Hello guys and welcome to the 2014-2015 school year. Here you have the websites we used in class. Please practise! See you in class.
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- This site is for all students of English as a Foreign Language at the Piedralaves E.O.I.
Showing posts with label PHONETICS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PHONETICS. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Sunday, April 28, 2013
ONLINE RESOURCES
Study Tip – Beginner English Online Resources
If you are a beginner, if you know someone who is a beginner, or if you teach beginners, here are some free resources that may be useful to you. All of these resources are in English.
Videos
Hungry for English [American]
“We want you to learn to speak English in the same way that we all learned to speak our native languages as babies – by hearing it instead of reading it.”
“We want you to learn to speak English in the same way that we all learned to speak our native languages as babies – by hearing it instead of reading it.”
JenniferESL [American]
“English for Beginners! No scripts. No actors. Real lessons. Real learning.”
Jennifer is an English teacher who is teaching her friend Natasha to speak English. This is an ongoing series of lessons, so check the list often for new lessons!
“English for Beginners! No scripts. No actors. Real lessons. Real learning.”
Jennifer is an English teacher who is teaching her friend Natasha to speak English. This is an ongoing series of lessons, so check the list often for new lessons!
Mister Duncan [British]
This list of video lessons is more for elementary & intermediate students, but they are a great way to learn new vocabulary. All his videos include subtitles (text).
This list of video lessons is more for elementary & intermediate students, but they are a great way to learn new vocabulary. All his videos include subtitles (text).
Vocabulary & Grammar
ESOL Courses – Online course for beginners [British]
ESOL Courses – Online English lessons, exercises, games and quizzes for beginners [British]
Helping You Learn English – English course for beginners [American]
Learn English Online – Online course for beginners [British]
ESOL Courses – Online English lessons, exercises, games and quizzes for beginners [British]
Helping You Learn English – English course for beginners [American]
Learn English Online – Online course for beginners [British]
The Most Common English Words
100 most common words in English (video)
1000 most common words in English: [Esl.about.com] 1-250, 251-500, 501-750, 751-1000
1000 most common words in English (in alphabetical order)
100 most common words in English (video)
1000 most common words in English: [Esl.about.com] 1-250, 251-500, 501-750, 751-1000
1000 most common words in English (in alphabetical order)
Verb Forms
Perfect English Grammar – Memorize the past simple & past participle forms of irregular verbs
Macmillan Dictionary – Test your knowledge of irregular verb forms with the ‘Irregular Verb Wheel Game’
Perfect English Grammar – Memorize the past simple & past participle forms of irregular verbs
Macmillan Dictionary – Test your knowledge of irregular verb forms with the ‘Irregular Verb Wheel Game’
Reading
Read Theory – Read, listen, & answer questions
Super Easy Reading – Read, listen, & do activities
Simple English Wikipedia – 90,000 articles written in simple English!
Super Easy Reading – Read, listen, & do activities
Simple English Wikipedia – 90,000 articles written in simple English!
Friday, April 5, 2013
PHONEMIC CHART
Hello guys, I found this chart to help you with your pronunciation. You can click on every sound and listen to its pronunciation with three different words. You can also download it for your iPad.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Saturday, April 21, 2012
PHONETIC PAIRS
HELLO AGAIN!
THIS IS A FANTASTIC WEBSITE FOR YOU TO PRACTICE PHONETIC PAIRS. YOU JUST NEED
TO ROLL THE CURSOR OVER THE PICTURES TO HEAR THE SOUNDS.
THIS IS A FANTASTIC WEBSITE FOR YOU TO PRACTICE PHONETIC PAIRS. YOU JUST NEED
TO ROLL THE CURSOR OVER THE PICTURES TO HEAR THE SOUNDS.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
CAN AND CAN'T
The pronunciation of can and can't is probably the best
example of the difficulties of English pronunciation for Spanish people. The pronunciation of this (modal-auxiliary) verb presents these features:
- Pronunciation of difficult individual sounds / æ / and /ə/ in can, /ɑ:/ in can't.
- Variations in the way the verbs are pronounced, depending on their position in the sentence: We only pronounce can as / kæn / in short answers, or at the end of a sentence or before a pause, or for emphasis:
A: Can you swim? B: Yes, I can. / kæn / (short answer)
A: Can you have it for Friday? B: I think I can, but I need ... / kæn / (before a pause)
A: Sue can't swim, she's too young. B: Of course she can swim. / kæn / (emphasis)
Can you come at six? /kən/
I can run faster than you. /kən/
- Ellision of sounds: the "t" in can't is very often not pronounced; the "a" in can is very often not pronounced when it is pronounced /ə/ .
