English alphabet is the foundation of the English language. If you are just starting to learn English, then the first thing you need to do is learn the English alphabet ( english alphabet), which consists of only 26 letters. Moreover, it has only 5 letters for vowels, and 21 letters for consonants.

English alphabet with transcription and spelling with pronunciation for beginners with translation into Russian.

Vowels include the letters A, E, I, O, U;
to consonants - B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, Z.

Note: The letter Y is also sometimes treated as a vowel.

The history of the English alphabet is very interesting. English writing appeared already in the 5th century AD. And initially, special Anglo-Saxon runes were used for recording, which were not easy to write. In connection with the arrival of Christian missionaries from the 7th century, the runes were gradually replaced by Latin letters. Also, everyone knows the special pronunciation of English letters, and therefore special transcription characters are required.
For beginners, the English alphabet with translation into Russian will be very useful.

In the table you can see both the English version of the transcription and the translation of this transcription into Russian.

We bring to your attention the alphabet of the English language with transcription and Russian pronunciation:

English alphabet for children.

You can also see below the English alphabet in pictures:

English alphabet in words.

Words for each letter of the English alphabet:

a - alphabet, abc
b - backward
c - city
d - day
e-English
f-foreign
g - German
h-help
i - international
j - joke
k - kid, key
l - letter, latin
m - mother
n - number
o - order
p-pony
q-quiz
r - rhyme
s - song, sound
t - train, test
u - unit
v-video
w - work
x-xenon
y - youtube, you
z-zoo

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Hello dear friends! The English language is based on the alphabet that words are made of, just as houses are made of bricks, and any living organism is made of cells. Know english alphabet necessary if you want to be able to read, look up the right word in the dictionary without any problems, write letters, etc. adult learn the english alphabet is not difficult, with children things are a little more complicated.

The difficulty is that English for children is a game, children need to serve everything in the form of a game, especially these incomprehensible scribbles that fill all books, inscriptions on labels, names of their favorite cartoons. How to make sure that children are happy to learn new letters for them?

At what age should you start learning the alphabet?

Many children already at the age of 2-3 show interest in letters. This interest must be maintained by telling the name of this or that letter, but not overloading the child with information. If he liked the letter A, you do not need to immediately read him the entire alphabet. It is enough to repeat with him the letter and the word that begins with it. Complexity learning the english alphabet consists in the fact that vowels and half of the consonants have 2 or more variants of sound. For example, the letter A has 6 different readings. So you need to select those words in which the letter sounds as in the alphabet or as close as possible to this sound.

Learn the English alphabet - flashcards

For example: A-apricot [‘epriket]

It is also important to choose those words that are familiar to the child, are interesting to him: toys, fruits, colors, etc.

So, already from the age of 2 or 3, you can unobtrusively begin to learn letters. More seriously and consciously children will learn english alphabet closer to 5 years.

How to learn the alphabet with kids

We have already talked about the fact that learning should be fun and understandable to the child. To do this, get the appropriate visibility. You must have cards with letters and accompanying pictures. For example, B - book, a book is drawn next to the letter. Buy a fun alphabet poster. It will be interesting to consider it, and therefore learn from it. There are even "talking posters", when you click on the corresponding letter, the announcer will voice the letter and the word in a pleasant voice. With such posters, children can study on their own. Buy magnets with letters. Let them hang in a conspicuous place so that the child can play with them. You can print coloring pages for children with the letters of the English alphabet.

Use video . Now it’s not a problem to find videos on the Internet (for example, on youtube) in which letters with words are read fun and to music. Children are very interested in watching and repeating after the announcer. There are many songs, starting with the simplest ones, where there are no other words besides the letters of the alphabet. Put them on your child, he will listen and watch the video sequence, having fun and learning at the same time. Sing songs with your child. Young children need adult support.

