[General] IPA is a systematic approach to learning.....

[Silverobama]

I'll give a talk about how to learn English. I'll talk about International Phonetic Alphabet. When I was young, I learned this system to read English words. It's easy to master and to understand. Now, in my talk, I want my listeners to know that as an old-fashioned English language learner, I prefer to use IPA to Phonics. I wrote a sentence to express the reason:

IPA is a systematic approach to learning how to read English words.

Then I'll explain why.

Is my italic sentence natural?

 

[5jj]

The International Phonetic Alphabet is not really an 'approach'. It's a system of symbols designed so that any utterance made in any known language can be transcribed by a person who can use the stem and then later be reproduced by any other person who can use the system.

Learning the fifty or so phonemic symbols (base on the IPA) use for English certainly enables people to read English words transcribed phonemically, as they are in some course books and most dictionaries.

 

[Silverobama]

I totally agree with you, 5jj.

Is my new sentence good?

IPA is a systematic method to learning how to read Englsih words.

 

[5jj]

The IPA isn't a method, either.

I'd say something like. Learning the phonemic symbols of English is a very useful way to learn the correct pronunciation of English words.