- Stress: can't is always stressed, so speakers know if a sentence is affirmative or negative because of the stress on can't, not because they hear "t": I can't go (both "can't" and "go" take the stress)
When can is pronounced /kən/ is always unstressed, and the stress falls on the main verb: I can go. (only "go" takes the stress).
For Spanish speakers it is very difficult not to give stress to any words in a sentence, as our language gives the same stress to all the words. Consequently, when we use can in conversation it is sometimes very difficult for listeners to know if the sentence is affirmative (can) or negative (can't).
There are two tricks we can use to pronounce can in an unstressed position:
1) Omit the vowel sound and pronounce can quickly: I can go to the cinema / ai kn 'gəu /
2) Make can part of the subject, as if they were the same word: I can go to the cinema / aikn 'gəu /
To complete the study of this difficult pronunciation point, you can watch these two videos from Accentworkshop.com. The first one is about the pronunciation of can, and the second about the pronunciation of can't.
example of the difficulties of English pronunciation for Spanish people. The pronunciation of this (modal-auxiliary) verb presents these features:
- Pronunciation of difficult individual sounds / æ / and /ə/ in can, /ɑ:/ in can't.
- Variations in the way the verbs are pronounced, depending on their position in the sentence: We only pronounce can as / kæn / in short answers, or at the end of a sentence or before a pause, or for emphasis:
A: Can you swim? B: Yes, I can. / kæn / (short answer)
A: Can you have it for Friday? B: I think I can, but I need ... / kæn / (before a pause)
A: Sue can't swim, she's too young. B: Of course she can swim. / kæn / (emphasis)
Can you come at six? /kən/
I can run faster than you. /kən/
- Ellision of sounds: the "t" in can't is very often not pronounced; the "a" in can is very often not pronounced when it is pronounced /ə/ .
- Stress: can't is always stressed, so speakers know if a sentence is affirmative or negative because of the stress on can't, not because they hear "t": I can't go (both "can't" and "go" take the stress)
When can is pronounced /kən/ is always unstressed, and the stress falls on the main verb: I can go. (only "go" takes the stress).
For Spanish speakers it is very difficult not to give stress to any words in a sentence, as our language gives the same stress to all the words. Consequently, when we use can in conversation it is sometimes very difficult for listeners to know if the sentence is affirmative (can) or negative (can't).
There are two tricks we can use to pronounce can in an unstressed position:
1) Omit the vowel sound and pronounce can quickly: I can go to the cinema / ai kn 'gəu /
2) Make can part of the subject, as if they were the same word: I can go to the cinema / aikn 'gəu /
To complete the study of this difficult pronunciation point, you can watch these two videos from Accentworkshop.com. The first one is about the pronunciation of can, and the second about the pronunciation of can't.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
SPELLING PRACTICE
Spin and spell is a wonderful online vocabulary game which can help lower level students revise (and learn) vocabulary around five major topic areas: The house, food, clothes, animals and transport.
How to play:
Click on the picture of an object and you will hear the pronunciation of the word you have selected. Then choose the letters that form that word. You will be able to hear the way the letters you choose are spelt, so the game also helps us consolidate the pronunciation of the letters of the alphabet.
When you have finished choosing the letters of the word, click on 'submit' and the game will tell you whether the word is correctly or incorrectly written.
How to play:
Click on the picture of an object and you will hear the pronunciation of the word you have selected. Then choose the letters that form that word. You will be able to hear the way the letters you choose are spelt, so the game also helps us consolidate the pronunciation of the letters of the alphabet.
When you have finished choosing the letters of the word, click on 'submit' and the game will tell you whether the word is correctly or incorrectly written.
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Sunday, January 16, 2011
PHONETICS!
Hello guys, check out this website to improve your pronunciation! It's fantastic! Happy practicing! |
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Learn Basic English 3rd Person Daily Actions 11 - Fun Kids English gramm...
HELLO GUYS, THIS IS A VIDEO TO PRACTISE WHAT WE DID YESTERDAY IN CLASS...ALSO, CHECK THIS WEBSITE, IT HAS LOTS OF VIDEOS TO HELP YOU...
http://pumkin.com/learn-english-language/free-english-learning/english-learning-videos
ENJOY!
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
Learn Basic English 3rd Person Daily Actions 1 - Fun Kids English Vocabu...
Hello guys,
this is a short video for you to review some action words. It is taken from http://pumkin.com/ and it´s a great website to learn vocabulary, grammar, etc.
Enjoy!
Monday, December 6, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
AN AWESOME WEBSITE
Hello again guys!
Here I send you another link with tons of interesting things to do.
I hope you like it!!
http://www.isabelperez.com/grammar.htm
Here I send you another link with tons of interesting things to do.
I hope you like it!!
http://www.isabelperez.com/grammar.htm
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