Monday 19 April 2010

More on pronunciation

In the last few lessons we have come across some pronunciation issues that are usually a bit tricky for some of you. Then, why don't we practise a bit more? If your answer was yes, here you have some links and actvities I hope they help you in the non-stop task of improving your English pronunciation. If your answer was not, think twice and practise!


WEAK AND STRONG FORMS. Here you have some links with some information and practice:

Phonetics: Strong vs. Weak Forms

Pronunciation Lessons 3: Weak Syllables


SILENT LETTERS. By now I hope you are familiar with the great lot of information and practice about different English issues that you can find online and of course on YouTube. Start your review on common silent letters by watching this funny video called Suicidal Silent Letters! It's great!

Now watch this one before moving to the online exercises.




English Phonetics: Silent Letters - multiple choice exercise
English Phonetics: Mark the silent consonant


In case you feel like practising more your pronunciation on more general aspects, here you have a some interesting links, some of which you can find in My Favourite Links section.

Many Things English - Pronunciation (+ listening, vocabulary...)
Multimedia-English.com - Phonetics Index

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