IPA Tweets

Hi there!
I just started following a Twitter account that has all its tweets in IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet). It's a fun way of practising your phonetics ;-)

You can follow them here or visit their webpage here.

Improving your speaking skills

Check this link on typical pronunciation errors by Spanish speakers

Love Profusion

Dear All,
this weekend's homework includes singing and paying attention to those sounds we practised in class. You can find the lyrics with some phonetic transcription in this document 

Pronunciation of the past and participle in regular verbs

Since we looked at the pronunciation of -ed endings last week, here's a verb sheet where you can do further practice. (I "stole" it from a friend's blog, so thanks María! ;-)

Weak form of "have"

So that you practise the weak pronunciation of "have" in these modal forms: Should've been, Could've been... with Moloko

50 difficult words to pronounce

Hi everybody!
here's a couple of links to a podcast where you can listen to and practise difficult words to pronounce:
1-25
26-50

Phonetics practice - Consonant sounds

Here's a web page where you can practise all the consonant sounds we have studied in class so far. Click on any consonant symbol to watch the video. Hope you do the exercises as well!

The Schwa

Here's a video about the Schwa

The importance of consonant sounds

Hello!

Yesterday we dealt with the last consonant sounds of English and I promised to show you why these sounds are very important to make yourself understood. Here's a famous song that the Príncipe Gitano sings unable to pronounce the consonant sounds well. It's sacrilegious but very funny at the same time. When you listen to it the first time, try to understand the words without reading the subtitles. You'll be very imaginative if you can understand something at all. Enjoy!

Advertising

Hi there!
Since we're going to be talking about advertising in class, I thought about a little exercise you may enjoy doing: pay attention to the ads you see on TV and spot the mispronunciation of words in English. (There are plenty, believe me!)
You can write your finds in the comments below. I'll give you a classical example: "Just for men"

Please empathize with teachers...

The importance of long and short vowels...

New Link

Hi there!
I've added a new link (see links on the right) to a page where you can check the pronunciation of difficult names in English. Names are one of the most complicated things to pronounce and spell, since there are no rules.
No more /sin/ Conneries, please ;-) Hope this page helps!

All - Pronunciation

Dear All,

check this poem out, but please don't give up! The pronunciation exercises in the new link on the right (thx Josu!) should help you improve your pronunciation. We'll do some of them in class.