If we talk about children preparing for school, then we can start writing letters. A few prescriptions at this stage are enough, their hand has not yet grown stronger. draw letters. Use different colors, write the same letter in different ways. You can ask the child to find the letter in the text, on the poster, in a bright headline. You can learn to write the simplest words, such as CAT, DOG, etc., if they are already familiar to the child. Next to the written word, draw a picture illustrating it (even if you are not very good at drawing).

Ask your child questions about letters. Point to a letter, ask if he remembers its name. What word starts with this letter. Be sure to praise the correct answers. Small successes of children cannot be taken for granted. Otherwise, interest in learning will fade.

These tips are mostly for parents who want to learn the english alphabet together with children. Remember that you will teach your child what you know yourself. Therefore, if you yourself have not yet learned the alphabet, go ahead! After all, you will need it too! Use the same learning methods that you offer children. Just because you're an "adult" doesn't mean that learning has to be serious and boring. Enjoy learning with your child!

Watch video lessons about the letters of the English alphabet:

It is better to study any foreign language from childhood. It is known that children who grew up in a multilingual environment are much easier to adapt and absorb new information much faster.

In order for the child to start learning English as early as possible and not get bored of this process, it is enough to turn boring learning into a game. So it will become much easier for the baby to memorize new words and phrases, and you will spend time with your child not only fun, but also productive.

In this article, we will talk about how simple and easy it is to learn the English alphabet for both children and all beginners and give a few poems and songs for learning.

English alphabet

The alphabet in English is called alphabet or simply ABC. It has 26 letters, of which 20 are consonants and only 6 are vowels.

Vowels: A, E, I, O, U, Y
Consonants: B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Z

Alphabet with transcription and pronunciation:

Aa [ei] [hey]
Bb [bi:] [bi]
Cc [si:] [si]
Dd [di:] [di]
Ee [i:] [and]
Ff [ef] [ef]
Gg [dʒi:] [ji]
Hh [eitʃ] [eh]
Ii [ai] [ai]
Jj [dʒei] [jay]
Kk [kei] [kei]
Ll [el] [el]
Mm [em] [em]
Nn [en] [en]
Oo [ou] [o]
Pp [pi:] [pi]
Qq [kju:] [cue]
Rr [a:] [aa, ar]
Ss [es] [es]
Tt [ti:] [ti]
Uu [ju:] [yu]
Vv [vi:] [vi]
Ww [ `dʌbl `ju: ] [double-u]
Xx [eks] [ex]
Yy [wai] [wai]
Zz [zed] [zed]

Almost all letters of the alphabet are pronounced the same by Americans and British, except for the last one. In American English, Z will sound like "zi".

The study of the alphabet usually begins with an alphabet song (alphabetic song): it is easier for the child to remember the pronunciation. She sings along the lines:

Do you know your ABC?
You can learn along with me!
A, B, C, D, E, F, G
H, I, J, K
L, M, N, O, P
Q, R, S,
T, U, V
W, X, Y and Z
Now you know your alphabet!

By the way, due to the difference in the pronunciation of the letter "Z", the end of this song in the British and American versions will sound differently:

British

X, Y, Z - Now I know my alphabet(Now I know my alphabet) or Now you know your alphabet(Now you know your alphabet).

American

Now I know my ABC, twenty-six letters from A to Z(Now I know my alphabet, twenty-six letters from A to Z) or Now I know my ABC, next time won't you sing with me(Now I know my alphabet, would you like to sing with me next time).

It is with the study of the alphabet that an exciting journey into any foreign language begins. Everyone needs to know ABC by heart in order to know how to write and pronounce individual letters correctly. Especially if you need to spell a word. Spelling is how a word is spelled. There is no direct analogue of spelling in Russian, but the Americans even have a whole Spelling Bee game in which you need to spell a word without errors. Spelling Bee competitions and competitions are often held in the USA.

But you need to start simple, especially for children. We tell you a few tricks on how to make it so that your child learns the alphabet as easy as ABC (easier than easy).

Cards with words

One of the most effective ways to learn new words and remember the alphabet is to make colorful cards with letters and words that begin on them and hang them in a prominent place.

