Links to Pronunciation Resources on the Web

This page contains links to some pronunciation related pages on the web. Please note that these resources are all outside actionenglish.com and the content is obviously the responsibility of the site on which they are hosted. I would appreciate any comments on these sites.

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Links

Phonemes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/pron/index.shtml

The Phonetic Chart

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/pron/phonemic.shtml (Interactive version of the chart from the excellent BBC site. Click on the phonemes to hear the sounds.)

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/6016/000053.htm (The Chart)

http://www.esl-lounge.com/pronunciation/phonetic-chart.shtml (Another version of the Chart)

 

http://esl.about.com/library/weekly/aa040998.htm (An introductory article)

http://esl.about.com/library/listening/blIPAconsonants.htm (A page with linked sound files for consonants)

http://esl.about.com/library/listening/blIPAvowels.htm (Similar page for vowels)

http://esl.about.com/library/lessons/blphontranscript.htm (Some practice on transcribing text into phonetic symbols)

 

Minimal Pairs Practice

http://esl.about.com/library/listening/blminimalehae.htm

http://esl.about.com/library/listening/blminimalaeu.htm

http://esl.about.com/library/listening/blminimalauir.htm

http://esl.about.com/library/listening/blminimalehuh.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/pron/unit1/start.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/pron/unit2/start.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/pron/unit3/start.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/pron/unit4/start.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/pron/unit5/start.shtml

Connected Speech

http://esl.about.com/library/weekly/aa110997.htm (Article and exercise on intonation and stress)

http://esl.about.com/cs/pronunciation/a/a_wordstress.htm (Article and exercises on changing meaning through changing word stress, also called "contrastive stress")

 

Other

http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~lcpcte/link/speaking.html (Links to resources on the Baptist University site)

http://www.celt.stir.ac.uk/staff/HIGDOX/STEPHEN/PHONO/PHONOLG.HTM (Free online phonology course)

http://esl.about.com/library/weekly/aa102599.htm (Difficult poem pointing out difficult to pronounce English words. Quite a lot are not very common)

http://www.m-w.com/home.htm (Dictionary with audio links for difficult words)