Expert English Pronunciation, Accent Reduction & Fluency
I teach pronunciation so I’m always interested in how speech and language develops in L1 and L2 (first languages and second languages). I just watched a wonderful video by Dr. Deb Roy, an MIT researcher, who studied his baby’s first Read More …
If my pronunciation students have iphones or ipads, I recommend they try out Otterwave, available in the Itunes Store (it’s not free). Although the app has a British flag on it, it uses American pronunciation models. Otterwave provides a feedback loop Read More …
I use Audacity just about every week, to record myself and to record my students. Audacity is available for free, it is open software designed by volunteers and given to the world. It shows sound as spectrograms; I use the Read More …
With the anytune app you can control the speed of a spoken sample without changing the pitch (how high or low the voice goes). Or you can change the pitch up to an octave, and not change the tempo. Or Read More …
English Central is a great site for practicing your sound in English and getting valuable feedback about your accuracy. And they have soooo much stuff! Today I found this slide show on Slideshare; it was linked to eflclassroom.com I often Read More …
One of the features I like about using SoundCloud for pronunciation feedback is the ability to mark a spot on a student’s recording, and write a note about the sound, and attach the note to that place on the recording.
Englishcentral.com offers video clips for English listening and speaking comprehension, and also pronunciation practice– and the great part is that you get feedback on your pronunciation. It’s free if you sign up and allow the site to temporarily use your Read More …