The same technique can be used to enrich vocabulary: just hang cards with translations over the objects that you have in your apartment - let the child remember how words are written and pronounced.

One of the easiest options is to use words that are familiar to the child. It can be the names of animals or everyday objects.

Here are the letters with the corresponding words, which will allow you to remember not only spelling, but also practice pronunciation:

A - Apple (Apple)
B - Banana (Banana)
C - Cat (Cat)
D - Dog (Dog)
E - Elephant (Elephant)
F - Fox (Fox)
G - Giraffe (Giraffe)
H - House
I - Ice-cream (Ice cream)
J - Jam (Jam)
K - Key (Key)
L - Lemon (Lemon)
M-Mouse
N - Nose (Nose)
O - Owl (Owl)
P - Panda (Panda)
Q - Queen (Queen)
R - Rabbit (Rabbit)
S - Squirrel (Squirrel)
T - Turtle
U - Umbrella (Umbrella)
V - Violin (Violin)
W - Wolf (Wolf)
X - Ox (Ox)
Y-Yacht (Yacht)
Z - Zebra (Zebra)

You can find a set of such cards in any bookstore, or you can make it yourself.

Verse for learning English alphabet

In verse form, it is much easier to remember the order of the letters and the words that begin with that letter. Many teachers read the following rhyme to the smallest students to get acquainted with the alphabet:

There is a knock on our door.
- Who's there?
- The letter A and autumn - autumn.
Everyone, so as not to be sad,
They give an apple - an apple.

Letter B, like a ball - ball
Jumps, hides under the table.
Too bad I don't have time to play.
I am reading a book

S. went hunting.
- Mice! Take the paws!
So that today for lunch
Do not get a cat - cat.

Don't go near the letter D
Otherwise it will bite D.
The cat runs without feeling its feet,
There is a dog in the yard.

The letter E is whiter than snow.
From E originates egg,
Egg is hatched by a quok.
Here is the end - the end. And point!

On a leaf of green sowing,
The letter F croaks loudly,
Because frog is a frog
The famous wahoo.

Do not be friends with this letter,
The letter G is recognized.
It is important to lift your head
Looks down - giraffe.

H will rub anyone's nose.
My horse is racing like a whirlwind.
There is no barrier for him
If the rider is wearing a hat - hat.

With the letter I, we are so similar:
I and I are one and the same.
We don't cry, we don't mope,
If there is ice cream - ice-cream.

Sweet tooth letter J
Sweeter than buns and cakes.
The letter J is familiar to everyone,
Who tasted the sweet jam.

K will open the locks for everyone,
She has a key - key,
In the kingdom - the kingdom will take,
The magical world will open.

The letter L came next
To help the lamb - lamb,
He is afraid to go to bed
He asks for a lamp - lamp to light.

Letter M for monkey
For a cheerful nimble monkey.
She is waiting for a meal
Melon - she needs a melon.

N will not get tired of hanging.
On the branches a nest - a nest.
It has chicks in it. We would like
Count their number - number.

From dawn to dawn
Waves oak branch - oak-tree.
He calls everyone under the vault of branches,
Muttering under his breath: "O.K."

Pirate - young pirate
With parrot - glad to parrot:
- Look, this is us.
Waving a palm tree branch - palm!

Here I will sing a song
In honor of the beautiful letter Q,
Because the queen is the queen
He loves to have fun.

Why is there a rumor
"Beware of the letter R"?
I will tell you a secret
No nastier rat - rat!

It is no coincidence that the letter S
Piques interest:
In the sky - sky sparkles star -
A very bright star.

T. is calling us to Detsky Mir.
We are happy to visit:
Befriend you there
Each toy is a toy.

If you see the letter U
So soon it will rain.
U has become kinder today -
Gave an umbrella - umbrella.

Hey! Run, hold, catch!
The letter V is on the serve.
The ball went straight to the sky
I love volleyball.

