Here are excellent websites for those who have difficulties in learning the
English language phonetic symbols. It also helps you improve your pronunciation. You may take the ENTRY exam before you start browsing the website resources and EXIT test after, to see how much you benefitted...Enjoy the many items with fun and happiness
http://cambridgeenglishonline.com/Phonetics_Focus/
And some other websites on phonetics in this single link
http://www.utexas.edu/courses/lingui...ces/phonetics/
And here if you want to type some phonetic symbols !
http://ipa.typeit.org/
Phonetics should NOT be hard to understand for it can be practised individually...using your own organs of speech ! and it 'll be a good idea to use a mirrorto see the points of articulation and how they produce sounds ..By usig this traditional and old-fashioned method
, it's almost impossible to forget what u've learnt...Once you like it , you 'll , for sure, master it to a large extent.
I,personally, reread some reference books on phonetics and phonology from time to time for enjoyment ..You ,too, enjoy it