Links for Pronunciation Practice
Sounds
Sound pairs (Many Things) - Minimal pair sound contrasts
Pronunciation Practice (Okanagan) - Minimal pair sound contrasts and articulation
The Sounds of American English (University of Iowa) - How to pronounce all the sounds of American English
Ship or Sheep - Minimal pair sound contrasts
Tongue Twisters - Listen to tongue twisters for various sounds
/w/ Sound (from ESL Gold) - Minimal pairs, sentences, and dialogues with the /w/ sound
Woman / Women (YouTube) - Hints for pronouncing /w/, and some cultural hints as well.
Syllables
Syllable Practice - This is a recording of the words on the Syllable Practice handouts.
ED / ES Word Endings
ES Endings (from Jennifer English)- Pronunciation of ES endings on verbs and plural nouns
Word Stress
Word Stress Rules - This is a recording of the words on my Word Stress Rules handout.
Stress Monsters (from New English File) - Play this game to practice word stress.
Word Stress (from English Club) - Rules and examples of dictionary entries.
Connected Speech (including sentence stress, linking, reductions, and contractions)
Sentence Stress (from English Club) - Content words and structure words
Sentence Stress Rules (from English Club)
Linking (from English Club)
Can / Can't Lesson - Part 1 (from Jennifer ESL)
Can / Can't Lesson - Part 2 (from Jennifer ESL)
Intonation
Tag Questions (from BBC Learning English) - explanations, listening and practice (British English)
Various Activities and Web Links
Podcasts in English - Pronunciation podcasts and videos (British English)
English with Jennifer (a different Jennifer, NOT me) - Pronunciation
ESL Pronunciation Work Page - Many activities and links for pronunciation and listening
ESL: Pronunciation (from the Internet TESL Journal) - Many pronunciation links
Pronunciation Links (by Michael Krauss) - More pronunciation links; sorted by level
ESL Tower - Various activities and videos for pronunciation practice
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