W, everyone knows
inverted M.
In the dark, flashing with a fang,
A gray wolf walks - a wolf.

The doctor said from behind the door:
- I'm taking you to X-ray.
- What's happened? Maybe a prisoner?
- No, just an x-ray.

Hey, lean on the oars!
The letter Y is rushing into the sea.
Calls the guys on a long journey
White sailboat - a yacht.

What is the letter Z?
You will see when you take a ticket
Wolf, tiger, and goat
In the zoo - in the Zoo.

English alphabet games for kids

Interesting games using the same cards will allow the child to get used to it faster and not get bored while learning the English alphabet. What can you play with your child:

"Picture a letter"

Name the letter of the English alphabet to the child and ask him to draw it with his fingers or with his body. You can play in turn and show some letters yourself.

"Draw a Letter"

Put the alphabet cards in front of the child and invite him to draw the letter himself on a piece of paper. So he will quickly learn not only to visually recognize letters, but also to write them in the future. Similarly, you can take plasticine and ask the baby to mold the letters of the English alphabet from it.

"Word-ball"

A more active game in which you can pass the ball to each other and name the letters in alphabetical order or, for the more advanced, words that begin with that letter.

"Stop Song"

Lay out cards with letters in front of the child and turn on the alphabet song in English. Stop it at an arbitrary moment - the child must repeat the last letter he heard and show the corresponding card.

"Not really"

For this game, you can use cards with both letters and words. Show the child the image in the picture and say the word. So, you can show a picture with a pig (pig) and say “tiger” (tiger) out loud. If the child says “no”, then he should name what is actually shown in the picture.

Come up with your own games and tasks, ask the baby what he would like to play. Watch cartoons in English together and sometimes address him with the usual requests in English and let him also sometimes use English words in everyday speech.

You can work with your child online. Puzzle English has developed which includes learning the alphabet, everyday items, simple questions and more. And all this with bright pictures and interesting tasks so that the baby does not get bored. We recommend that you start teaching English to children with it.

The main thing is that the child should not be bored and learning the language does not turn into a routine for him.

“And today we learned the letter A! - the mother hears from the child at the beginning of the second grade. “It’s so interesting, and the letter is just like in Russian.” Several weeks pass, and often the joy of discovery disappears somewhere, the letters begin to get confused, for some reason it is impossible to learn them ... A familiar situation? And how! The letters of the English alphabet for a child who already knows how to read are like “old new acquaintances”: it seems that he saw them, it seems that everything is simple - but it’s impossible to learn. Why is that?

1. Secret one, or similar letters.

Some are similar to Russians, which is great: it’s easier for a child to learn to distinguish between them. But such similarity is often confused, because Russian and English letters convey different sounds. What to do?

Game: Invite your child to play hide-and-seek with the letters. This game is suitable if you have already learned all or almost all the letters. To do this, you will need two commands: from letters that look like Russian, and from letters that do not look like Russian letters at all. Let the child separate them. Happened? That is great. Hide the letters of one team in turn, then the other team and play "hot-cold". You need to name the letters correctly! Whoever found the letter - he must name the word in which it is.

And after the game, show the child a picture of these kittens, and ask him how they are similar to each other. Probably, the child will answer that they are the same size, they have the same color and back. Now ask what is different for them, and if it is difficult for the student to answer, tell yourself: their names are different, one kitten is called Fluff, and the other is Murzik. And these kittens have different characters, one likes to play with a ball, and the second one likes to look at the fish more. So are similar pairs of letters, like kitten brothers. And their names are different, and they show different sounds too.

2. The secret of the second, or lowercase and uppercase letters.

If everyone wrote only in capital letters, how much easier it would be to learn English! But the letters in the books are "large" (capital) and "small" (lowercase). Learning the letter T is easy, but remembering that it has a lower one - t? Moreover, do not confuse it with f?

To help solve this problem, try to find something in common between uppercase and lowercase letters with him, be sure to do exercises on reading words written only in uppercase or only lowercase letters.

