Pronunciation

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Where to draw the line => Let's talk Strine.

Speech Organs

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Fonetiks has some very useful pronunciation practice activities called Ship or Sheep. The instructions are worth reading.

Ted Power’s website has some activities at the top of this page. Links to ever more pronunciation sites follow.

Oxford University Press New English File has some useful pronunciation games on vowel, diphthong and consonant sounds as well as a word stress game. It's cute.

Some practice activities using the IPA from the University of Glasgow. The Labels and Symbols section train pronunciation metalanguage. Words and Hit and Miss are good activities for learners.

The BBC has some useful fun activities for improving your pronunciation of vowels. It is very much for kids. And it requires a plug in.

Howjsay is an English pronouncing dictionary. You can also choose what language you'd like to see the printed equivalent in, once you have entered a word or phrase to hear.

ESLflow offers a page containing many pronunciation activities and worksheets for teachers.

Aspects of Connected Speech contains some very useful information for teachers and a few linkable exercises for learners.

Phonetics, the sounds of American English with the shape of the mouth, as well as sounds and phonology terms. The animated picture at the top comes from the University of Iowa, as does this.