Final devoicing	Russian devoices word-final voiced consonants (год → [got]); English does not — "dog" and "dock" must stay distinct.
C	Dark vs. light L	Russian л is generally velarized ("dark") everywhere; English uses a light L before vowels (leaf) and a dark L (ɫ) elsewhere (feel, milk).
D	r-quality	Russian р is tapped/trilled with tongue contact; American r has no contact at all — tongue bunches/curls in the middle of the mouth.
E	w vs v	Russian has no [w]; speakers default to [v], so "west" can sound like "vest."
F	θ / ð	No Russian equivalent at all — common substitutes are с/ф for θ and з/д for ð. Requires putting the tongue tip between the teeth.
G	Vowel reduction	Russian does reduce unstressed vowels (akanye) — this is actually a helpful bridge to English schwa, just applied far more often in English.

Обзор курса

Урок	Нов. согл.	Нов. гл.	Изуч.
1	[p], [b]	[ɛ]	3
2	[f], [v]	[i]	6
3	[k], [ɡ]	[u]	9
4	[s], [z]	[aɪ]	12
5	[l], [m]	[ɛr]	15
6	[j], [ʃ]	[ɔr]	18
7	[ʒ], [t]	[ɔɪ]	21
8	[d], [tʃ]	[eɪ]	24
9	[dʒ], [h]	[aʊ]	27
10	[n], [w]	[oʊ]	30
11	[ŋ], [θ]	[æ]	33
12	[ð], [r]	[ɑ]	36
13	[ʍ]	[ɔ]	38
14	—	[ɪ]	39
15	—	[ʊ]	40
16	—	[ʌ]	41
17	—	[ə]	42
18	—	[ɑr]	43
19	—	[ɝ]	44
20	—	[ɚ]	45
21	—	[ɪr]	46
22	—	[ʊr]	47 (complete)