Pronunciation

First, you can listen to the sounds of English clicking on the following links: //Primero, puedes escuchar los sonidos del inglés visitando los siguientes enlaces:// [] [] []

If you don´t know how to pronounce a sentence or text, this web reads it for you! //Si no sabes cómo pronunciar una frase o texto, esta página lo lee en inglés, sólo tienes que escribir lo que quieras oír.// []

You can try this nice web site too! [] (You can listen to the pronunciation of any word you type in different accents!)

HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION

1. When you copy or learn new vocabulary, remember to write the pronunciation "the way you hear it". For example: WASHING MACHINE (**wo**shin ma**shin**) Don´t forget to highlight the stress so you can pronounce the word properly.

2. Say the word loudly, listen to yourself speaking in English. It seems strange but many students can´t stand the idea of speaking another language because they don´t recognize themselves or feel ridiculous.

3. When you study the vocabulary or grammar, look at your notes and memorize by repeating the words in loud voice.

4. Try to practise the sounds of English. You can get some help on the course wiki http://eoienglishstudents.wikispaces.com/Pronunciation or on []

5. Do you like music? Why don´t you sing your favourite songs with the lyrics? Try [|http://lyricsmusicvideo.blogspot.com/]VIDEOS + LYRICS [] SONG + LYRICS [|youtube.com] TYPE THE NAME OF A SONG PLUS THE WORD LYRICS AND YOU CAN SING ALONG!

6. In addition, try to do listening activies every now and then. I recommend you[| Randall´s web site]with a huge number of activities that include the text (SCRIPT). You can listen without text, then listening and reading text or simply read text imitating the recording.

7. Finally, I also found a nice site with the pronunciation of many basic words: []

THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH

Now, let´s listen to the different sounds of language!


 * “s” at the end of words**

@http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/Sample/listeningb/u1/1_2_1l1.htm @http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/Sample/listeningb/u1/1_2_1p1.htm @http://club.telepolis.com/phonetics/pluralsss.html @http://club.telepolis.com/phonetics/afoneticsziz.html @http://evaeaston.com/pr/s-z-Iz-pattern.html

**The letter O /ɒ/ - /ɔ:/ - /əʋ/ **
@http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/vowel_short_4.shtml **/ɒ/** @http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/vowel_long_4.shtml **/ɔ:/** @http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/vowel_dip_5.shtml **/əʋ/** @http://club.telepolis.com/phonetics/afonlettero.html @http://club.telepolis.com/phonetics/phoneticuao.html

@http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/con_voiceless_6.shtml
@http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/con_voiced_6.shtml @http://club.telepolis.com/phonetics/afoneticth.html

**/i/ - /i:/**
@http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/vowel_short_1.shtml @http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/vowel_long_1.shtml @http://club.telepolis.com/phonetics/afoneticii.html @http://club.telepolis.com/phonetics/afoneticiii.html @http://club.telepolis.com/phonetics/foneticii.html

**/u/ - /u:/**
@http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/vowel_short_2.shtml /u/ @http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/vowel_long_2.shtml /u:/ @http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/vowel_short_3.shtml /**^**/ @http://club.telepolis.com/phonetics/afoneticu.html @http://club.telepolis.com/phonetics/afoneticuu.html @http://club.telepolis.com/phonetics/foneticuo.html @http://club.telepolis.com/phonetics/foneticaue.html /**^**/ - /u:/ - /3:/ @http://eleaston.com/pr/f-v-pattern.html

**/v/ - /f/**
@http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/con_voiced_5.shtml /v/ @http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/con_voiceless_5.shtml /f/ @http://eleaston.com/pr/f-v-pattern.html

**/ŋ/**
@http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/con_other_3.shtml @http://club.telepolis.com/phonetics/foneticngn.html @http://club.telepolis.com/phonetics/afoneticng.html @http://evaeaston.com/pr/ng-pattern.html

**Can / Can't**
@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwJAiCj-Rcs&eurl=http://englishgoes.com/blog/?cat=49 Part 1 @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B43GFCO4pes&eurl=http://englishgoes.com/blog/?cat=49 Part 2 @http://evaeaston.com/pr/stress-pat-can.html

**Silent Letters**
@http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/pronunciation6/index.php Letter -r- silent or not? @http://www.inglesmundial.com/I6/spelling.htm @http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/languages/silent_consonants.htm Silent consonants 1 @http://evaeaston.com/pr/sl-pattern.html

**Regular verbs -ed pronunciation**
@http://bontips.blogspot.com/2009/01/pronunciacin-de-ed-en-los-verbos.html @http://eleaston.com/pr/t-d-Id-pattern.html @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rL2hsOsW28&feature=related @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5eIBnKz0tg&feature=related @http://eleaston.com/pr/t-d-Id-pr-lincoln1.html //Read// about Abraham Lincoln's life and //Listen// to the regular past forms. @http://eleaston.com/pr/t-d-Id-quiz01.html @http://club.telepolis.com/phonetics/regularverbs01.html @http://club.telepolis.com/phonetics/afoneticed.html @http://club.telepolis.com/phonetics/afoneticedd.html @http://club.telepolis.com/phonetics/phonetictdid.html

**Irregular verbs proununciation**
@http://www.manythings.org/repeat/favorites.html

Pronouncing Contractions
@http://www.5minuteenglish.com/aug25.htm

Links
@http://evaeaston.com/pr/home.html American pronunciation