Online phonetics resources Page maintained by Jennifer Smith ( Last revision and link check: August 2016 This is a list of web sites that might be useful in an introductory phonetics course for classroom demos or homework assignments; most of these sites include audio, images, or interactive material. The list began in 2000 with some of the phonetics resources compiled by Karen Steffen Chung (see LINGUIST List posts 11.1812, 11.1869, and 11.1964). It has grown to include other sites that I have found via LINGUIST List posts, web searches, and word-of-mouth — students in my Linguistic Phonetics and Introduction to Language courses have discovered some fantastic links. Many thanks to the people and organizations who designed the sites that appear on this list, and to Jaye Padgett for suggesting that I investigate what phonetics resources might be available online. I update this page about once a year to fix or remove broken links. ) for links to add. Contents (2) The larynx, phonation, and VOT (4) Basic acoustics
The Conditioned This EFL lesson plan is designed around a short film by Facebook Stories about Raimundo Arruda Sobrinho who was homeless in São Paulo, Brazil, for nearly 35 years. Raimundo sat in in the same spot and wrote every day. He was befriended by a young woman named Shalla Monteiro who was impressed by his poetry and she wanted to help him with his dream of publishing a book. I would ask all teachers who use Film English to consider buying my book Film in Action as the royalties which I receive from sales help to keep the website completely free. Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2) Learner type:Teens and adults Time: 90 minutes Activity: Describing two pictures, writing a narrative, watching a short film and discussing questions related to the narrative shown in the film. Topic: Empathy Language: Adjectives to describe a person and narrative tenses Materials: Short film Downloadable materials: the conditioned lesson instructions Support Film English Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5
Interactive Phonemic chart by Adrian Underhill - Macmillan English Interactive Phonemic ChartCreated by Adrian UnderhillThis excellent teaching tool gives audio examples of the English phoneme set. Click on the phonemes to hear the sound and a sample word. Find out more about how the chart works and how it can help you in the classroom in a series of exclusive videos with Adrian dedicated to teaching pronunciation skills.Adrian Underhill is the series editor for the Macmillan Books for Teachers and author of Sounds Foundations, the inspiration behind the award-winning Sounds: Pronunciation App. Welcome to Jolly Learning taller de TIC Adrian’s Pron Chart Blog | Practical discovery of English pronunciation
Koala Phonology Introduction This guide is written for students who are following GCE Advanced level (AS and A2) syllabuses in English Language. This resource may also be of general interest to language students on university degree courses, trainee teachers and anyone with a general interest in language science. This page uses IPA symbols - you need a Unicode font, such as Lucida Sans Unicode, installed on your computer system to see these display correctly. For example, the red character between these square brackets [ə]should appear as schwa (looks like an e upside down). Click here to go to the IPA Unicode site You will also not see Unicode fonts in some early browser versions. Get Internet Explorer from www.microsoft.com Get Netscape Communicator from home.netscape.com On this page I use red type for emphasis. Back to top What is phonology? Phonology is the study of the sound system of languages. The physics and physiology of speech So what happens? Phonology, phonemes and phonetics The sounds of English
Pronunciation There are currently 10192 registered links.Main Page | Links for Students | Links for Teachers | What's New Categories: * American English Pronunciation Practice (Charles Kelly) Sound Files (Using Flash). Minimal Pair Practice and Quizzes, Tongue Twisters, ... * Phonetics Flash Animation Project - English Sounds [FRAME] (University of Iowa) Requires Flash and QuickTime. * www.learners-dictionary.com's Perfect Pronunciation Exercises (Merriam-Webster) You don't need to register to use this part of the website. American Accent Training - Intonation (Ann Cook) Written for high-level students. American Accent Training - Liaisons (Ann Cook) Word Connections. American Accent Training - Pronunciation (Ann Cook) American Engish Pronunciation: Listen and Repeat Machine (Charles Kelly) Practice intonation, rhythm and pronunciation. American English Pronunciation Search (Arul John) Searches and plays .wav files from media.merriam-webster.com arael.shtooka.net/swf/english - English Audio Files (7,000+) Next Page
Phonetics: Beats and Rhythm –[Multimedia-English] One of the things that makes English difficult to understand for foreign students is its particular rhythm. Many languages are syllabic, that means that every syllable takes the same amount of time to pronounce. In some languages stressed syllables take longer than unstressed syllables, but still, the pronunciation unit is the syllable. English is different, we don't care about syllables, we don't even care about words, it's all about beats (sound units). But not all words are affected in the same way. 1- Content words the words with meaning (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs) 2- Grammatical words words with no meaning, but they build the grammatical structure of the sentence (prepositions, articles, verb particles, pronouns, etc.) Every sound unit (beat) has a content word, which is the most important part of it. Here's an example: Hi, What were you doing when I rang an hour ago? Content words hi, doing, rang, hourStructure words HI / what were you DOing / when i RANG / an HOUR ago
Phonetics: Names of the Vowels –[Multimedia-English] All languages have names for their letters, but not for the sounds of their vowels. Languages with a phonetic spelling (like Spanish, Swahili or Italian) use the names of the letters for the corresponding sounds, but we can't do that in English. So how can we name the English vowels if we want to talk about them? An example of what we shouldn't do is what teachers of English usually do in Spanish speaking countries (and other countries too). and . (see: pronouncing vowels). If we want students to pronounce the English vowels correctly, they must eventually forget about their native vowels and create new frames on their minds for the new sounds. ® Motion Phonics will give them the frame they need, but it is very important, from the beginning, to have a name for the vowels which creates no connections with their native vowels or the letters. If you ask a Spanish person (with their phonetic spelling) what is the vowel in the Spanish words "las" or "cara", they will say: the vowel "A".