ESL 337   PRONUNCIATION LINKS

 

Sound Bites  Student activities and tests for the text, Sound Bites
The International Phonetic Alphabet  Learn the phonetic symbols for the sounds of English.
Vowels   Practice the vowel sounds.
Consonants    Practice the consonant sounds and sound-spelling patterns.
Pronouncing /f/ and /v/ sounds  Other pronunciation videos are available at the top of the page.
Stress Patterns   Many lessons on word stress and sentence stress along with practice and quiz links.
Reductions    Practice reducing sounds in English for natural-sounding speech.
Sounds of English   Click the links English Pronunciation and Activities and Exercises.
Video on Pronouncing the Alphabet   A great video on pronouncing the letters as when you have to spell your name or other words.
Pronounce the past Tense  Use this video to focus on past tense sounds.
Final Sounds in Words  Use this video to focus on reducing your accent by focusing on final word sounds.
Word Stress   This video focuses on the importance of word stress.
How to Make Yourself Understood  This video gives advice on how to speak more clearly.
Language Guide.org   Learn to pronounce words here with this excellent audio pictionary.
Sentence Practice with Minimal Pairs    Don't miss this extensive practice site with interactive minimal pair practice. Click an exercise, read the directions and then do the exercises.
Phonemes    Learn all the phonemes (sounds) of English with their International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols.  Click Amer to hear American pronunciation for the words given for each phoneme.
More Pronunciation Practice    Most of the links still work on this page. 
PBS Kids.org   Stories from this children's site provide excellent pronunciation practice. 
PBS Kids.org   Four songs focusing on different sounds of English. Click one of the pictures on the left or wait for the first one to begin.
Tongue Twisters  Practice a tongue twister for each letter of the alphabet.

ESL STATION          ESL 330 Series