For example: q is similar to Q, it's just that she herself is small, so she had to grow a big ponytail. Look for what the letters look like. For example, O looks like a round clock, and Q looks like a clock with a weight. And q are small ones with one weight, which hangs on a longer chain.

3. The third secret, or learning complex letters.

Complicated, I called these letters conditionally, it would be more correct to call them similar. The letters b and d, q and g, t and f are often confused. And there is only one way not to confuse these letters - to connect the letters in memory and some kind of vivid image.

Game: look at the letters b and d, think what they look like. For example, d is a dog with ears (the top stick is ears), and b is a bear that ate too much honey. You can draw a dog and a bear with these letters, even give the bear an empty pot in its paws, like Winnie the Pooh.

Game: give the child the text in English. It is important that the text is without pictures that can distract, and the letters are large. If you're trying to remember a letter that's rare, make sure it's in the text. An adult claps his hands or turns on the music, and the child at this time must find the desired letter and circle it with a pencil. Tomorrow give another text, but with a different letter, which he confuses.

These tips will help you learn English letters quickly and easily with your child. Good luck learning English!

English alphabet for children. Teaching Methods

English has become the most popular language in the world and it is not surprising that so many parents want to teach their child English from a very young age. If you decide start classes Then start by learning the alphabet. There are a variety of methods for mastering English letters. It is desirable that the baby already knows the native alphabet quite fluently. Then it will be much easier for him to learn foreign letters. As teaching materials during training, use english alphabet for kids with color images starting with a particular letter, and the letters themselves can be with funny faces. Children's perception works much more efficiently when learning takes place in a playful, entertaining way. The main thing is that the baby is interested and colorful, funny english alphabet for kids sure to grab his attention.

The alphabet is the basis of any language and it must be learned by heart so that the learned English letters literally "fly off the teeth." Now let's talk about how to teach the alphabet to a small child. Of course, first you need to ensure that the baby knows every letter in the "face". But remembering the name of each letter separately will not be easy for the baby. It will be easier for him to master the letters in the "legalized" sequence. So that the alphabet literally flows like a children's song. English letters must be connected and inseparable, as in words. Correct pronunciation of English letters is the key to success in learning English . Remember the legendary band ZZ top? Knowing how to pronounce the letter Z in English, you can easily pronounce the name of the group. Considering english alphabet for kids with pictures accompanying each letter, try to clearly pronounce the name of the image, focusing the child's attention on the pronunciation of the first letter (which is next to the picture).

The English alphabet evolved from the Latin alphabet and the first manuscripts in English are found in Anglo-Saxon runes dated to the fifth century AD. The English alphabet contains 26 letters, of which 21 are consonants and only five are vowels. It is desirable that in the English alphabet for children that you teach your child had a transcript next to each letter. Transcription of English letters helps to learn the correct pronunciation of each letter from the very beginning, especially if you yourself do not know English very well. If a child remembers the wrong pronunciation of English letters, then it will be difficult for him to relearn later. For example, a very common mistake is the incorrect pronunciation of the letter G ( transcription) - instead of this letter they pronounce J ( transcription). Or, instead of the English letter E ( transcription) they pronounce I ( transcription).

When teaching a small child the alphabet and English, it is advisable to use game techniques and exercises. The most common and effective exercise is to pronounce English words that begin with the letter you are learning. This technique allows you to learn not only English letters and new words, but also learn how to pronounce them in various situations.

studying english alphabet for kids, the child learns most of the letters and their pronunciation in a matter of weeks. But do not forget to accompany the study of the alphabet with a demonstration of the applied application of the English language. Video and audio materials for children in English, which can be easily found on the Internet, will help you with this. We have prepared some videos for your baby to help you learn the English alphabet:

To memorize English letters, such game techniques as connecting pictures are very useful. In these tasks for young children, you need to connect the dots located in accordance with the order of the English alphabet. If the child completed the task correctly, then a drawing will be obtained that the child can colorize.