Pronunciation Practice
"Dude" BudLight commercial - Listen for how he uses one word, "dude" in many different situations for different meanings by changing the intonation.
50 Shades of Hey - the word "hey" is said with different intonation to have different meanings
5 Minute English - The Pronunciation lessons include intonation, liasons, -ed endings, t > d changes.
5 Minute English - intonation - Intonation, connecting sounds, pronunciation of individual sounds
BBC Syllable Factory - Identify how many syllables, complete the robot.
Emily's Pronunciation Class - word stress - Lessons and audio examples of stress in words and in sentences; pronunciation of vowels and consonants
English Accent Coach - match sound to IPA symbol, vowels & consonants
English Media Lab - pronunciation exercises - Many good videos and practice links, just be aware that most of these teach British English pronunciation, not American.
Forvo.com - You submit or search for a word you want to hear pronounced in a different language
How J Say? - You type a word, click Submit, listen to the pronunciation.
Inogolo - Real person pronouncing several categories of names and places. Can download each audio file. Good for country names and US state names.
Many Things - listen & repeat - Practice alone, then ask a tutor to listen and check your pronunciation.
Many Things - match sounds - Excellent way to test your memory! Listen to the sound then find the other card that has the same sound.
Many Things - pairs of sounds - Good way to practice identify sounds in words. Listen to the practice words, then listen to the man say one of the words and then choose which one he said. You'll instantly know if you were right or wrong.
Peter Laderfoged - UCLA phonetics - hear audio examples of vowels and consonants
Phonics Rules - Some basic rules for pronunciation of sounds (the written form compared to the spoken form), dividing syllables, and accent/stress placement.
Pronuncian American English - Linking
Ship or Sheep? - Click on a pair of words in the left column. A new page will open that pronounces the words as you click on them. Practice hearing and pronouncing the different vowel sounds.
the IPA chart of vowels - click on each symbol to hear it pronounced
Univ. of Iowa Phonetics - Choose English on this first page, then a window will open with buttons to click on. When you choose a letter, you will see an animated face produce the sound and there is a video of a real person.
WASP pitch tracking software - Simple, free download that shows you the pitch of your voice. Only works on PC's.