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Material and information  for pronunciation teaching (non-commercial)

Other material that you might use in pronunciation work

Articles on pronunciation teaching and learning

Links to other collections of links on pronunciation teaching and learning

Material and information for pronunciation teaching (non-commercial) -

• From Okanagan University College, Canada. Focus on vowels and consonants, mainly in minimal pairs. Practice materials for students. Sound files.

• English as a 2^nd language  site. Some useful material for lower intermediate and intermediate level students, such as pronouncing numbers.

• John Maidment’s pages. Lots of fascinating tips on pronunciation, challenging games (Phonetic Target, Word Hunt), and lots of links, too.

• Sounds of English Material from Sharon Widmayer and Holly Gray. Useful material on minimal pairs, word stress, etc. Tips for teachers and links to presentations and other sites.  

• Vancouver English Center. Pronunciation with the virtual ‘Conversation Cathy’.

• Activities, teaching tips, articles and downloads from the British Council/BBC.

• Michael Quinion’s website on International English. Gives a nicely presented and exemplified list of phonetic symbols for British English. Some links.  

• A few teaching ideas from the ESL Lounge on sounds, homophones, -ed endings, etc.  

• Useful lists of common mistakes in English by language background with suggestions on relevant practice material in published textbooks.  

• Jonathan Marks’ collection of articles, activities and links.  

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Other material that you might use in pronunciation work

• Downloadable IPA fonts from the Summer Institute of Linguistics.

• The Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary. North American English.

• For your students who are Harry Potter enthusiasts! Pronouncing names from the Harry Potter books. Sound files…

• More tongue twisters than you could ever need.

• Lots of poems for children and links to other poetry sites from Kenn Nesbitt.

• If you are looking for pictures for teaching material, try Google’s image search.

• New words in English with pronunciations from the Word Spy.

• A collection of accents and dialects from around England from the British Library. Sound files.

• Phonetic jokes from David Deterding.

A number of websites give pronunciations of words in specialised fields. Useful for students learning ESP – and for their teachers. For example:

• Pronouncing biological Latin.

• Pronouncing maths names and terms. No sound files.

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Articles and discussions on pronunciation teaching and learning-  

• On Received Pronunciation. A number of useful links, too.

• On Global English and the teaching of pronunciation by Jennifer Jenkins.

• Pages from the Internet TESL Journal. Lots of articles online and links to useful sites.

• On English pronunciation problems for Brazilian students by Karen Bond.

• Article on Singlish (Singaporean English) from Time Asia magazine, July 29 2002.

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Links to other collections of links on pronunciation teaching and learning -

• Part of Dave Sperling’s ESL Café. Lots of excellent links.

• From Michael Krauss, Lewis and Clark College, USA. Links to sites with pronunciation materials for students up to intermediate level.

• Various links from Karin’s ESL Partyland. North American English focus.

• Various links from Rong Chang Li’s website.

• Various links from Ohio University.

• Various links from Karen Schwelle’s website.

• Lots of links from Sunburst Media.

• Various links from Chris Fry’s website.

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