Search results matching tags 'games' and 'pronunciation'

PRONUNCIATION GAMES

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:13:00 GMT

One of the things that people often say about the English language is that its pronunciation is particularly tricky. Foreigners never seem to master it fully. The Japanese never get over their problems with ‘l’ and ‘r’, confusing words like lip and rip. The Germans have problems with /s/ and /z/, confusing peace and peas. Almost everyone but the native speaker of English born and bred has problems with the "th" sounds /q / and /¶ /, for instance whether they can

distinguish thigh from thy. At best foreigners end up sounding like Henry Kissinger or Jean-Paul Gaultier—highly fluent English with a marked foreign accent. Nobody seems to master English who wasn’t born to it. At least so the story goes.
English pronunciation is then believed to be special. But what are the aspects of English pronunciation that could conceivably be unique? One peculiarity might be the intonation of English—the way that the voice goes up and down as people speak. Take the difference between three ways in which people can say John: ´John, `John and é John; on ´John the voice goes up; on `John it goes down; on é John it goes first down and then up. Each of these variations conveys a slightly different shade of meaning, whether a question ´John, or a statement `John, or that there is some doubt in the speaker’s mind é John.
For the next, we can practice some game to teach the students in pronunciation games
Follow this link
http://www.soundsofenglish.org/activities/pronunciation_games.htm

Zondle again! Try this game!

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:02:00 GMT

As I mentioned in the previous post, Zondle is a beta site, and I can't help but be excited about it. They have a whole section on phonics which is screaming to be investigated. I've been doing some tests and suggesting certain things to the creators. Meanwhile, here's a simple game on plurals. There are 10 easy questions (to begin with). You will hear a word being pronounced. Listen to the word,

Sounds of English, short vs long vowel /ʌ/ /ɑː/

Anonymous — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:44:00 GMT

Here is the next game on the sounds of English series. This is to practise the short vowel /ʌ/ and the long vowel /ɑː/. Click on the image above to begin the game. Try as many times as necessary for you to get 100% right. This is slightly more challenging than the previous one. If you want to see your name appear on the scoring sheet, you'll have to register before playing. Remember your

Sounds of English, short vs long vowel /ʊ/ /u:/

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:51:00 GMT

More on the sounds of English. This is to practise the short vowel ʊ and the long vowel u: Click on the image above to begin the game. Try as many times as necessary for you to get 100% right. This should be easy compared to some of the others on this ongoing series. If you want to see your name appear on the scoring sheet, you'll have to register before playing. Remember your nickname &

Sounds of English, short vs long vowel /ɪ/ /i:/

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:31:00 GMT

Continuing the series on the sounds of English activities, here's yet another one. This is to practise the short vowel ɪ and the long vowel i: It's a very important difference, and learning it well may save you from future embarrassments. See The Man Went To Malta. Click on the image above to begin the game. Try as many times as necessary for you to get 100% right. If you want to see your name

Cockney Rhyming Slang Game

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:49:00 GMT

Yesterday, I published a rhyming word game. Continuing the series on sounds of English activities, I've created a trickier one. This is more suited for higher level students. The clues are expressions of Cockney Rhyming Slang. I'd recommend your reading my post on Cockney slang first before attempting this game. For each clue, you'll have to select the image whose word is represented by the

Rhyming Words Game

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:57:00 GMT

Click on the image to begin the game. You'll have to find the image whose word rhymes with the clues. Some of the images may not be plain obvious, so you might need a few attempts. I'll give a hint for one of them: it's not a bucket! If you want to see your name appear on the scoring sheet, you'll have to register before playing. Remember your nickname & password for all my other games which

Pronunciation of regular past simple verbs /id/, /d/ and /t/ (Elementary +) Fun activity!

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:27:00 GMT

Most learners of English have problems pronouncing past tenses correctly. Fortunately, there are only three different ways of pronouncing the ending of regular verbs, which can be expressed by the phonetic symbols of /id/, /d/ and /t/. Even more fortunately is that of the three, the sound of /id/ is the most obvious, and also the easiest to identify. The past simple of regular verbs ending with

Crossword - Phonetics 3 (Intermediate Plus) ANSWERS

Anonymous — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:19:00 GMT

Here are the answers as promised.

Phonetics 3 KEY

Crossword - Phonetics 3 (Intermediate Plus)

Anonymous — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:16:00 GMT

Test your phonetic knowledge. This is suitable for intermediate upwards. Answers will be available in the next post.

Have fun learning!

Phonetics 3