tools and websites for teaching pronunciation
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Tools and Websites for
Teaching Pronunciation
Teaching with Technology
Tools and Websites for Teaching Pronunciation by English Online Inc.
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July 24 & 25, 2015
This webinar will be recorded
How do you Teach
Pronunciation?
Image: dave sconda teaching pronunciation by englishmeeting, CC-BY
Tools and Websites
Screenshots: cambridgeenglishonline.comSoundcloud.com, Spokenskills.comMailvu.com, Englishaccentcoach.com
Learners need Practice!
Screenshot:www.thinglink.com
• Identify the Problem
• Repeat
• Imitate
• Record yourself
• Listen and comment
Parrots are smart!
• Copy
• Mime
• Practice often
Repetitions
http://www.simpleenglishnews.com/archive
http://www.spokenskills.com/
• Sounds
• Words and Phrases
• Sentences
• Dialogues and Texts
Tongue Twisters
• Challenge
• Interest
• Humor
• Fun
Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNT_KInwvOc
Make it Fun!
http://www.eslmania.com/students/accent_reduction/Tongue_twister_with_audio.htm
rubber baby buggy bumpers
http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/en.htm
http://www.learn-to-speak-english-esl.com/pronunciation-english-tongue-twisters.html
Image: university student group by www.audio-luci-store.it CC BY
Imitating
Screenshot: www.bbc.co.uk
• Sounds
• Rhythm
• Intonation
• Stress
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/
Recording
• Practice
stress/intonation
• Audio/video
recordings
• Sending
audio/video
messages
Play back!
Image: Speak up by Howard Lake, licensed under CC BY SAScreenshot: Sound cloud https://soundcloud.com
https://www.soundcloud.com
Sound Recorders
http://recordmp3online.com/
http://www.audiopal.com/editor.html
Screenshots: recordmp3online.comaudiopal.com
Sending video messages
http://mailvu.com/
• No need to
download
Screenshot: mailvu.com
Interactive Games
http://www.cambridgeenglishonline.com/Phonetics_Focus/
Screenshot: cambridgeenglishonline.com
Accurate Sounds
• Differences
between English
sounds
Screenshot: Englishaccentcoach.com
http://www.englishaccentcoach.com
Writing Phonetic
Dictations!
Image: Writing Tools by Pete O’Shea CC BY
• Listen
• Write
• Check
http://dictationsonline.com
Watching Videos!
http://rachelsenglish.com/
• Get ideas
• Practice with
your learners
Screenshot: Youtube.com
More videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/EnglishCentral/videos
• Practice short
sounds
Screenshots: youtube.com
A mirror is a friend!
Image: Modern Opera by Steve Jurvetson CC BY
• Shape of mouth
• Position of lips, teeth
and tongue
• Relaxation Exercises
Remind your Learners!
• Native speakers
struggle, too
• It’s cool to have
an accent!
Image: Happy by Senorhorst Jahnsen licensed under CC-BY
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session.
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