A Guide to English Phonetics

Have you ever wondered when looking in a dictionary what the funny little symbols that appear next to the words mean? They are phonetic symbols, a guide to pronunciation, however you need to know the sound associated with the symbols in order to build up the sound of the word.if you wanna improve you listening you should learn English Phonetics and in this way you can undrestand Reduction in english as they speak in news and film.you can see a Guide to English Phonetics in the following web  site with audio please dont miss it. http://www.learnenglish.de/pronunciation/phoneticpage.htm